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The Child Center of NY - Long Island City

The Child Center of NY - Long Island City

Drug Rehab Center in Astoria, New York

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

The Child Center of NY in Long Island City, Astoria, New York, is an Addiction Treatment Facility offering specialized care for Dual Diagnosis, Mental Health, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, and Substance Abuse, providing counseling, therapy, trauma-focused treatment, educational programs, and family involvement to support the recovery process.

About This New York Facility

The Child Center of NY - Long Island City in Astoria, New York is an Addiction Treatment Facility providing specialized care to individuals suffering from Dual Diagnosis, Mental Health, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, and Substance Abuse. The center is affiliated with START Treatment and Recovery and offers Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, and Residential Levels of Care. It accepts Private Health Insurance and is licensed by the New York Department of Health.

The Child Center of NY - Long Island City strives to provide a comprehensive and fully integrated approach to addiction treatment and recovery. It provides counseling, individual and group therapy, peer support, and trauma-focused treatment with the help of experienced professionals. The center also offers an array of educational programs to enhance the academic achievement of the clients. They further provide family involvement services to foster healthier relationships as a part of the recovery process. The center also offers recovery-focused case management, relapse prevention services, and aftercare services.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Multiple Centers
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    When someone in New York struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.

    Levels of Care Offered at The Child Center of NY - Long Island City

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into The Child Center of NY - Long Island City long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

    After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by The Child Center of NY - Long Island City in recovering from addiction.

    Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at The Child Center of NY - Long Island City. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.

    Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by The Child Center of NY - Long Island City brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.

    Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With The Child Center of NY - Long Island City in Astoria, New York, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

    Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.

    Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. The Child Center of NY - Long Island City aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.

    Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending The Child Center of NY - Long Island City in Astoria, New York the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.

    Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at The Child Center of NY - Long Island City

    Experiential therapy involves recreating or creating new experiences for the patient. Many people struggled with past issues such as memories or trauma. By creating a new experience, it allows people to work through the issues associated with those moments in a new experience. This can give them a new measure of control and can help them role play a new scenario. That can help push addiction into their past and help them begin the healing process.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    The Child Center of NY - Long Island City Location and Directions
    Address Information36-11 12th St
    Astoria, New York 11106 Phone Number(718) 433-4724 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Astoria, New York Addiction Information

    More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.

    21% of arrests made in Astoria, NY, are for drug-related offenses. The rate of HIV infection due to injection drug use increased by 40% between 2013 and 2015. 27% of individuals in Astoria who are struggling with addiction are unemployed. There are an estimated 6,000 people who are struggling with drug addiction. There are a number of recovery resources available in Astoria, including sober living homes, residential programs, and outpatient treatment programs.

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