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Velez Professional Services

Drug Rehab Center in Camden, New Jersey

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

Velez Professional Services in Camden, New Jersey is an outpatient substance use treatment center that provides evidence-based services and treatment modalities, including specialized gender-responsive programming for women and trauma-informed group therapy, to help individuals overcome addiction and mental health issues.

About This New Jersey Facility

Velez Professional Services in Camden, New Jersey is an outpatient substance use treatment center that provides a variety of specialized programs and services to help individuals overcome their addiction and mental health issues. The center is staffed by knowledgeable and experienced clinicians who are dedicated to helping their clients begin the road to recovery. They provide individual and group therapy, family therapy, case management and medication-assisted treatment, as well as trauma-informed and gender-specific programming, in order to best serve the individual needs of their clients.

At Velez Professional Services, clients are provided multiple evidence-based services and treatment modalities to address both addiction and mental health concerns. Their programming includes cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify and challenge problem behaviors and reactions, as well as motivational interviewing and relapse prevention strategies to help maintain long-term sobriety. They also offer several types of group therapy, including psychoeducation, art therapy, and experiential therapies, to promote increased self-awareness and healthy coping strategies.

Velez Professional Services is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and licensed by the New Jersey Department of Human Services. Additionally, the center is known for its specialized gender-responsive programming for women, and for its innovative Expressive Arts and Trauma-Informed Group. The center has received multiple awards and recognitions, including the 2018 Excellence in Performance Award from the American College of Mental Health Administration and the 2019 Excellence in Performance Award from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

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

    Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. If you are taking more of your prescription, or earlier than the prescribed time interval between doses than is directed you may be abusing that medication. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally in or near Camden, NJ, you may be suffering from substance abuse.

    Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use and lead rapidly to substance abuse. The professionals at Velez Professional Services are here to help.

    Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in New Jersey curb their drug use. The selection of a treatment setting depends on the severity of the addiction. Mild cases are usually treated in outpatient facilities; severe cases need hospitalization or treatment in a residential facility. Doctors use medicines along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat the addiction. The treatment includes medication, counseling and therapy. It can also include group counseling, individual counseling and family counseling.

    Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at Velez Professional Services is essential to understand the addiction better.

    Levels of Care Offered at Velez Professional Services

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

    Detox is a drug rehab process that begins before the actual drug rehab treatment. It is used to remove any residual toxins left in your body (and brain) after using drugs, and it is used with the intent to help you or your loved one complete drug rehab.

    If you are addicted to opiates like heroin, methadone, or prescription painkillers, you will detox with medication. This is because the withdrawal symptoms are often more intense and uncomfortable for an opiate addict than for someone who has abused or is dependent on other drugs, like cocaine.

    An intensive outpatient treatment program is set up for those struggling with an addiction to begin the recovery process. Patients come to Camden, New Jersey for treatment at Velez Professional Services for therapy, support, programs, and medical supervision. Intensive outpatient treatment is often very tightly scheduled and heavily structured.

    To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Velez Professional Services offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the New Jersey patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.

    Therapies & Programs

    When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.

    Attending group therapy at Velez Professional Services in Camden, New Jersey allows those seeking sobriety to realize they are not alone in their battles. This is when a group of people all in different phases of recovery get together and speak about their battles. They talk about their triggers, their successes, their failures, and the things they can do to get on and stay on a sober path. These sessions also teach life skills, communication, healthy habits, and can include alternative types of therapy.

    Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at Velez Professional Services in Camden, NJ move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
  • Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Velez Professional Services Location and Directions
    Address Information1000 Atlantic Ave
    Camden, New Jersey 08104 Phone Number(856) 966-4515 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Camden, New Jersey Addiction Information

    The state of New Jersey is afflicted by the rising opioid overdose crisis and the increase in the number of residents engaging in illegal substance abuse. 90% of the 2,900 drug overdose deaths in New Jersey involved opioids in 2018. Over 1.1 million New Jersey residents reportedly use drugs in a given year. High prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse caused 14% of all deaths in the state between 2008 and 2017.

    Camden had the state's highest drug overdose death rate, with 39.8 deaths per 100,000 people. The most common drugs involved in overdoses in Camden are opioids (heroin and fentanyl). Camden also has a high rate of HIV/AIDS among drug users. This number is staggering, and it's only getting worse. The facility, called Camden Treatment Center, offers a variety of treatment options for those struggling with addiction.

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