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Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road

Drug Rehab Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts

  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Alcoholism

Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road is a health center in Dorchester, MA that provides quality treatment for addiction, specializing in alcohol and opioid dependence as well as dual-diagnosis cases, offering evidence-based treatments for detoxification and rehabilitation, aftercare support, and other levels of care, all accredited by SAMHSA.

About This Massachusetts Facility

Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road is an accredited drug treatment center located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), this facility specializes in providing treatment for individuals struggling with alcoholism, opioid addiction, and dual diagnosis. Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road offers various levels of care, including dual-diagnosis treatment, aftercare support, and sober-living/half-way houses. With their SAMHSA accreditation, this facility ensures that individuals receive high-quality and evidence-based treatment for their substance abuse issues.

Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road provides a range of services for individuals facing addiction and substance abuse challenges. They focus on treating alcoholism, opioid addiction, and dual diagnosis cases where substance abuse is coupled with mental health disorders. Through their dual-diagnosis treatment, individuals receive specialized care to address both the substance abuse and underlying mental health issues simultaneously. Aftercare support is also available to help individuals transition back into community living after completing their primary treatment. Additionally, Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road offers sober-living/half-way houses, providing individuals with a supportive and structured environment to continue their recovery journey.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • Accreditations

    SAMHSA

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Opioid Addiction Treatment supports people recovering from addiction to prescription drugs as well as illegal opioids. This is a hospital-based or residential treatment. Depending upon one’s age, detox without the appropriate medication may be unpleasant or even dangerous–some get body aches, fever, chills, while others may even have seizures.

    Opioid treatment involves medically assisted detox, physical and mental support. Most rehabilitations use an array of treatments to ensure overall wellbeing, such as Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which one gets behavioral therapy, medicines, and counseling. A client-centered approach can reduce one’s chances of relapse. Therapists at work with the client to figure out environmental and behavioral triggers, giving them the power to change the patterns.

    When someone in Massachusetts 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 Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Dual-Diagnosis, Sober-Living / Half-Way, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    A sober living home in Dorchester, MA, also known as an SLH, is much like a halfway house. It is halfway between a drug or alcohol treatment facility and living at home. There are some specific rules and regulations residents must follow, like attending mandatory meetings, and household chore-type activities.

    Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road in Massachusetts after they attain initial sobriety.

    Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road. 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.

    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.

    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 Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road in Dorchester, Massachusetts 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.

    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

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    Victory Programs Shepherd House - Windermere Road Location and Directions
    Address Information
    Dorchester, Massachusetts 02122 Phone Number(617) 541-0222 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Dorchester, Massachusetts Addiction Information

    Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the country. More than half a million Massachusetts residents abuse alcohol while more than 1.5 million use illegal drugs each year. This drug and alcohol usage is the cause of over 8% of all deaths in the state. In 2017, Massachusetts ranked in the top 10 of the states with the highest opioid overdose rates.

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