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House of Uhuru - Watts Health

House of Uhuru - Watts Health

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Accredited
  • Inpatient
  • Outpatient

House of Uhuru - Watts Health, located in Los Angeles, CA, focuses on culturally sensitive and socio-economic support services for Spanish-speaking and African-American individuals. They provide residential and outpatient rehab programs, targeting those from the South Central Los Angeles area.

The center offers addiction treatment programs including traditional therapy, group therapy, and relapse prevention services.

  • Comprehensive services for overcoming addiction, including psychoeducational classes and skills-building.
  • Offers specialized support for senior citizens and individuals seeking employment.
  • Accepts a wide range of insurance plans, ensuring accessibility for many patients.

House of Uhuru addresses alcoholism, opioid addiction, dual diagnosis, and drug addiction. Their services benefit senior citizens and adults aiming to rebuild their lives and obtain better job opportunities, with a focus on Spanish-speaking and African-American communities.

  • 2+ Accreditations
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • 3 Conditions Treated
  • 5 Levels of Care
  • Speaks English
  • 15 Therapies & Programs

Accreditations

State License

SAMHSA

Conditions and Issues Treated

Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment

Opioid addiction is one of California‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.

Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. House of Uhuru - Watts Health offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

Levels of Care

This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Inpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

When a patient checks into House of Uhuru - Watts Health, inpatient care takes place. Patients undergo treatment that requires detoxification and counseling round the clock. While outpatient treatments are available, as the first phase in recovery, inpatient care is suggested. Intensive and thorough rehabilitation sets patients on the road to a drug-free life.

Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) are treatment programs suitable for people who wish to stay at home while undergoing treatment. IOPs like House of Uhuru - Watts Health make it possible for individuals to carry on with their responsibilities at work or school, in or near Los Angeles, CA. It’s easy to find an IOP center that offers individualized treatment protocols.

In outpatient programs at House of Uhuru - Watts Health, the Los Angeles resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.

Aftercare support refers to the follow-up care provided after the initial rehab program. The quality of aftercare support plays an important role in preventing relapses and sustains recovery. Aftercare support at House of Uhuru - Watts Health is personalized according to the needs of the patient in California.

House of Uhuru - Watts Health‘s Therapies & Programs

Addiction in Los Angeles, California can occur due to a wide variety of reasons. Understanding your addiction and the best methods for maintaining sobriety involves learning about yourself. House of Uhuru - Watts Health treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at House of Uhuru - Watts Health. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.

Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.

However, some facilities, like House of Uhuru - Watts Health in Los Angeles, California, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.
Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and House of Uhuru - Watts Health understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring California families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at House of Uhuru - Watts Health in Los Angeles, CA and consists of members from different stages of recovery.

The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.

Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. House of Uhuru - Watts Health asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress

Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a method of specific counseling that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts with positive and productive behaviors. Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. You may not be aware that some unhealthy behaviors and thoughts are sabotaging your potential accomplishments.

In the midst of an addiction certain healthy habits and behaviors can be forgotten or discarded altogether. While in treatment you will learn life skills that will help you successfully maintain sobriety in California.

Payment Options

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
  • Location & Contact

    House of Uhuru - Watts Health Location and Directions
    Address
    8005 S Figueroa St
    Los Angeles, CA 90003

    Phone Number
    (323) 568-5400

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    House of Uhuru - Watts Health Location and Directions

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    Accepts

    • Gender
      Female, Male
    • Age
      Adults (20+), Teenagers
    • Modality
      Couples, Family, Group, Individuals
    Helpful reference information for House of Uhuru - Watts Health, a drug treatment center in California located at: 8005 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90003, including phone numbers, official website, and more. Listed briefly is an overview of Levels of Care, Therapies Offered, Issues Treated, and accepted forms of Payment Methods.

    Listed May 17, 2021

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Los Angeles, California Addiction and Treatment

    More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.

    Los Angeles is a vibrant Southern California city known for its thriving arts, culture, and entertainment scene. Angelenos enjoy an active lifestyle with plenty of outdoor activities, fitness, and self-care opportunities. However, the city has seen a significant increase in opioid-related deaths, with fentanyl detected in 90% of methamphetamine-related deaths in 2019. From 2013 to 2019, cocaine-related treatment admissions in Los Angeles County increased from 6.8% to 14% of total admissions.

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