Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue
Drug Rehab Center in San Mateo, California
The Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue is a renowned addiction treatment facility offering 24 beds and evidence-based therapeutic practices, holistic approaches to recovery, experienced clinical staff and medical professionals, accredited by CARF and SAMHSA, all under one roof to provide comprehensive care for individuals struggling with drug addiction, alcoholism, substance abuse, and dual diagnosis.
About This San Mateo, CA Facility
Women’s Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue, situated in San Mateo, California, specializes in both residential and outpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation for women, particularly those with dual diagnoses. With 24 beds, this program stands out for its comprehensive approach to addiction and mental health treatment, focusing on the unique challenges women face. Services include 24/7 supervision, various therapy modalities, educational classes, and more, in a supportive environment.
Accredited by CARF and SAMHSA, Women’s Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue is recognized for the high quality of care it provides. Catering to a wide range of addictions and mental health issues, the center accommodates many through its acceptance of various insurance plans, ensuring accessibility to those in need.
- Tailored Treatment for Women: Focused specifically on the challenges women encounter, offering a safe space for recovery.
- Dual Diagnosis Care: Addressing both substance abuse and mental health issues concurrently for holistic healing.
- Flexible Care Levels: From intensive residential treatment to outpatient services, facilitating a gradual transition to daily life.
Women struggling with drug addiction, alcoholism, substance abuse, and dual diagnosis can find specialized treatment here. With a blend of individual and group therapy, education on relapse prevention, and aftercare support, Women’s Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue employs a multi-faceted approach to foster long-term sobriety and mental wellness.
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The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Fortunately facilities like Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue in San Mateo, CA are here to help.
Opioid addiction treatment facilities in California, like Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue cover both illegal and prescription opioids abuse. Most plans include detoxification and subsequent medications to ease the process. Behavioral therapies and counseling are also necessary to resolve the root cause of addiction.
A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Outpatient, Sober-Living / Half-Way, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Inpatient treatment takes place when a patient checks into a rehab facility. Patients at Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue receive round the clock care that includes detoxing and therapy. Although outpatient treatments are available, inpatient care is recommended as the first step in rehabilitation. The intensive and comprehensive treatment sets patients on a path for drug free living.
An outpatient treatment program is set up to help with alcohol or drug addiction, or a co-occurring disorder. The patient must attend the California facility for their therapy and other programs but are able to return home each night. The frequency of mandatory attendance decreases after much of Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue‘s program is complete.
A sober living home in California is really like a halfway house, often referred to as an SLH. It is halfway between a rehab center for drugs or alcohol and living at home. Any specific rules and regulations must be followed by residents, such as attending required meetings and structured daily chores.
Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near San Mateo, CA, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.
Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue‘s Therapies & Programs
Treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success. Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue counselor. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction.
When family members are more proactive and involved in the treatment procedure, it encourages the patient to advance his or her progress. Moreover, it shouldn’t be ignored that genetics play a role when it comes to addiction, so it’s better to approach the problem as a unit. Also, with proper education, family members can help an individual avoid addiction triggers and guide him or her in making lifestyle changes necessary for his or her sobriety.
It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a San Mateo, CA facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue understand how their feelings, beliefs, and thoughts affect their behaviors. DBT is particularly useful for people with self-harming behaviors, as well as those with substance abuse disorders. DBT teaches people how to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and how to become mindful.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.
CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
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 and rebuild your life in San Mateo, CA. Some examples of this are time management, social skills, nutrition, hygiene, stress management and taking care of yourself.
Addiction commonly results in varying levels of malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities and damage to multiple internal body functions. While in active addiction meals can be skipped or replaced by drugs or alcohol. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence while restoring your health from the inside out.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) helps smokers get nicotine into their system without resorting to smoking. It’s a way to help people quit smoking without going cold turkey and experience aggressive withdrawal symptoms. The products (in the form of gums, sprays, patches, inhales, or lozenges) used in NRT provide the body with nicotine, excluding the toxic substances found in tobacco.
NRT treatment at Women's Recovery Association - Laurel Avenue in San Mateo, California lowers down nicotine cravings, so the patient does not go through physical weakness while dealing with the emotional and mental stress of quitting smoking. Coupling NRT with counseling and other means of support gives long-term smokers a better chance of removing their unhealthy habit.Payment Options Accepted
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900 Laurel Ave
San Mateo, CA 94025
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San Mateo, California Addiction Information
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.
The most commonly abused drugs in San Mateo include marijuana, cocaine, and opioids. Several less common drugs are abused in the area, including methamphetamine and club drugs like ecstasy. A few types of addiction treatment are available in Caribou, Maine. Detoxification and counseling are used in combination to help people learn how to cope with their addiction and triggers. Medication-assisted treatments are also widely used in San Mateo, CA.
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