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YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School

Drug Rehab Center in Waialua, Hawaii

  • Substance Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School is an addiction and substance abuse treatment center located in Waialua, Hawaii, offering residential, outpatient, and intensive outpatient treatment programs, as well as a family support program with evidence-based treatment services for individual and group therapy, educational classes, life skills training and addiction management.

About This Hawaii Facility

YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School is an addiction and substance abuse treatment center located in Waialua, Hawaii. This facility offers residential, outpatient, and intensive outpatient treatment programs, as well as a family support program. Their programs provide a range of evidence-based treatment services, including individual and group therapy, educational classes, life skills training, and specialized addiction management techniques. They strive to provide a safe and nurturing environment for both their clients and their families.

At YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School, addiction and substance abuse treatment services range from detoxification to relapse prevention. They also offer individualized treatment plans that address each client’s unique needs and goals. With the help of trained professionals, they work to develop an individualized care plan that will provide resources and support to help clients and their families cope while in treatment. Some of the services they offer include motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, relapse prevention planning, and trauma-informed care.

YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School is licensed by the Hawaii Department of Health and is accredited by the Joint Commission for Behavioral Healthcare. They also have received awards from the Hawaii Association of Substance Abuse Programs and the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence. In addition, they have a Clinical Supervisor on staff who works to ensure that all their clients receive the highest quality of care.

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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
  • Hearing-Impaired
  • Accreditations

    SAMHSA

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    The inappropriate use of any drug in Waialua, HI is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.

    Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Substance Abuse 

    Levels of Care Offered at YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School

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

    Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) comprise regular visits to the Hawaii facility that provides the therapy. IOP is suitable for patients who have been treated in residential treatment programs. YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School‘s patients gradually get back to their routine life.

    In outpatient programs at YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School, the Waialua 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.

    Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Waialua, HI, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School. 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 YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School 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 YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School in Waialua, Hawaii, 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.

    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.

    The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians like those at YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School in Waialua, HI believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes.  

    Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low dose nicotine products to ween smokers away from cigarettes. The products get nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking reducing addiction to the physical habit. It also allows addicts to adjust to lower doses to reduce withdrawal symptoms.

    Aftercare, Anger Management, Creative Arts Therapy, Discharge Planning, Drug Rehab, Employment Counseling / Training, Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Fitness Therapy, Group Therapy, Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, HIV or AIDS education, Individual Therapy, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Intervention, Life Skills, Motivational Interviewing, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), Nutrition Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Recreational Therapy, Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Substance Use Counseling, Trauma Therapy

    Patient Experience

    Creative Arts

    It is believed that enhancing creativity and developing skills related to it can help people with addiction recover faster. Activities such as painting, writing, acting, and dancing are considered therapeutic and hosted and managed by YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School in Waialua, Hawaii. They become outlets for patients to blow off steam, channel their emotions, and express their thoughts.

    Experiential Therapy at YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School

    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.

    Fitness Therapy

    Opting for fitness therapy allows someone to get through addiction recovery while effectively rebuilding their body. This is a great type of therapy to pair with nutritional therapy, as the combination of getting fit and eating right can help someone in recovery feel better and make healthier choices from the start. This therapy offered by YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School in Waialua, HI establishes a firm connection between the body and mind, and teaches how to make healthy life habits that do not involve addiction.

    Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    YMCA of Honolulu - Waialua High and Intermediate School Location and Directions
    Address Information67-160 Farrington Hwy
    Waialua, Hawaii 96791 Phone Number(808) 848-2494 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Waialua, Hawaii Addiction Information

    Hawaii has one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the nation. Methamphetamines and marijuana are the most common drugs involved in drug-related crimes in Hawaii. The state loses $500 million every year due to methamphetamine abuse, according to the Hawaii Meth Project. More than 1 million prescriptions for prescription drugs are given out every year.

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