St. Jude's Recovery Womens
St. Jude's Recovery Women's Residence, now known as Ascensa Health at St. Jude's Recovery Women's Residence in Atlanta, GA, focuses on comprehensive addiction treatment. Catering specifically to women, it offers a nurturing environment for recovery. This facility is renowned for its evidence-based approaches to treating substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.
Ascensa Health's mission is to provide a behavioral health system of care that supports recovery and reintegrates individuals into society. The facility holds a state license from Georgia and is accredited by CARF, ensuring high-quality standards in rehabilitation services.
- Specialized Services: Provides tailored care for individuals with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis alongside general addiction treatment.
- Continuum of Care: Offers detoxification, inpatient and outpatient programs, individual and group counseling, and aftercare support.
- Evidence-Based Therapies: Utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and relapse prevention strategies.
- Holistic Approach: Includes 12-step facilitation, marital/couples counseling, and integrated primary care services.
This facility treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Women, especially those with additional health challenges like HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, benefit the most from its comprehensive support services.
- 1+ Accreditations
- 2 Conditions Treated
- 3 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 20 Therapies & Programs
Accreditations
CARF
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
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
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 St. Jude's Recovery Womens in Atlanta, GA are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment facilities in Georgia, like St. Jude's Recovery Womens 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.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at St. Jude's Recovery Womens helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Atlanta, GA, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.
St. Jude's Recovery Womens‘s Therapies & Programs
Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. It becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Some facilities like St. Jude's Recovery Womens in Atlanta, GA 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.
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 Atlanta, GA facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend St. Jude's Recovery Womens 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.
The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment. In this program, peers help each other to achieve the goal of abstinence. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Due to its huge success, the 12-step program is included as a part of other substance abuse treatments.
The 12 steps guide at an individual level. It begins with the individuals accepting that they are addicts, and they understand its consequences. It is followed by focusing on the recovery process and making amends for hurting others. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring, which refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.
Location & Contact
1650 Alma Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone Number
404-917-1000 x102
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Location
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1650 Alma Street
Atlanta, GA 30318 -
404-917-1000 x102
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Gender-Exclusive
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AgeAdults (20+)
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Atlanta, Georgia Addiction and Treatment
Prescription opioid use has caused a large increase in the total amount of overdoses in Georgia. Almost 12% of the Georgia population uses illicit drugs each year, and slightly over 3.5% also abuses alcohol at the same time. This does not include those who binge-drink at least once a month, which includes 20% of all Georgians.
Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, offers a mild climate and plenty of outdoor activities, from hiking trails to visiting parks like Piedmont Park. The city also boasts a thriving arts and culture scene, with museums like the High Museum of Art and music venues hosting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In 2022, Fulton County reported 707 opioid overdoses and 122 fatal overdoses, with over 85% involving fentanyl. From 2019 to 2021, all drug overdose deaths in Georgia increased by 56%, with fentanyl-involved deaths up 218%.
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