Gaudenzia Crownsville, located in Crownsville, Maryland, focuses on comprehensive addiction treatment services. It offers crisis stabilization, detox, residential treatment, and outpatient care, among other services. This facility is notable for its evidence-based, person-centered therapeutic approaches designed to meet individual needs.
Gaudenzia's mission is to promote long-term recovery through comprehensive treatment and supportive services for those with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Accredited by CARF, Gaudenzia also has employees recognized for their legislative support for treatment programs.
- Person-Centered Approach: Employs evidence-based therapies tailored to individual needs, ensuring effective, personalized care.
- Range of Services: Offers crisis stabilization, detoxification, residential treatment, and outpatient care for a full continuum of support.
- Specialized Programs: Provides gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and culturally aware treatments, addressing diverse needs.
- Medication-Assisted Treatment: Incorporates buprenorphine and naltrexone to manage withdrawal symptoms and cravings effectively.
Gaudenzia Crownsville treats substance use disorders, co-occurring mental health issues, HIV/AIDS, and supports those involved in the criminal justice system. Adults from various demographics benefit the most from their extensive services.
- 2+ Accreditations
- 15 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 33 Therapies & Programs
Accreditations
NAATP

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.
Staff
- Patricia McKernanChief of StaffOversees all program operations, compliance, and quality improvement.
- Bill WilsonChief Program OfficerResponsible for planning, development, and evaluation of treatment and intervention models.
- Bhavani Raghavan LoboChief of Quality ImprovementEnsures quality assurance through accreditation, policy development, and licensing standards.
- Barbara LingenfelterDivision Director, Chesapeake OutpatientLeads outpatient drug treatment services in Anne Arundel County.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. If you are taking more of your prescription, or earlier than the prescribed time interval between doses than is directed you may be abusing that medication. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally in or near Crownsville, MD, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use and lead rapidly to substance abuse. The professionals at Gaudenzia Crownsville are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in Maryland curb their drug use. The selection of a treatment setting depends on the severity of the addiction. Mild cases are usually treated in outpatient facilities; severe cases need hospitalization or treatment in a residential facility. Doctors use medicines along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat the addiction. The treatment includes medication, counseling and therapy. It can also include group counseling, individual counseling and family counseling.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Gaudenzia Crownsville offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the Maryland patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.
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.
Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day Maryland activities. It can last a year or even longer. Services include individual and family counseling, medications to reduce cravings, and treatment of psychiatric and other medical conditions. Aftercare support begins once you have completed earlier stages of treatment.
Therapies & Programs
Therapy plays a major role in addiction recovery. It encourages patients to get to the root of their addiction and learn how to better handle the issues that led to using. Therapy can be conducted in group and one on one settings. In Gaudenzia Crownsville‘s individual therapy, the patient meets with the therapist in a one on one setting. This allows them to focus on the underlying issues of addiction and come up with solutions to prevent future abuse.
One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Addiction involves everyone in a family, not only the addict. Couples therapy can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged.
When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.
Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at Gaudenzia Crownsville in Crownsville, MD move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
REBT stands for rational emotional behavior therapy. This is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, that combines images with thoughts and behaviors. It allows for deeper education and understanding of what one can do to help themselves with recovery. It is a deep sense of self-help education managed by Gaudenzia Crownsville that lets someone recovering work through issues on their own, knowing they have the support of people around them if they need it.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, shortened to EMDR, helps patients reprocess past events and memories. This treatment offered at Gaudenzia Crownsville in Crownsville, MD can reduce their levels of anxiety and make past traumas easier to overcome, plus it can boost healing. This helps calm many patients down, allowing them to feel more in control and less helpless when it comes to combatting their addiction.
Training someone on improved life skills allows for someone recovering from an addiction to feel more capable at taking care of him or herself. The skills taught at Gaudenzia Crownsville in Crownsville, MD are daily skills that give a better recovery foundation by simply giving someone the tools they need to survive. They include communicating, time and money management, career guidance, and more.
Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process Gaudenzia Crownsville uses which involves rewarding positive choices and good outcomes. As humans we are wired to recreate experiences that lead to positive feelings.
Patient Experience
Experiential Therapy at Gaudenzia Crownsville
This is a type of therapy that involves activity to recreate situations that may have caused trauma or negative emotions. Experiential therapy at Gaudenzia Crownsville in Crownsville, MD can involve acting, props, arts and crafts, animal care or other tools that may be effective.
This therapy is done on an individual basis and can help revisit and heal from past traumas. Trust between the therapist and individual is important for success. Experiential therapy can help you more closely become you and move through life in a positive and authentic manner.
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Location & Contact

107 Circle Drive
Crownsville, MD 21032
Phone Number
(443) 598-6900
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Crownsville, Maryland Addiction and Treatment
For the past decade, Maryland's rate of drug use and abuse has significantly increased. The overdose rate is currently higher than the national average. This epidemic is due to the many industries where manual labor is required. As soon as prescription opioids were more readily accessible a large part of manual workers started using–and eventually abusing–the painkillers.
Anne Arundel County, a vibrant community nestled in the heart of Maryland, boasts stunning natural beauty and a thriving economy. However, beneath the surface, the county grapples with a formidable foe: substance abuse. In 2022 alone, the county reported a staggering 707 opioid overdoses, with over 85% involving the lethal drug fentanyl. Tragically, alcohol-related deaths have also skyrocketed, increasing by an alarming 273% between 2012 and 2016.
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