Gavin Foundation Cushing House Male and Female Programs
Cushing House, part of the Gavin Foundation in South Boston, specializes in helping adolescents aged 16-20 struggling with substance abuse. Unique in its gender-specific residences, the program integrates daily meditation, health exercises, and both traditional and experiential therapies. Focus is on a holistic recovery approach that includes family involvement.
Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Cushing House maintains high standards of care. The center emphasizes a holistic model that combines therapy, experiential learning, and life skills training, ensuring comprehensive support for its residents.
- Gender-Specific Residences: Separate houses for boys and girls provide tailored programs fitting each group's needs.
- Holistic Approach: Combines traditional therapy with experiential methods for well-rounded treatment.
- Family Involvement: Dedicated programs and opportunities for family socialization and healing.
- Life Skills Training: Equips residents with practical tools for substance-free living.
Cushing House addresses substance abuse issues, particularly for adolescents in the juvenile justice system or those facing school behavioral difficulties, through a supportive and structured environment.
- 3 Conditions Treated
- 3 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 16 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
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 Boston, MA, 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 Gavin Foundation Cushing House Male and Female Programs are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at Gavin Foundation Cushing House Male and Female Programs
Opioids are a set of drugs prescribed for pain relief. Health care providers prescribe opioids for relief of severe pain after major surgeries and in conditions like cancer. Oxycodone, fentanyl, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine are some of the commonly prescribed opioids. They also include illegal drugs of abuse like heroin. Opioid addiction refers to the compulsive seeking of opioids, even when they are not required medically.
Opioid addiction treatment involves medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which medicines, counseling, and behavioral therapies are all employed. Opioid addiction treatment is a comprehensive approach at Gavin Foundation Cushing House Male and Female Programs in Boston, MA that boosts the treatment success rate and provides sustained recovery.
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 a first step in sustaining sobriety. After rehabilitation, counseling for aftercare helps the person adapt to a life without drugs. A sober living facility in Boston, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Gavin Foundation Cushing House Male and Female Programs. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.
Therapies & Programs
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 Gavin Foundation Cushing House Male and Female Programs in Boston, MA 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 Gavin Foundation Cushing House Male and Female Programs that lets someone recovering work through issues on their own, knowing they have the support of people around them if they need it.
Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process Gavin Foundation Cushing House Male and Female Programs uses which involves rewarding positive choices and good outcomes. As humans we are wired to recreate experiences that lead to positive feelings.
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Location & Contact
54-58 Old Colony Avenue
Boston, MA 02127
Phone Number
(617) 269-2933
Additional Locations
- Gavin Foundation - Cushing House in Boston, MA
- Gavin Foundation Center for Recovery Services in Boston, MA
- Gavin Foundation - Gavin House in Boston, MA
- Gavin Foundation - Charlestown Recovery Home in Charlestown, MA
- Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services in Boston, MA
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Location
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54-58 Old Colony Avenue
Boston, MA 02127 -
(617) 269-2933
Accepts
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GenderGender-Exclusive, Male
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityFamily, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Gavin Foundation
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Boston, Massachusetts Addiction and Treatment
Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the country. More than half a million Massachusetts residents abuse alcohol while more than 1.5 million use illegal drugs each year. This drug and alcohol usage is the cause of over 8% of all deaths in the state. In 2017, Massachusetts ranked in the top 10 of the states with the highest opioid overdose rates.
Boston, a historic coastal city, offers a vibrant arts and culture scene with world-class museums, parks, and restaurants. The city has seen a 36% increase in opioid-related deaths from 2019 to 2022, and between 50 and 81 percent of all seized drugs in Suffolk County tested positive for fentanyl in 2023.
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