Pride Institute - Minneapolis, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, provides tailored drug and alcohol treatment exclusively for the LGBTQ+ community. Founded in 1986, it offers various outpatient programs, including intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization options with lodging. The facility is renowned for its culturally competent care.
While an explicit mission statement is not listed, Pride Institute strives to offer an inclusive, accepting environment for LGBTQ+ individuals seeking recovery from substance use and mental health issues. Accredited by CARF, it has also received recognition from Newsweek and the Star Tribune.
- Residential Treatment Program: Live-in facility offering comprehensive 24/7 care and support.
- LGBTQ+ Family Therapy Program: Facilitating family reconnection through education and therapy.
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): Provides structured therapy for individuals needing flexibility in their recovery journey.
- Co-occurring Disorders Treatment: Simultaneous treatment for both substance use and mental health issues.
Pride Institute specializes in treating addiction, mental health conditions, and co-occurring disorders within the LGBTQ+ community. This focus ensures that LGBTQ+ individuals receive the most relevant and effective care tailored to their specific needs.
- 7 Conditions Treated
- LGBTQ+ Allied
- Insurance Accepted
- 4 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 19 Therapies & Programs
Staff
- Al UpdikeCEOPreviously Director of Outpatient Programs at Hazelden Betty Ford, 14 years experience
- Meghan BangClinical DirectorWith Pride since 2016, previously Residential Program Manager, LADC-S certified
- Kaylee HoabyDirector of Marketing and Business DevelopmentStarted at Pride in 2019, helped over 2,700 individuals find treatment
- Patrick ZhaoPsychiatrist and Medical DirectorMedical Director since 2014, champion of LGBTQ-affirming comprehensive psychiatric consultation
- Ann LeibleDirector of Utilization ReviewWith Pride since 2001, provides critical support with counseling and assessment experience
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Substance abuse is the excessive use of any type of drug. This includes alcohol, medications and illegal drugs. Substance abuse is treated with a combination of physical and mental treatments. Pride Institute - Minneapolis patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction is one of Minnesota‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.
Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. Pride Institute - Minneapolis offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.
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, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) are treatment programs suitable for people who wish to stay at home while undergoing treatment. IOPs like Pride Institute - Minneapolis make it possible for individuals to carry on with their responsibilities at work or school, in or near Minneapolis, MN. It’s easy to find an IOP center that offers individualized treatment protocols.
In outpatient programs at Pride Institute - Minneapolis, the Minneapolis 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.
Aftercare support refers to the follow-up care provided after the initial rehab program. The quality of aftercare support plays an important role in preventing relapses and sustains recovery. Aftercare support at Pride Institute - Minneapolis is personalized according to the needs of the patient in Minnesota.
Pride Institute - Minneapolis‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Pride Institute - Minneapolis. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.
Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.
However, some facilities, like Pride Institute - Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at Pride Institute - Minneapolis in Minneapolis, MN and consists of members from different stages of recovery.
The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.
Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at Pride Institute - Minneapolis whom are suffering from self-harming behaviors. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Pride Institute - Minneapolis asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress
The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment offered at Pride Institute - Minneapolis. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics anonymous. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring. It refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.
Some people refer to contingency management, or CM, as motivational incentives. This type of therapy is a reconditioning of the mind and responses of the body. The point of CM is to help the body understand the proper responses to behaviors should be, as well as the effects that come with both problematic and desired behaviors. The more positive choices a person makes, the more incentives they will receive, all managed with sobriety goals by Pride Institute - Minneapolis in Minneapolis, MN.
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Location & Contact

2101 Hennepin Avenue South Suite 202
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone Number
(952) 934-7554
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Minneapolis, Minnesota Addiction and Treatment
Minnesota is fighting an opioid epidemic that is leaving hundreds of its residents dead each year. Both prescription opioids and illicit opioids are widely abused in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Heroin continues to be one of the most commonly abused drugs in the state, if not the most common illicit drug. Over 10% of all treatment admissions in Minnesota list heroin as their drug of choice.
Minneapolis, a vibrant city nestled between the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, offers a wide range of outdoor activities, from biking and hiking to ice skating. The city boasts a thriving arts scene with world-class museums, art fairs, and Broadway shows. In 2020, Hennepin County recorded a staggering 285 opioid-related deaths, a significant increase from the previous year. Alarmingly, nearly all opioid deaths involved trace amounts of fentanyl, while methamphetamine overdoses reached a record high of 116 deaths in the same year.
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