Bell Hill Recovery Center in Wadena, Minnesota offers comprehensive long-term chemical dependency services to adult males. Established in 1973, the non-profit rehabilitation facility embraces a relapse-based model and accommodates 20 male patients over 18 years old, also featuring a Board and Lodge program for post-treatment sober living.
Licensed for Substance Use Disorder Treatment by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Bell Hill Recovery Center is also accredited by SAMHSA for Opioid Treatment Programs. This ensures a high standard of care and adherence to regulatory guidelines in its approach to addiction treatment.
- Provides detoxification, residential treatment, and aftercare to promote long-term recovery.
- Specializes in dual diagnosis treatment, addressing both substance use and mental health disorders.
- Offers a work program, AA/NA groups, spiritual study groups, and GED tutoring for enriched recovery experiences.
- Full-time nursing staff and CD technicians ensure medical needs and medication management are met.
This center treats substance use disorders, including alcohol and drug addictions, for individuals aged 18 and older, making it an ideal choice for adults seeking structured, evidence-based treatment for sustained sobriety.
- 2+ Accreditations
- SAMHSA Listed
- 3 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 4 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 27 Therapies & Programs
Accreditations
State License
SAMHSA
Staff
- Roger AndersonChairpersonChairperson at Bell Hill Recovery Center
- Ross OlsonVice Chair / Executive DirectorVice Chair and Executive Director at Bell Hill Recovery Center
- Jen NelsonLADC, LSWWorks with adult male clients with co-occurring disorders
- David SandersonLADCLADC at Bell Hill Recovery Center
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Rehab centers exist in Wadena, MN to help individuals bounce back from substance abuse, which is an umbrella term for drug and alcohol addiction. Drug addiction refers to the use of illegal drugs and improper use of prescription drugs. Centers like Bell Hill Recovery Center provide individuals a chance to access individual and group therapy that can be monumental for recovery.
Substance abuse includes all problems that stem out from using various psychoactive substances. It is also a diagnostic term used by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) to define the mental and physical impairment or distress caused by misuse and overuse of certain substances in a period of 12 months.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction involves addiction to legal or illegal opioids. It may happen very quickly with any opioid use. Sometimes within a matter of days. Opioid addiction is a known as a high-risk factor for future heroin addiction.
Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable and lead the user to continue to use even if they want to quit. Stopping using an opioid requires careful medical observation. Sometimes the withdrawal can persist for many weeks, which can put the user at a high risk for relapse.
It is recommended to receive inpatient treatment and a medically supervised detox like those offered at Bell Hill Recovery Center in Wadena, MN, MN, to manage the withdrawal process while learning lasting tools to maintain recovery. In some circumstances medications can be used to manage opioid addiction.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Inpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Inpatient rehab is intended to treat severe addictions and co-occurring disorders. The length of stay in Minnesota varies from four weeks to six months according to the individual needs. Inpatient rehab ensures that the patient stays in a substance-free environment at Bell Hill Recovery Center.
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.
After treatment, addiction treatment can be frightening for newly sober people. Aftercare support provided by Bell Hill Recovery Center is designed to give resources and help on a continued basis. It can involve finding housing in and around Minnesota, setting up 12-step meeting groups, continued medical monitoring, and counseling.
Bell Hill Recovery Center‘s Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. 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.
Couples therapy is an approach wherein the patients and their partners are engaged together as a part of the treatment process. When a person becomes a victim of substance abuse, it affects the patient and the people around him, particularly his partner. Their relationship can become strained due to lack of communication, financial issues, loss of trust, lack of intimacy, and physical abuse in more severe cases.
Couples therapy addresses these issues and tries to rebuild the trust between the partners. The partner’s involvement in the process will result in greater chances of treatment success and sustained recovery.
Family therapy is a set of therapeutic approaches that assumes that the entire family is a system. It utilizes the strengths and resources of the family to help the patient refrain from resorting to substance abuse. It helps to repair relationships and improve communication between family members.
Group therapy happens at Bell Hill Recovery Center in a controlled group environment, as opposed to a one-on-one setting. It supports Wadena, MN patients’ recovery by offering a sense of comfort and letting them know that they are not alone. Through shared conversations, patients also learn to develop faith and understanding and gain insight on their addictions.
Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma therapy refers to treatment wherein specialist therapists help the patients to resolve the trauma that led the patients to substance abuse. The trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. Thinking of these traumatic events causes emotional disturbances like anxiety, depression and results in addiction. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed. Otherwise, there is a risk of relapse. Trauma therapy also improves the cognitive functions and provides long term benefits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). DBT is a treatment of choice for people suffering from self-harming behaviors characterized by cutting and suicidal thoughts or inclinations.
This treatment is developed to help individuals recognize their thought patterns, behaviors, and feelings. It has demonstrated its effectiveness for people that are finding it difficult to control their emotions and urges. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT as it imparts individuals stress-management techniques and enhanced self-esteem so they can sustain their sobriety by reducing the impact of triggers and out-of-control emotions.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a way of addressing concerns through talking. It can be used in individual counseling sessions. Talking through issues with professionals at Bell Hill Recovery Center can identify sources of discomfort or unhealthy thoughts. It is a way of learning about yourself and your individual perceptions. CBT is a healthy way of addressing some behaviors which may be bringing unintended consequences in your life.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) sees a person suffering from substance addiction to have illogical reasoning, counterproductive actions, and does not see things clearly. Due to this, REBT deals with cognition, images, and behavior extensively to rectify the client’s bad habits. REBT pushes an individual to become more reasonable and choose a life without the repercussions of addictions.
Patients at Bell Hill Recovery Center in Wadena, MN learn how to self-soothe by conducting rational self-counseling. REBT provides their patients with the skill sets necessary in handling problems all by themselves, without seeking professional help. The process calls for practice, reiteration, and bolstering the new way of thinking being introduced to the patient.
Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process of rewarding positive choices and good outcomes. As humans we are wired to recreate experiences that lead to positive feelings. Through this method incentives are used for completing positive steps towards a sober life. This may be a reward for attending meetings, remaining sober or for employment goals.
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Location & Contact

12214 200th St
Wadena, MN 56482
Phone Number
(218) 631-3610
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Wadena, 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.
In Wadena, Minnesota, there were about 300 drug-related arrests in 2016. Heroin is a big problem in Minnesota. Opioid addiction is also rising, with 2.5 million prescriptions being written in Minnesota in 2016 alone. 4.8% of adults in Wadena, MN, abuse drugs, and 9.1% of adolescents abuse drugs. Some popular options for drug treatment in Wadena include inpatient, outpatient rehab programs, detox centers, and 12-step meetings.
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