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Alba de Vida OTP

  • Buffalo, NY
  • Outpatient

Alba de Vida OTP, located in Buffalo, NY, is a private non-profit organization specializing in outpatient addiction treatment. They offer a comprehensive range of services, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and cognitive-behavioral therapies. Unique in its bilingual and bicultural approach, Alba de Vida OTP serves diverse populations.

Alba de Vida OTP is licensed and certified by the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). Accredited by The Joint Commission, this facility ensures high standards in patient care and treatment quality.

  • Bilingual and bicultural care: Offers services for both English and Spanish-speaking clients.
  • Medication-Assisted Treatment: Includes methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone.
  • Diverse therapies: Uses CBT, DBT, and trauma-related counseling among others.
  • Inclusive care: Serves veterans, seniors, pregnant women, and those with co-occurring disorders.

Alba de Vida OTP treats addictions to drugs and alcohol and addresses co-occurring mental health disorders. The facility benefits adults, adolescents, families, and specific groups such as veterans and individuals referred from the court system.

  • 2 Conditions Treated
  • Insurance Accepted
  • 3 Levels of Care
  • Speaks English, Spanish
  • 22 Therapies & Programs

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 Buffalo, NY, 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 Alba de Vida OTP are here to help.

Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at Alba de Vida OTP

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 Alba de Vida OTP in Buffalo, NY 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, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

Outpatient programs are the standard for addiction treatment. About 9 in 10 U.S. adolescents entering addiction treatment enroll in these programs, so you’re not alone in New York. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.

Facilities like Alba de Vida OTP offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.

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 Buffalo, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Alba de Vida OTP. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.

Therapies & Programs

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.

Attending group therapy at Alba de Vida OTP in Buffalo, New York allows those seeking sobriety to realize they are not alone in their battles. This is when a group of people all in different phases of recovery get together and speak about their battles. They talk about their triggers, their successes, their failures, and the things they can do to get on and stay on a sober path. These sessions also teach life skills, communication, healthy habits, and can include alternative types of therapy.

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 Alba de Vida OTP in Buffalo, NY move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a method of individual and/or group counseling in Buffalo, New York that focuses on acceptance and change. It was developed to advance the idea of balancing opposites. It is a coping method of avoiding black and white approach to situations and problems. DBT can be very effective in developing coping strategies for negative emotions and experiences, and is available for patients at Alba de Vida OTP.
The relationship between the thoughts, feelings, and actions of a patient is explored by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). As an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol in Buffalo, New York, it helps to create a balanced response to thoughts and feelings. Effective communication between users and those around them is also encouraged. It is an efficient treatment for individuals suffering from all sorts of addictions, professionally provided by Alba de Vida OTP.

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 Alba de Vida OTP that lets someone recovering work through issues on their own, knowing they have the support of people around them if they need it.

Entering a 12-step program allows people to accept that they struggle with an addiction on their own terms. It breaks down the process into 12-steps that recovering patients can advance as they feel strong enough to do so. This is common in programs like NA and AA, and gives the patient at Alba de Vida OTP in Buffalo, New York the ability to self-help and move forward towards sobriety without feeling rushed.

Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process Alba de Vida OTP uses which involves rewarding positive choices and good outcomes. As humans we are wired to recreate experiences that lead to positive feelings.

Payment Options

For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Location & Contact

    Alba de Vida OTP Location and Directions
    Address
    254 Virgina Street
    Buffalo, NY 14201

    Phone Number
    716-768-4040 x107

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    Alba de Vida OTP Location and Directions

    Location

    • 254 Virgina Street
      Buffalo, NY 14201
    • 716-768-4040 x107

    Accepts

    • Gender
      Female, Male
    • Age
      Adults (20+), Seniors (65+)
    • Modality
      Couples, Family, Group, Individuals
  • Veterans
  • Ownership
    Non-Profit

    Listed May 26, 2020

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Buffalo, New York Addiction and Treatment

    More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.

    Buffalo's lively arts scene and outdoor adventures beckon, but the city faces sobering opioid realities: nearly 400 overdose deaths in 2023, with fentanyl present in over 75% of cases. From 2018 to 2023, the percentage involving cocaine spiked from 57% to 81%.

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