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Open Arms - Women's Recovery House

Open Arms - Women's Recovery House

  • Haverstraw, NY
  • Accredited
  • Inpatient

Open Arms - Women's Recovery House in Haverstraw, NY, specializes in helping women overcome addiction. This state-of-the-art facility provides inpatient and outpatient rehab, sober living homes, and aftercare support, all aimed at promoting long-term sobriety and independence through comprehensive care.

Open Arms' mission is to provide a safe, sober living environment and individualized treatment to help residents achieve long-term sobriety. Accredited by CARF, it holds a state license from New York, ensuring compliance with high standards of care and state regulations.

  • Provides both inpatient and outpatient rehab services, ensuring comprehensive care.
  • Features spacious, well-furnished rooms, creating a homely and supportive environment.
  • Specialized programs for women, including life skills training, employment counseling, and parenting classes.
  • Amenity highlights include a fully equipped gym, meditation room, and recreational room.

Open Arms specializes in treating alcohol abuse, opioid addiction, and substance abuse. Women in the early stages of recovery benefit from its structured, supportive care environment.

  • 2+ Accreditations
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • 7 Conditions Treated
  • Insurance Accepted
  • 5 Levels of Care
  • Speaks Creole, English, Polish, Spanish
  • 28 Therapies & Programs
  • Multiple Locations

Accreditations

State License

SAMHSA

Staff

  • Ruth BowlesPresident of the Board of DirectorsOver 20 years in substance use disorders, NYS Certified Addiction Recovery Coach.
  • Mara MedicinoBoard MemberCertified Alcohol & Substance Abuse Counselor, specializes in Gambling Disorder.
  • Catherine KennedyRecovery Support DirectorCertified Addiction Recovery Coach, facilitates family support groups.
  • Kathleen Katt-BenniePrevention/Recovery Service CoordinatorNYS OASAS CASAC-T and CRPA certified, advocates for supportive housing.
  • Stephen ClementBoard AdvisorCo-founder of Rockland Recovery Homes, passionate about addiction recovery.

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 Haverstraw, 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 Open Arms - Women's Recovery House are here to help.

Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment

Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in New York 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, Inpatient, Residential, Sober-Living / Half-Way, with additional therapies available as listed below.

Inpatient programs are intensive regimes that require individuals suffering from serious addictions to admit themselves into a controlled environment. Inpatient programs in New York generally span over 28 days to six months. The first step in an inpatient program is medically assisted detox. Doctors and addiction specialists at Open Arms - Women's Recovery House monitor the individual’s vital signs as the drugs leave their system. Some inpatient rehab programs also provide counseling for family members to provide encouragement and emotional support. In inpatient programs, patients have access to 24-hour medical supervision.

Sober living houses like Open Arms - Women's Recovery House in Haverstraw help the patient move from a structured recovery facility to an everyday life smoothly. They are also known as homes for recuperation or half-way houses. SLH offers the value of living with a peer group with similar experiences and is recovering collectively, instead of individualized or alone.

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 New York 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 Open Arms - Women's Recovery House‘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.

Attending group therapy at Open Arms - Women's Recovery House in Haverstraw, 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 Open Arms - Women's Recovery House in Haverstraw, 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 Haverstraw, 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 Open Arms - Women's Recovery House.
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 Haverstraw, 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 Open Arms - Women's Recovery House.

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 Open Arms - Women's Recovery House in Haverstraw, NY 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.

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 Open Arms - Women's Recovery House in Haverstraw, New York the ability to self-help and move forward towards sobriety without feeling rushed.

Addiction commonly results in malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence. Open Arms - Women's Recovery House will help you get back on track.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low-dose nicotine drugs to eliminate tobacco addiction from smokers. Without smoking, the treatment at Open Arms - Women's Recovery House in Haverstraw, NY brings nicotine into the bloodstream to minimize dependence on the physical habit, while detoxing the body from the attachment. To alleviate withdrawal symptoms, it also helps abusers to adapt to lower doses over time.

Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process Open Arms - Women's Recovery House 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 Open Arms - Women's Recovery House

This is a type of therapy that involves activity to recreate situations that may have caused trauma or negative emotions. Experiential therapy at Open Arms - Women's Recovery House in Haverstraw, NY 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.

Payment Options

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  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Location & Contact

    Open Arms - Women's Recovery House Location and Directions
    Address
    74 Hudson Ave
    Haverstraw, NY 10927

    Phone Number
    (845) 271-3787

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    Open Arms - Women's Recovery House Location and Directions

    Location

    Accepts

    • Gender
      Female, Gender-Exclusive
    • Age
      Adults (20+), Teenagers
    • Modality
      Couples, Family, Group, Individuals
    Ownership
    Non-Profit

    Open Arms

    Helpful reference information for Open Arms - Women's Recovery House, a drug treatment center in New York located at: 74 Hudson Ave, Haverstraw, NY 10927, including phone numbers, official website, and more. Listed briefly is an overview of Levels of Care, Therapies Offered, Issues Treated, and accepted forms of Payment Methods.

    Listed May 26, 2020

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Haverstraw, 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.

    It is estimated that about 1 in every 10 people in Haverstraw, NY, struggles with some form of drug addiction or abuse. About 15% of people in Haverstraw aged 12 or older reported drinking alcohol on excessive occasions at least once a week. About 30% of drivers involved in car accidents tested positive for drugs or alcohol. Treatment available in Haverstraw includes inpatient, outpatient, and sober living homes.

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