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The Georgie Harris House

The Georgie Harris House

  • Waverly, OH
  • Accredited
  • Outpatient

The Georgie Harris House, located in Waverly, Ohio, is a substance abuse treatment facility offering comprehensive outpatient services. Specializing in treating co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, it provides unique programs tailored for adult women, pregnant/postpartum women, and criminal justice clients.

The mission of the Georgie Harris House is to deliver evidence-based treatment approaches with a commitment to excellence, as evidenced by its CARF accreditation. Licensed by the State substance abuse and mental health departments, it stands dedicated to high-quality care in rehabilitation.

  • Utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and trauma-related counseling to support recovery.
  • Offers pharmacotherapies including disulfiram, naltrexone, lofexidine, and clonidine to aid in addiction treatment.
  • Provides supportive services like case management, mental health services, and transportation assistance.
  • Specialized in treating adult women, pregnant/postpartum women, and criminal justice clients.

Georgie Harris House addresses substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders, serving adults with specialized programs for women and criminal justice clients.

  • 1+ Accreditations
  • 9 Conditions Treated
  • Insurance Accepted
  • 7 Levels of Care
  • Speaks English
  • 24 Therapies & Programs

Accreditations

CARF

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.

Conditions and Issues Treated

Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment

Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally, you may be suffering from substance abuse.

Fortunately facilities like The Georgie Harris House in Waverly, OH are here to help.

Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment

Opioid addiction treatment facilities in Ohio, like The Georgie Harris House cover both illegal and prescription opioids abuse. Most plans include detoxification and subsequent medications to ease the process. Behavioral therapies and counseling are also necessary to resolve the root cause of addiction.

Dual-Diagnosis

When someone in Ohio struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.

Levels of Care

This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Partial-Hospitalization, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.

An intensive outpatient treatment program is set up for those struggling with an addiction to begin the recovery process. Patients come to Waverly, OH to The Georgie Harris House for therapy, support, programs, and medical supervision. Intensive outpatient treatment is often very tightly scheduled and heavily structured.

An Outpatient Rehab Program is a part-time drug rehab program for treating individuals in Ohio with mild addiction or mild-to-moderate drug withdrawal symptoms. It generally requires about 10 to 12 hours every week. Doctors can administer on-the-spot medication to ease withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, increased heart rate, and even depression. Groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) can be used as a part of outpatient treatment to help maintain sobriety.

Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) are meant for individuals experiencing trouble functioning at school or with work and other occupations, medical instability, inadequate support at home, simultaneous mental health issues, and substance use disorders in Ohio. They are also meant for those experiencing the risk of self-harm or the urge to harm others. It is a short-term treatment program offered at The Georgie Harris House, aiming to improve individuals enough to be reassigned to a lower level of care. The program operates within a psychiatric hospital for several hours daily, usually three to five days per week.

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 for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at The Georgie Harris House in Ohio after they attain initial sobriety.

Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.

The Georgie Harris House‘s Therapies & Programs

Treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success. Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your The Georgie Harris House counselor. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction.

Group therapy may occur on an inpatient or outpatient basis and involves groups of clients who have no pre-existing relationships outside the group. Group therapy differs from support groups in two primary ways: group therapy is a kind of psychotherapy and is moderated by a professional therapist at The Georgie Harris House in Ohio.

It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a Waverly, OH facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend The Georgie Harris House understand how their feelings, beliefs, and thoughts affect their behaviors. DBT is particularly useful for people with self-harming behaviors, as well as those with substance abuse disorders. DBT teaches people how to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and how to become mindful.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.

CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.

Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) allows the opportunity for quick results for addicts. The Georgie Harris House provides patients in Waverly, Ohio the resources to use a ‘rational self-counseling’ technique to cope with their emotions. It seeks to help them move forward without having to deal with ongoing treatment throughout their lives.

The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment. In this program, peers help each other to achieve the goal of abstinence. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Due to its huge success, the 12-step program is included as a part of other substance abuse treatments.

The 12 steps guide at an individual level. It begins with the individuals accepting that they are addicts, and they understand its consequences. It is followed by focusing on the recovery process and making amends for hurting others. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring, which refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.

Contingency Management is a type of behavioral therapy rooted and based on the concept of operant conditioning. This type of treatment offered by The Georgie Harris House in Waverly, Ohio intends to give positive compensations in response to a patient’s behavior. It can be inferred that this treatment has been effective in curing and lessening a scale of profound issues.

Payment Options

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

    The Georgie Harris House Location and Directions
    Address
    196 East Emmitt Avenue
    Waverly, OH 45690

    Phone Number
    (740) 947-2364

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    Accepts

    • Gender
      Female, Male
    • Age
      Adults (20+)
    • Modality
      Family, Group, Individuals
  • Smoking Allowed
  • Hearing-Impaired
  • Ownership
    Non-Profit

    Listed May 26, 2020

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Waverly, Ohio Addiction and Treatment

    Ohio is suffering from a drug abuse problem that is costing thousands of its residents their lives every single year. Opioids, particularly Fentanyl and heroin, are the leading drugs in the state. The state ranks in the top 10 for illicit use of painkillers. Opioid-related overdose rates in Ohio are by far some of the highest in the country.

    4,000 people struggle with addiction in Waverly, Ohio. Opioids are involved in more than 60% of all overdoses in Ohio. In 2009, there were 1,539 admissions to treatment facilities in Waverly, Ohio, for drug and alcohol addiction. This is a serious problem that requires intervention. The best way to find a drug treatment facility in Waverly, Ohio, is to ask someone who has gone through the process.

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