TrueNorth Wellness Services - Shrewsbury
TrueNorth Wellness Services - Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury, PA, specializes in mental health and substance use disorder treatments. This comprehensive behavioral health provider incorporates trauma-informed care, serving children, adolescents, and adults. The Shrewsbury location is known for its tailored, holistic treatment approaches and the Amazing Kids Club for children with autism.
TrueNorth Wellness Services aims to inspire hope and promote healthy living through personalized care. Their mission emphasizes creating a supportive environment for individual wellness and recovery, addressing each client's unique needs through evidence-based practices and holistic treatment approaches.
- Outpatient Therapy: Offers a wide range of mental health and substance use disorder treatments.
- Amazing Kids Club: Year-round therapeutic program for children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Crisis Intervention: Provides immediate support and psychiatric services.
- Community-Based Programs: Includes school-based therapy and Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS).
The facility treats various mental health and substance use disorders, serving children, adolescents, and adults. It particularly benefits individuals struggling with autism and those needing outpatient therapy and crisis intervention.
- 2+ Accreditations
- 2 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 2 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 9 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Accreditations
State License
SAMHSA
Staff
- Garrett TroutChief Executive OfficerCEO overseeing all operations at TrueNorth Wellness Services.
- Cheryl JonesChief Financial OfficerCFO managing financial strategies and operations.
- Elspeth WilliamsChief Operations OfficerCOO responsible for daily operations and service delivery.
- Lisa GrethChief Administrative OfficerCAO handling administrative functions and support services.
- Erin GlennSenior Director of Treatment and Prevention ServicesOversees treatment and prevention programs.
- Cori ReedSenior Director of Children's ServicesLeads children's services and programs.
- Michelle ShearerSenior Director of Residential ServicesManages residential services for clients.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Dual-Diagnosis
A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An outpatient treatment program is set up to help with alcohol or drug addiction, or a co-occurring disorder. The patient must attend the Pennsylvania facility for their therapy and other programs but are able to return home each night. The frequency of mandatory attendance decreases after much of TrueNorth Wellness Services - Shrewsbury‘s program is complete.
TrueNorth Wellness Services - Shrewsbury‘s Therapies & Programs
Treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success. Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your TrueNorth Wellness Services - Shrewsbury counselor. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction.
Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. It becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Some facilities like TrueNorth Wellness Services - Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury, PA 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.
When family members are more proactive and involved in the treatment procedure, it encourages the patient to advance his or her progress. Moreover, it shouldn’t be ignored that genetics play a role when it comes to addiction, so it’s better to approach the problem as a unit. Also, with proper education, family members can help an individual avoid addiction triggers and guide him or her in making lifestyle changes necessary for his or her sobriety.
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 Shrewsbury, PA facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend TrueNorth Wellness Services - Shrewsbury 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.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
73 E Forrest Ave
Shrewsbury, PA 17361
Phone Number
(717) 235-0199
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Location
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73 E Forrest Ave
Shrewsbury, PA 17361 -
(717) 235-0199
Accepts
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Seniors (65+), Teenagers
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
TrueNorth Wellness Services
Listed July 16, 2021
Updated July 25, 2024
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania Addiction and Treatment
Pennsylvania ranks 14th in the nation for drug-related deaths. More than 10% of all deaths in Pennsylvania have been related to drugs and alcohol. 30% of Pennsylvania youth reportedly drink alcohol monthly, with more than 20,000 teenagers having an alcohol problem. The rate of opioid misuse in Pennsylvania is double the national average.
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