Snowden at Fredericksburg in Fredericksburg, Virginia, specializes in both mental health and substance abuse treatment for adults and adolescents aged 13 and older. Boasting a 74-bed inpatient community mental health hospital, the facility offers a comprehensive array of inpatient and outpatient services. It is located on the campus of Mary Washington Hospital.
Snowden at Fredericksburg is dedicated to providing thorough behavioral health services. Its mission is to collaborate with patients and their families to promote long-term recovery, educate on healthy lifestyles, and strengthen support systems.
- Offers a 74-bed inpatient community mental health hospital for intensive treatment.
- Specialized programs for both adults and adolescents dealing with chemical dependency.
- Comprehensive outpatient services including Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs.
- Holistic care approach focusing on diet, lifestyle, family education, and medication management.
The facility treats various behavioral health issues, including mental health disorders and substance use disorders. Services benefit adults and adolescents aged 13 and older, along with their families.
- 1+ Accreditations
- 18 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 7 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 21 Therapies & Programs
Accreditations

JCAHO
Staff
- Erin BatesChief Executive OfficerExperienced healthcare executive leading Snowden at Fredericksburg's operations and strategic initiatives.
- Kimberly NelsonChief Nursing OfficerOversees nursing staff and ensures high-quality patient care at Snowden at Fredericksburg.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Substance abuse refers to the intensive and inappropriate use of psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are those that affect brain function. These include illegal drugs, alcohol, and even the excessive use of prescription drugs. The overuse of psychoactive substances leads to severe physical or psychological dependence. It also affects the social life and relationships of the affected individual. Substance abuse is treatable.
The duration of treatment at Snowden at Fredericksburg in Fredericksburg can require weeks or even months depending on the severity of the condition as there is a risk of relapse. Treatment options include medications, counseling sessions, various types of behavioral therapy, and group therapy in different combinations.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Addiction to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit opioids such as heroin, leads to potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when discontinued. Opioid addiction treatment typically involves an inpatient stay at facilities like Snowden at Fredericksburg to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.
Dual-Diagnosis Treatment in Fredericksburg, VA
Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at Snowden at Fredericksburg is essential to understand the addiction better.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Partial-Hospitalization, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An intensive outpatient program is a good option for someone in Virginia with a milder or less severe addiction. An IOP may involve daily meetings at a treatment facility, along with personal counseling and peer meetings. Some IOP programs offer half-day treatment, while others offer full-day programs. Snowden at Fredericksburg‘s IOP is customized per individual.
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 Fredericksburg, VA. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.
Facilities 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.
Partial hospitalization (PHP) is a type of outpatient addiction care. Each plan is tailored to meet unique individual needs. Treatment is more intense than that you receive at a therapist’s office. It is less intense than inpatient rehab. The entire treatment takes about ten days to complete. It does not require you to stay at the Virginia treatment center. Each visit lasts several hours, sometimes, eight hours. It can be the best choice for those who have recently developed an addiction.
Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day Virginia 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.
Snowden at Fredericksburg‘s Therapies & Programs
In addiction recovery at Snowden at Fredericksburg, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.
Addiction and alcoholism affect the entire family. For this reason, family therapy is vital to a person’s recovery from addiction. In contrast to couples counseling, family therapy at Snowden at Fredericksburg may include siblings, children, parents, and other significant people in the recovering person’s life. Family support is one of the most important pillars of recovery.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Snowden at Fredericksburg aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.
The recovery technique used by Alcoholics Anonymous is the 12 step program, but it can relate to any form of addiction. The 12 steps that addicts must take on the road to recovery are explained. Measures include acknowledging that you have a problem and agreeing to turn around your life. The curriculum, instructed by Snowden at Fredericksburg, also requires a belief in a greater power and making amends to others.
Contingency Management (CM), also called motivational incentives, is a type of pure behavioral therapy. It’s based on the idea that behavior is shaped, motivated, or controlled by its outcomes. CM is a clinical application at Snowden at Fredericksburg of operant conditioning, which helps clients eliminate unwanted behaviors by the use of positive and negative reinforcement.
Patient Experience
Experiential Therapy at Snowden at Fredericksburg
Experential therapy is a unique type of therapy that deals with the subconscious mind. This treatment available at Snowden at Fredericksburg in Fredericksburg, VA encourages individuals to work out their issues with their inner self through synchronous experiences.
This non-traditional treatment method makes use of the physique and encourages people to take part in various physical and emotional activities, movements, and practices. Some of the most common examples of experiential therapy are equine therapy, music therapy, adventure therapy, and role playing. Through these various methods, an individual is believed to heal from trauma, negative emotions, and hurtful memories faster. Moreover, experiential therapy is known to have enduring results which can be beneficial to sufferers.
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Location & Contact

1200 Sam Perry Boulevard
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Phone Number
(540) 741-3900
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Fredericksburg, Virginia Addiction and Treatment
The state of Virginia has been struggling with substance use and abuse like the rest of the United States. A little over 10% of the entire Virginia population uses drugs and almost 5% abuse alcohol every given year. This has led to almost 6.5% of all deaths in Virginia being somehow related to alcohol and/or drugs.
Fredericksburg sits along the Rappahannock River, offering hiking trails, parks for outdoor recreation, and a vibrant downtown with art galleries, theaters, and live music venues. In 2022, Spotsylvania County had 42 opioid-related overdose deaths, with 71% involving fentanyl, a 50% increase from 2020.
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