About Advocates Community Counseling
Advocates Community Behavioral Health Center in Framingham, Massachusetts provides compassionate and culturally competent care for individuals with substance use disorders and mental health issues. They can take care of co-occurring disorders as well. They can deliver both routine counseling and emergency room services. They offer same-day help for urgent behavioral conditions and 24/7 crisis intervention.
Services are available in all languages, including American Sign Language, to ensure people from diverse language backgrounds can get the support they need. They accept MassHealth, Medicare and most private insurance plans to keep costs low and services accessible to broader audiences.
Accessing Treatment in Framingham
Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) is situated along Worcester Road in the southern section of Framingham within Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The facility is just two miles south of the Framingham State Park and six miles northeast of Sudbury Reservoir. They extend services to patients from neighboring Natick, Waltham and Boston. Framingham bus terminal is a mile west of the facility and provides connection to local and regional bus routes. Framingham MBTA Station provides commuter rail service to Boston.
Crisis Support for Substance Use Disorder
Advocates offers 24/7 support for adults and adolescents experiencing acute mental health and substance use disorder crises. Their sensitive, respectful and tailored support at such critical periods fosters stability among patients. The coolest part is that this service can be delivered at home, school and many other community settings. So you don’t even have to make unnecessary emergency room visits.
Their community crisis stabilization (CCS) delivers more structured community-focused care for adults in crisis. This short-term program offers a voluntary and less restrictive overnight alternative to inpatient psychiatric care. The goal is to help you stabilize in a nurturing and supportive environment before connecting you to the appropriate care options for continued recovery. Transportation assistance is provided for this program.
Medication-Supported Recovery for Opioid Dependency
They offer medication assisted treatment (MAT) as a core recovery option particularly for adults dealing with opioid use issues. They may offer either buprenorphine or naltrexone to help you curb physiological cravings and eliminate painful withdrawal symptoms. The technique also includes counseling to help you tackle psychological and emotional issues and build coping skills to prevent relapse.
They offer individual, family and couples counseling that draws from proven methods like cognitive behavioral therapy. This helps you manage symptoms, improve relationships and develop healthier coping strategies. They also offer therapy groups where you can practice new sober skills like healthy communication, problem solving and anger management. Integrating behavioral therapy and addiction meds has been proven to foster lasting abstinence.
The facility also provides psychiatric assessments and medication management as part of comprehensive care. This can particularly benefit patients with co-occurring disorders.
Recovery Coaching and Care Coordination
They also offer recovery coaching with certified coaches available to help you navigate recovery and live a fulfilling life. Certified recovery coaches are trained professionals who use their personal experiences with addiction to guide and support others in their recovery journey. These experts provide non-clinic support like helping you with goal setting, exploring community resources and providing emotional encouragement during challenging times.
The wraparound services in this clinic may include recovery support services via care coordination as you move forward. These may include help with securing affordable housing, job search or placement, transportation and nutritional support.
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Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.
Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.
Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.
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Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
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(508) 661-2020 
354 Waverly Street
Framingham, MA 01702
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