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Belmont Wild Acre

220 Lexington street
Belmont, MA 02478
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About Belmont Wild Acre

Belmont Wild Acre, located in Belmont, Massachusetts is a private alcohol and drug rehab that offers treatment for a variety of substance abuse addictions including co-occurring mental health disorders. They offer residential care providing long term support for addiction recovery. Specialty rehab programs at Belmont Wild Acre include age-sensitive addiction treatment considering health and life-stage issues of older adults.

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Levels of Care

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.

Treatments

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.

A person who has alcohol use disorder (alcoholism) builds up a physical tolerance to alcohol. If they try to stop drinking, they experience withdrawal symptoms. Treatment is available for this condition, through alcohol rehab in Massachusetts. Treatment options include AA, detox, counseling, medication, residential programs, and outpatient treatment. Social and family support systems are crucial during and after treatment of any kind.

Addiction is a highly complex problem, and drug rehab in Massachusetts is often necessary to address it. These programs treat physical, mental, and relational issues that are involved. Treatment empowers individuals to manage these issues without the use of drugs.

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Programs

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

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.

Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.

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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Accreditations

State Licenses are permits issued by government agencies that allow rehab organizations to conduct business legally within a certain geographical area. Typically, the kind of program a rehab facility offers, along with its physical location, determines which licenses are required to operate legally.

State License: Massachusetts

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220 Lexington street
Belmont, MA 02478

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debbie spingarn
2 years ago
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Wild Acres was referred to me through the services of a specialized, private pay agency. Wild Acres Waverly in Belmont was nothing like was described to me and my daughter. Her profile was nothing like the other few residents and no mention was made that this is a "sober house," where residents are in recovery from some type of addiction. The groups advertised were only 2 times a week, and the rest of the time was up to the resident to "find things to do." Although no programming addressed recovery, the placement seems to be for recovery addicts. Wild acres did not disclose this and in my view, should have.

Lauren Vogel
3 years ago
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I was at Wild Acres for a little less than a year, and so I decided to offer my thoughts on my experience and the positives and negatives of the program. I’ll start off by saying that there is a lot of inconsistency at Wild Acres. For example, within the staff. The majority of the staff do not have any mental health credentials and are just young adults or older people who are looking for a job. I found oftentimes, if I needed somebody to talk to, talking to a staff member went similarly to if I had talked to a random person, in that they had little to no understanding of mental illness, therapies such as CBT or DBT, and gave unqualified advice based on their own opinions and life experiences. However, some staff members despite being unqualified were very kind and helpful to talk to. Others were condescending and made it clear they didn’t want to help you or listen to what you had to say. Rules were also very unclear and inconsistent. A lot of my experience at Wild Acres was determined by my own personal accountability/commitment to getting better and by random, in terms of what case manager I was assigned and what other residents were there at the time. When I arrived at Wild Acres from the hospital, I was very depressed and did not know how to ask for the support I needed. I ended up in the depths of an eating disorder, that despite the staff recognizing, they did nothing to help. Wild Acres can be helpful, but it really puts the responsibility on residents to ask for what they need, and if you’re depressed that can be difficult to do. Some case managers are more proactive than others, but they do allow you to switch case managers if you want to. Also, there isn’t much accountability expected of the residents, which I think contributes to people staying at the program longer than they need to. For example, when I lived there, many residents spent 90% of their time in their room in bed. We had “groups” (a generous description) but they changed every week and were not structured well or very helpful/interesting. There also were supposed to be weekly group outings, but during my time there, there were months where I was the only person going on weekend outings because everyone else stayed in their rooms. I would also STRONGLY discourage any person in recovery from a severe eating disorder or drug/alcohol addiction to find a different program. You will not find the support you need at Wild Acres. When I lived there, there was also nobody on staff who was in recovery themselves, which I know is usually helpful for people who are newly sober. In conclusion, I would say this program can be helpful but you need to be in a place to be able to ask for the specific help and support that you need. When I left the program I was in a much better place, and ended up moving out and living successfully on my own. However, I will give most of the credit for that transformation to myself, the medications I was on, and my therapist at the time. Like a lot of programs similar to this one, its main objective is that it’s a business trying to make money. If you decide to go to this program I would encourage advocating for yourself and making sure you’re getting what you’re paying for, because if you don’t the staff will do the bare minimum. I will also say that I had a dab pen for the last couple months of my stay at Wild Acres and I used it in my closet and outside regularly, all without staff noticing. I also was only drug tested once. This is to say that the program depends largely on holding yourself accountable. If you need other people to manage your meds and you’re looking to live with other people who live with mental illness, and to try to get back on track in life, this program is helpful. But it’s far from perfect, very expensive, and misleading in terms of how they advertise it. I hope this is helpful for people considering it.

Brett Battaglia
4 years ago
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David Crosier
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