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About NAFI – North American Family Institute
NAFI – North American Family Institute in Warwick, Rhode Island, is a treatment provider that offers care for substance use disorders and mental health needs in a compassionate setting. Their experienced care teams value structure, accountability, and connection. You’ll find support through outpatient, intensive outpatient, and inpatient programs, all designed to meet your needs at your own pace. What we like most about them is their commitment to working with children and adolescents as well as adults as this is something not every provider offers.
You don’t have to go without support because of payment barriers. You can access services using Medicaid, private insurance like Aetna, state financed plans, or self pay options. This makes care more accessible for people in different financial situations.
For Families and Individuals
There’s a mix of therapeutic programming and continued aftercare options, so you don’t have to feel like treatment ends when you leave the building. The Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL) family therapy option stands out as a unique way to support both individual healing and family repair. We feel this program is intuitive because it recognizes the impact family relationships have on recovery.
Activities After Your Appointment
After your appointments, you can take a walk around Gorton Pond or take some time to relax at one of the nearby local diners. If you have a child, the Warwick Public Library is just a short drive and offers a fun, kid friendly setting. These activities are small but meaningful and can be helpful as you decompress after engaging in heavy emotional work.
What to Expect
You’ll encounter staff who are often described as empathetic and responsive, though some feedback mentions challenges with consistency in support. The Normative Community Approach they use encourages you to take part in a healing process shaped by shared responsibility and encouragement. Treatment is offered in both private and residential settings, which is nice because then you have choices in how you engage with your recovery.
Fact checked and written by:
Elizabeth Austen
Edited by:
Kerry Nenn, BSW
Facility Overview
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Latest Reviews
The folks at NAFI are amazing, kind, caring, empathetic, and most importantly professional. They are quick to respond to questions, they hear out your concerns, and have always worked with us to come up with a workable solution. All in all, they are highly recommended.
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I have been a foster parent with NAFI for a few years- the staff is amazing! They are very supportive and work hard to meet the needs of the kids and foster parents!
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Other Forms of Payment
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.
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.
Addiction Treatments
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.
Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
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.
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
Creativity is inherently healing, and can help those in recovery express thoughts or feelings they might not otherwise be able to. Creative arts therapy can include music, poetry/writing, painting, sculpting, dance, theater, sandplay, and more. Unlike traditional art, the final product matters far less than the experience of creation and expression itself.
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.
Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.
Recreational therapy (aka therapeutic recreation) uses creative and fun activities to help with addiction recovery. Recreational therapists lead patients in entertaining and engaging activities like sports or games; art (drawing, painting, sculpture); drama, music, and dance; and/or community outings (field trips) to improve patients' physical, social, and emotional well-being.
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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Staff
Andy Quinn
Chairman
Cindy Livsey
Director of Operations
Tracey Pearson
Director of Residential Services
John Basiliere
Director of Information Systems
Dawn Sparadeo
Human Resources Manager
Anne-Marie Lema
Office Manager
Sue Frament
Quality Assurance & Training Manager
Contact Information
1775 Bald Hill Rd
UNIT 1
Warwick, RI 02886
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