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AdCare Outpatient Worcester
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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
Provider's Policy
AdCare facilities, located in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, provide various levels of care, with some facilities offering medical detox and inpatient rehab and others providing outpatient therapy. Your insurance plan may cover one or more of these levels of care, depending on your plan.
AdCare Outpatient Worcester
AdCare Outpatient Worcester
About AdCare Outpatient Worcester
AdCare Outpatient Worcester provides outpatient care for addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions. They have focused programs for veterans, first responders, and impaired professionals. Their levels of care include detox services, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), outpatient therapy, and telehealth services. AdCare Outpatient Worcenter uses a wide range of holistic and evidence-based therapies to comprehensively address the root cause of addiction.
Personalized Outpatient Care with Evidence-Based Therapies
AdCare Outpatient Worcester uses an initial assessment to determine each client’s unique treatment needs. Their IOP offers day and evening groups for greater flexibility. Clients attend treatment at least 9 hours weekly, for typically 3 days a week. General outpatient welcomes clients for fewer hours each week. Their SOAP (Structured Outpatient Addiction Program) provides 6 days of weekly treatment from 8:30-12pm. Program topics and activities include medication, recovery yoga, animal therapy, and community support groups. Clients attend 1:1, group, and family counseling during all levels of treatment. Evidence-based therapies include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing techniques, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
Groups and Programs for Specialized Needs
AdCare Outpatient Worcester provides various groups and psychoeducation opportunities for clients in their IOP and outpatient programs. They offer early recovery groups, men and women’s groups, spirituality groups, and parenting in recovery groups. AdCare Outpatient Worcester additionally offers mood management services for co-occurring mental health conditions. Specialized programs address the unique needs of veterans, first responders, young adults, and impaired professionals.
Family Support and Aftercare
AdCare Outpatient Worcester hosts a friends and family meeting on the first Thursday of each month. Family members and loved ones can also attend family counseling to heal together, set goals, and learn more about recovery. After completing treatment, AdCare Outpatient Worcester clients join their robust alumni program and begin independent living with a strong aftercare plan. Their alumni program includes access to an alumni app, continued check-ins from an alumni concierge, and invitations to regional and national American Addiction Centers events.
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Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Joint Commission Accredited
The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.
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Meet Your Care Team
Andrea Dayotas
Interim CEO
MA, Counseling, LSWA, LADCI, LHMC, CAGS
John N. Copeland
Director of AdCare Hospital Telehealth/Outpatient Services
LMHC
Lisa Alekna
Counselor
LICSW
Gladys Rodriguez-Medina
Clinician
LPC
Your Care Options
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
LGBTQ+
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
Who We Treat
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Treatment Services
Day Treatment
In a PHP, patients live at home but follow an intensive schedule of treatment. Most programs require you to be on-site for about 40 hours per week.
Intensive Outpatient Program
In an IOP, patients live at home or a sober living, but attend treatment typically 9-15 hours a week. Most programs include talk therapy, support groups, and other methods.
Outpatient
During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Twelve Step
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
Motivational Interviewing
Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
Anger
Although anger itself isn't a disorder, it can get out of hand. If this feeling interferes with your relationships and daily functioning, treatment can help.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Grief and Loss
Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Aftercare
Care Designed for Your Needs
Activities
Smoking and Vaping Policy
Learn More About the Center
Intensive Outpatient Overview
Find out more about AdCare Outpatient Worcester’s IOP available in day or evening sessions.
Alumni Program
Learn more about how alumni stay connected and grow their sober community.
Testimonials and Reviews
Read reviews and testimonials from past clients at AdCare.
Telehealth Services
Explore the telehealth outpatient services offered and see an overview of how it works.