It is estimated that an average of 17 fatal opioid overdoses happens in Somerville annually
The Somerville police and fire departments respond to over 100 overdose-related calls annually, indicating that overdoses are a serious public health crisis, even if the majority are not fatal
Adults from 20 to 29 are considered at the highest risk of overdoses in Somerville, especially males
Our programs consist of different outpatient offerings, specifically our day and partial day programs.
Both of these provide different levels of participation and structured therapies without the requirement to stay overnight.
Our full day program gives you several hours per week, every day of the week, where you can utilize morning or evening opportunities to build coping skills, foster better communication and relationships, and learn to overcome maladaptive behaviors associated with addiction.
Our partial-day program gives you a few dozen hours per week of a similar structure, designed as a step down from our full day program or for people who may have completed an inpatient program in the past and are still looking for additional support.
With East Coast Recovery, we provide a trauma treatment program for those participating in drug rehab Somerville, MA based.
It is suspected that 75 percent or 3/4 of all people with addiction have a history of trauma. In some situations, nearly all people seeking help for addiction have untreated trauma.
Across clinical addiction treatment samples, there’s a strong link between trauma and addiction, particularly childhood trauma like physical or sexual abuse. For that reason, it’s crucial that individuals with this background participate in the right type of dual diagnosis treatment or find trauma-informed therapy for effective recovery.
Adverse Childhood Experiences, known as ACEs, refer to individual types of traumatic experiences that someone can experience in childhood, like:
These ACEs can increase the risk of developing addiction later in life. In particular, people who have four or more of these types of traumatic events in their past are an average of 8 times more likely to develop addiction to drugs and 5 times more likely to develop an addiction to alcohol.
So why is there such a strong link? Early Childhood trauma can actually damage the brain circuits, increasing vulnerability to addiction, but any trauma, even in adulthood, can lead to things like:
For that reason, people are more likely to self-medicate, especially if they don’t understand that help is available. Our trauma-informed treatment program offers an integrated form of care that treats co-occurring mental health disorders alongside addiction and works to address the underlying trauma in a way that avoids what is called re-traumatization.
Re-traumatization can happen when an individual seeks generic help, not trauma-informed help. They might, for example, have a history of physical abuse from an Italian father, so when they try to get help for addiction, or they start therapy, and they get paired with an Italian therapist who is a male, this could be triggering for them.
At East Coast Recovery, we value each of our clients and incorporate a comprehensive assessment at the start of each treatment program. The purpose behind this is to understand those potential triggers and avoid making mistakes like pairing someone with a history of abuse with a therapist or a setting that might trigger them again.
We also offer a wide range of therapies, such as experiential therapies. These can go hand in hand with trauma-informed care.
Things like art therapy can help people express difficult feelings from suppressed emotions or traumatic events in their past without having to sit in a room and talk about things. For example, a client might prefer to express things that happen to them by painting or sculpting them.
With drama therapy, individuals can reenact difficult situations from their past insecure locations. These reenactments have been shown to help people deal with negative emotions or suppressed emotions associated with those situations. In a safe environment supported by our staff, clients can figure out how certain traumatic situations may have made them feel at the time and how those feelings continue to contribute to things like addiction today.
Animal therapy, like our K9 Therapy Program, can provide interactions with animals in a way that assists with building self-esteem, encouraging nonverbal communication, and perhaps even being in an outdoor environment where an individual might simply feel more comfortable expressing how they feel to a nearby therapist without having to sit in a room or share in a group.
Our goal is to make each of our clients feel safe and secure as they explore things that may have contributed to their addiction. We focus on individual and group therapy as well as building a support network through group and family programs. Whether you need trauma-informed care or dual diagnosis options to help you tackle multiple mental health issues at the same time, our team is here.
With flexible outpatient programs, we can help you find something that fits with your current schedule, giving you the opportunity to return home at the end of each day.
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