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Outpatient Addiction Treatment Programs in New Hampshire
Live Free Recovery offers outpatient substance abuse treatment services that are tailored to the individual needs of each patient.
Our evidence-based therapies and interventions help our patients achieve their individual goals so that they can succeed in life and overcome alcohol and drug addiction.
Personalized care and a tailored approach are the hallmarks of our treatment programs. Furthermore, all of our addiction specialists here at Live Free Recovery are licensed and trained to service drug rehab patients with compassion and the utmost respect. You’ll find that our New Hampshire treatment centers offer expert outpatient drug abuse and mental health treatment and recovery services.
What is Outpatient Rehab?
Outpatient rehab is any addiction treatment or mental health program that does not require its patients to live in rehab facilities during the period of time that they are receiving treatment. Drug and alcohol rehab programs are available in varying levels of care to meet the unique requirements of each individual’s health. While individuals with severe drug and alcohol addiction may require inpatient programs or partial hospitalization programs, those with more manageable problems can often benefit from less intensive, outpatient addiction treatment.
Outpatient treatment is often recommended for people who need help, but whose drug and alcohol addictions have not significantly interfered with their career, school, or family life. The ability to build a career, pursue an education, or spend time with supportive friends or family members are important aspects of life that can all work in conjunction with and benefit from the skills learned in a successful outpatient treatment program.
Types of Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment
There are three different types of outpatient drug rehab, or outpatient addiction treatment. These three types include partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), and standard outpatient rehab. Treatment centers will conduct a full evaluation before making a recommendation on which form of outpatient rehab will work for you or a loved one. Typically though, the more serious the drug or alcohol addiction, the more intensive treatment that will be recommended.
Partial Hospitalization Program
PHP treatment is the most intensive of all the types of outpatient drug rehab. This is because this treatment type requires its patients to attend rehab for approximately five to eight hours a day, five to seven days a week. Like with all outpatient treatment programs though, when PHP patients aren’t attending rehab, they get to live in their own homes and tend to their normal lives in the real world.
Since PHPs are much more intensive they are typically recommended for a person that is suffering from serious alcohol or drug abuse issues. This treatment is also an excellent option for anyone suffering from co-occurring mental health disorders. Partial hospital treatment is essentially a form of outpatient care that can replace an inpatient treatment program. PHPs can even offer medication-assisted treatment services for those who qualify.
Intensive Outpatient Treatment
The second most intensive form of outpatient drug rehab is IOP treatment. IOP treatment requires its patients to attend rehab for approximately three to four hours a day, a few days a week. This form of treatment is more intense than a standard outpatient program but less intensive than partial hospital programs. IOPs can also be used as step-down programs for residential treatment or PHPs.
Intensive outpatient treatment can be utilized for individuals suffering from mental health concerns as well, but typically they must be under medication management. Individuals must also have completed detox. Therapy options in this form of care include individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy. Individuals are also encouraged to attend support groups outside of the treatment program.
Outpatient Treatment
The least intensive form of outpatient drug rehab is outpatient program (OP) treatment. OP treatment requires its patients to attend rehab for approximately a couple of hours a day, once or twice a week. This form of treatment works great as a step-down approach from residential treatment, PHPs, or even IOPs. It can also be utilized as a treatment option for someone who has recently relapsed or drugs or alcohol.
This form of addiction treatment is highly customizable and treatment centers will work with you to create outpatient services that fit around your schedule. You’ll attend the treatment center outside of work or school. Standard outpatient addiction treatment is essentially treatment placement tailored to your life.
You’ll still have access to many of the same programs and therapies as inpatient treatment, PHPs, or IOPs like drug addiction education and relapse prevention planning. When utilized within the continuum of care, standard outpatient addiction treatment can be a powerful tool to achieve long-term recovery.
How is Outpatient Treatment Used?
Depending on the severity and duration of an individual’s drug abuse or alcohol problem, outpatient treatment may be recommended from the outset. Patients can also transition into outpatient treatment after the successful completion of an inpatient or partial hospitalization program treatment.
It can also be used as a method of recovery support for anyone that may be flirting with the idea of substance use relapse or if someone has already had a substance abuse relapse. This is common with addiction as it’s considered a chronic relapsing disease. Substance use disorders often take several rounds of addiction treatment in order to find long-term recovery.
What Does Outpatient Treatment Include?
Outpatient drug rehab programs offer a variety of support services that patients can incorporate into their busy schedules. Examples of some of these support services include individual counseling, group therapy, substance abuse education, recreational therapy, and even physical activities.
Most outpatient programs have services offered that are similar to inpatient treatment. The main differences are the required amount of time you’ll need to spend at the treatment center, and that you sleep in your own bed.
How do I Know Which Outpatient Treatment Program is Best for Me?
Rehab centers will conduct a full evaluation to determine if you qualify for outpatient substance abuse treatment. In most cases, people do qualify but may be recommended a more intensive form of outpatient care. There are several factors that help determine this including:
- How serious your substance abuse issues may be
- If you have been enrolled in a substance abuse treatment program before
- If there is a co-occurring mental health disorder present
- A supportive (or not) home environment for recovery
- If detox is required in order to attend an addiction treatment program
- Your current insurance benefits and what treatment providers qualify in your specific plan
Most rehab centers will make a recommendation based on your treatment needs, not necessarily what your insurance recommends or even covers. However, addiction treatment facilities always want to work with individuals to make sure they get the help they need. Live Free Recovery offers customized programs for this reason. Your health is of the utmost importance and overcoming addiction is paramount to leading a healthy life.
Benefits of Outpatient Addiction Treatment
There are many benefits to being part of an outpatient drug rehab program. Some of the key benefits of outpatient treatment are described below.
One of the main benefits of outpatient addiction rehab is that patients aren’t required to live in rehab facilities during the period of time that they’re receiving care. This is unlike inpatient forms of rehab that require their patients to live and stay in treatment centers 24/7 until treatment is completely over.
While attending outpatient drug rehab programs, patients can live in the comfort of their own homes. All outpatient treatment patients must do is commute from their homes to their designated rehab facilities to receive substance abuse treatment.
It’s often easy for patients to maintain their jobs while attending outpatient rehab. This is because in outpatient treatment programs patients can function in the real world normally when they aren’t in treatment sessions. Also, outpatient programs are customizable as the addiction treatment center will have options for when need to attend.
The fact that most outpatient drug rehab programs only take up a small number of hours of a patient’s time during the week also makes it easy for many patients to maintain jobs while receiving care. Whether you work during the day or in the evenings, you’ll be able to receive substance abuse treatment when you’re available.
Many outpatient rehab patients can also upkeep all of their general daily life responsibilities. This is, once again, because an outpatient addiction treatment program doesn’t separate their patients from the real world and their normal lives while they’re receiving care. You’ll be able to maintain your life in New Hampshire with little disruption.
Because outpatient rehab patients don’t have to stay in treatment facilities overnight while receiving care, they don’t have to pay for the cost of overnight substance abuse treatment. This makes outpatient treatment programs much more affordable than inpatient treatment programs. It also means that your overall insurance copays may be significantly lower.
Substance abuse recovery does not need to be expensive to be effective. There are plenty of outpatient programs that can help keep you on track for addiction recovery.
Outpatient addiction treatment programs allow individuals to function as regular members of society when not in treatment sessions. This allows outpatient treatment patients to test the success of the coping mechanisms that they’ve learned while still in rehab.
Thus, if an outpatient treatment patient finds that a coping mechanism doesn’t work for him or her, he or she can immediately go back to treatment and consult his or her therapists and addiction treatment specialists about it. This, in turn, allows outpatient treatment patients to hone in on coping mechanisms that work for them prior to completing substance abuse treatment.
Outpatient treatment patients can transition back into regular society after treatment more easily than inpatient treatment patients can. This is because outpatient substance abuse treatment gives patients complete access to the real world while receiving care.
This is unlike inpatient treatment programs that separate their patients from regular society 24/7 while they’re receiving care. Thus, individuals working to recover from drug and alcohol abuse can quickly focus on recovery.
One major benefit of being in an outpatient addiction treatment program is that you still get to spend time with your loved ones while receiving care. This allows patients to lean on their loved ones for support while in recovery from substance misuse. This is unlike inpatient drug rehab programs that completely separate their patients from everyone in their normal lives while in care.
This can be vitally important as long as someone has a strong support system. Recovering from substance use disorder is difficult, and the more support and love you can get from people you trust, the more likely you are to succeed. Substance abuse treatment programs are vitally important, but people need to feel compassion and care. They also need to be consistently reassured that they are making the right decision.
Receive Outpatient Treatment at Live Free Recovery in New Hampshire
Outpatient treatment is one of the alcohol and drug rehab services that Live Free Recovery specializes in providing its patients with. Thus, individuals that are looking to take advantage of the many benefits of outpatient substance abuse treatment can do so here at our recovery center.
To learn more about Live Free Recovery and the other addiction treatment services that we offer contact us today! Our staff is more than willing to answer any questions that you may have.