All 8 treatment centers in Taunton provide substance use treatment with comprehensive assessment at intake. This assessment helps determine the right approach and level of care for each person's needs. Every center also includes structured aftercare and continuing care, recognizing that recovery extends beyond initial treatment.
All centers offer these core services:
- Substance use treatment (8 centers)
- Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT (8 centers)
- Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT (8 centers)
- Individual counseling (8 centers)
- Group counseling (8 centers)
- Family counseling (8 centers)
- Trauma-related counseling (8 centers)
- Substance abuse counseling (8 centers)
- Relapse prevention (8 centers)
- Aftercare and continuing care (8 centers)
CBT and DBT are structured, skills-based therapies. CBT helps identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that reinforce substance use. DBT teaches distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Both are widely used in addiction treatment.
Trauma-related counseling is available at all 8 centers, which is important because addiction and trauma frequently occur together. Addressing underlying trauma can improve long-term outcomes.
Additional services across Taunton's centers include discharge planning, substance use education, screening for substance use and tobacco use, social skills development, and brief intervention and motivational interviewing techniques. These services support the transition from formal treatment back into daily life.
Seven centers also offer comprehensive mental health assessment and mental health services for people with co-occurring addiction and mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. Treatment is available in settings that serve all genders as well as centers specializing in women-only programs. Five centers accept mixed-gender groups, while three centers focus specifically on treatment for women.