All 4 centers in Somerville offer outpatient treatment and individual, group, and family counseling. This is the foundation of the recovery services available here. Outpatient care means you live at home while attending counseling sessions, typically several times per week. Individual counseling gives you one-on-one time with a counselor to address your specific substance use patterns and triggers. Group counseling connects you with others in recovery, providing peer support and practical strategies shared from lived experience. Family counseling helps repair relationships damaged by substance use and builds support systems at home.
Each center has programs focused on comprehensive substance use assessment and discharge planning. Assessment means a thorough evaluation of your substance use history, mental health, medical history, and social situation at the start of treatment. This informs your personalized care plan. Discharge planning prepares you for life after treatment, connecting you to ongoing support, sober living resources, employment assistance, or other services you may need.
Brief intervention, a structured counseling technique, is available at all 4 centers. This is particularly useful for people early in their treatment journey or those looking to make targeted changes. Three centers offer cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which uses practical strategies to change harmful thought patterns and behaviors related to substance use. Three also provide treatment for clients currently on opioid medication prescribed elsewhere, meaning those continuing maintenance medications can access care while staying on their regimen.
Services available at most centers include:
- Outpatient treatment (4)
- Individual counseling (4)
- Group counseling (4)
- Family counseling (4)
- Co-occurring mental health and substance use treatment (4)
- Brief intervention (4)
- Aftercare and continuing care (4)
- Comprehensive substance use assessment (4)
- Discharge planning (4)
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (3)
- Opioid medication support for clients prescribed elsewhere (3)
To confirm availability of residential treatment, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), medication-assisted treatment with buprenorphine or methadone, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), trauma counseling, sober living arrangements, or telehealth services, contact the centers directly through our listings.
All 4 centers in Somerville serve both men and women. Three specifically serve adult women.