Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge, Massachusetts

1493 Cambridge street
Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 665-1000

About Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge Health Alliance, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, treats patients 18 and over who are suffering from substance abuse issues and addiction. They offer both intensive outpatient and traditional outpatient programs, giving you some variety to work with depending on your schedule. They follow the modalities of cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness-based relapse prevention, motivational interviewing and harm reduction.

For their intensive outpatient program, you’ll meet online on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 9 AM to noon. This program typically lasts four weeks. You’ll learn about mindfulness, self-care, emotion management, medical aspects, relapse prevention, understanding substance use disorders, goal setting, building a daily structure and expanding support.

Their standard outpatient program is a bit more flexible with meetings, and you’ll meet at various different points throughout the week. You’ll discuss similar topics, but they also have specialty groups like Women’s Recovery and Mindful Recovery. If you have a co-occurring condition, you can also receive individual therapy and medication assisted treatment.

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  • medicaid iconMedicaid
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  • self-pay iconSelf-pay options
  • financial-aid iconFinancial aid
  • medicare iconMedicare

Medical briefcase icon Levels of Care

inpatient iconInpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

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check iconAdolescence program

adult-program iconAdult program

children iconChildren program

elderly iconElderly program

hearing iconHearing impaired program

young-adult iconYoung adult program

Shield icon Insurance

Our Policy: Cambridge Health Alliance works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact us to verify your specific insurance provider.

Heart icon Treatment

mental-health iconMental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Hand holding medical sign icon Clinical Services

inpatient-file iconCognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

couples-therapy iconCouples Therapy

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

dialectical iconDialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

medical-detox iconExperiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

family iconFamily Therapy

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

intervention iconGroup Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

mental-health iconIndividual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

nicotine iconNicotine Replacement Therapy

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a way of getting nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine to help people stop smoking. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

house-medical iconTrauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

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1493 Cambridge street
Cambridge, MA 02139

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2.89 (343 reviews)
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They should try to understand their patients a little bit more and not rush things just because it worked with other patients before. My psychiatrist disregarded everything I told him and how I was feeling.

Reviewed on 12/27/2018
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2.9 (342 reviews)
Thu hoang le anh
1 month ago
5

best place to visit

Response from the owner1 month ago
Thank you for the positive feedback. We appreciate the kind words. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
Moon Cake
1 month ago
5

Good!

Response from the owner1 month ago
Our practice aims to deliver the highest quality patient care. Thanks for sharing this feedback with us! Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
Le Hoang
1 month ago
5

Great

Response from the owner1 month ago
We appreciate the 5-star rating and the positive feedback. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
Maddox Riley
1 month ago
3

It s mostly a pretty typical hospital, I guess. Just in Cambridge. Honestly the emergency room staff were very caring and doing their best to help the couple of times I ve had to go there.

Response from the owner2 months ago
Thank you for being a CHA patient. Please call our patient relations team at 617-665-1398 or complete our online form at www.challiance.org/patients-visitors/patient-relations if you would like to speak with someone about your experience. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
Jeudi Fedna
1 month ago
5

5 years ago, i gave gave birth to my first daughter there. Recently I gave birth to my second baby girl and it was a great experience. A big thank you to all the nurses ( Izze, Francesca, Juliana and Karelyn), you guys are absolutely amazing. Special thank you to the overnight l&D Dr Batshon as well as Dr Sullivan and Tammaro. I didn't have a birth plan, all I wanted was for my princess and I to be ok. And they delivered that. Gave birth on Thursday, surprisingly I was home by Friday.My advice to you all, listen to your providers. They will give you different options, always ask for their opinions and what they think will be best for you. I was induced overnight and gave birth within 10 hours. Again Thank you all..

Response from the owner1 month ago
Hi Jeudi - Thank you for sharing your positive experience with us! Our caregivers work hard to ensure every patient receives the best care. We will share your comments with our care team. Thank you for entrusting us with your care. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
Chris J
1 month ago
5

I had surgery to remove fibrosis from my uterus and I need to write all my thanks to Dr. Meredith Thomas and the entire surgery team at Cha, they are wonderful and gave me complete security despite all my nervousness before and after the surgery with total respect, I ask that God pour many blessings into the lives of each one of them.

Response from the owner1 month ago
Thank you for the positive feedback. We appreciate the kind words. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
MK C
1 month ago
5

Response from the owner1 month ago
Thank you for giving our hospital a great score! Our staff takes great pride in serving the Cambridge community. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
Amanda
2 months ago
2

My mom got transferred here from another hospital and as soon as we got to the ER someone told her point blank she needed surgery and when she broke down because we d been up all night and she was in pain they asked why she was crying. Then when she calmed down she was placed into a room at 6am and told to prep for surgery she was having later, the curtain in the room had blood stains and hair on it. When I returned at 1 after leaving at 7 it went from 100 percent needing surgery and scaring both of us to letting her eat and setting her up with a follow up that they were supposed to set up and never did. Then I read about something on discharge that we had asked about as a possibility but were told no when she had it as a separate issue in addition to what our her there for that trip. Overall happy she s okay but the delivery and lack of transparency about the full picture of what was going on and me having to read to my mom what was up from her papers wasn t good. Her nurses were good though and one eventually got the curtain changed.

Response from the owner2 months ago
Hi Amanda, Thank you for your feedback. CHA tries to give everyone the best health care and your mom's experience is not what we would expect. Please consider calling our patient relations team at 617-665-1398 or completing our online form on our web page: www.challiance.org/patients-visitors/patient-relations. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
natacha monosiet
2 months ago
1

I came in today with a lump and I never felt so not cared for. I waited HOURS. I always walked alway until the nurse found me leaving and went to get my discharge I never got treated for my lump or anything or even tested.. especially when the vaccine is know to cause lymphoma when you are black American they tend to not care until you are buried just like when I was trying to give birth I ended up going to Mass gen. I never felt so mistreated multiple times.

Response from the owner2 months ago
Hello Natacha, you have raised some serious issues and I wanted to respond as soon as I could. Can you please call our patient relations team at 617-665-1398 or complete our online form at www.challiance.org/patients-visitors/patient-relations so we can connect with you and learn more about your situation? Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
vicky landry
2 months ago
2

This place has gone completely downhill. Unfortunately I have a bunch of medical issues and deal with this hospital a lot. My family also goes here and each one of us have noticed a massive decline in literally everything. Hardly anyone in here knows what anyone else is doing it is a huge problem. So many mistakes are being made. It's really actually very alarming.

Response from the owner2 months ago
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Your feedback is important to us. If you want to talk more about your experience, please call our patient relations team at 617-665-1398 or complete our online form at www.challiance.org/patients-visitors/patient-relations. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
Fagner Nunes
2 months ago
5

Great Experience Great Service

Response from the owner2 months ago
Thank you for the positive feedback. We appreciate the kind words. Thank you, CHA Patient Experience Team
Nicoletta Commins
2 months ago
1

I've written a review of my experience at this hospital elsewhere, but I'm writing a second review so people know that someone at CHA goes through these reviews and leaves replies telling you that they want to address your concerns and to call the patient relations line, but when you call no one ever gets back to you. It's a complete fraud to try to rescue their bad reputation online.

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