Southeastern Mental Health Authority

Norwich, Connecticut

401 West thames street
Building 301
Norwich, CT 06360

(860) 859-4500
3.7 (3 reviews)

About Southeastern Mental Health Authority

Southeastern Mental Health Authority provides mental and behavioral health care for children, teens, and adults in Norwich, Connecticut. This includes a dedicated program designed to treat substance use disorder. They provide a range of services that vary in intensity, including residential treatment, crisis intervention, outpatient counseling, and community outreach. They accept self pay, commercial insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.

They reserve their residential unit for people who need to be stabilized but aren’t suitable for a psychiatric hospital. During your time here, you’ll interact with a multidisciplinary team of nurses, counselors, social workers, and mental health specialists. They’ll provide round the clock care and will discuss your progress at weekly team meetings. You can attend those meetings on your own or bring your family members with you.

Those who need a lower level of care can enroll in their outpatient treatment program. While all plans are unique, yours may include a combination of individual and group therapy, medication management, and psychiatric care. During each therapy session, you’ll engage in evidence based practices such as dialectical behavioral therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

One current client says she’s been going to this facility for three years, and she highly recommends it.

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Medical briefcase icon Levels of Care

outpatient iconOutpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

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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adult-program iconAdult program

elderly iconElderly program

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young-adult iconYoung adult program

Heart icon Treatment

check iconDual Diagnosis

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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401 West thames street
Building 301
Norwich, CT 06360

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3.7 (3 reviews)
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3.7 (3 reviews)
Cam Cook
1 year ago
5

Danielle Cormier
1 year ago
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I only started doing better after leaving this program (Yas & brief care to be more specific)

Kimberly A
1 year ago
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I don't know about all programs but options in SMHA has great therapists and med providers I have been going here 3 years and overall I would highly recommend it.

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