Greater Boston Addiction CenterIOP Program in Needham Heights, MA
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Greater Boston Addiction Centers is a substance abuse rehab program in Boston Metro West Area, with a location in Needham, MA. They provide daytime outpatient and evening intensive outpatient drug treatment programs for clients aged 18 and older struggling with addiction to drugs, alcohol, opioids, and stimulants. The center uses evidence-based therapies including cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and medication-assisted treatment, combined with holistic methods such as guided meditation and yoga. They treat co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, ADHD, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD. The program emphasizes aftercare planning, relapse prevention, life skills training, and maintains an alumni network for ongoing support. All staff have professional standards focused on flexibility and understanding.
Role
IOP Program
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
DBT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Pairs acceptance with change. Especially useful when emotions feel too big to ride out without acting on them.
MAT
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). Pairs FDA-approved medications with counseling and behavioral therapy. Standard of care for opioid and alcohol use disorder; emerging evidence in gambling for impulsivity-targeting agents.
Holistic
Holistic Care. Adds nutrition, sleep, movement, and mind-body practices alongside the clinical work. Recovery is whole-person; the body matters too.
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention. Practices noticing urges without acting on them, building the gap between trigger and choice.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
Setting
- Outpatient
- Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Case management service
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
- Suicide prevention services
Education & counseling
- Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
- Substance use disorder education
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Young Adults
- Adults
Special programs
- Young adults
- Adult women
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Adult men
- Seniors or older adults
- Veterans
- Active duty military
- Members of military families
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients who have experienced trauma
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