Outpatient Substance Abuse Services

Entrance into the Substance Abuse Intervention programs begins with a comprehensive assessment. Our goal is evaluate and assist the client in guiding them in the direction of his/her valued goals. Clients are matched with the most appropriate services of individual, family or group treatment or some combination thereof. Assessment and treatment planning are an ongoing process of collaboration between client and therapist which can lead to referrals to other services in the community when those within ServiceNet are not available. Our strong collaborative relationships with short-term inpatient programs, the inpatient unit and Partial Hospitalization Programs at Franklin Medical Center and local area detox facilities have also proven to be very effective in helping clients reach their goals. Additionally, Servicenet offers three recovery homes in Greenfield and Orange area (two for men and one for women) and have recently expanded our group offerings as part of an ongoing commitment to bring trauma-informed, evidence-based practices to the community. 
 
Come As You Are is community “drop in” group free to participants (no intake or pre-registration required). Providing an opportunity for dialogue and connection, this group is often a first step for those unlikely to begin their process of recovery through more informal structures. Rooted and linked within the recovery community, this group is available at the following locations: Greenfield Outpatient clinic, Athol outreach site and community center in Turners Falls. 
 
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group (ACT) – A mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral treatment which focuses on helping clients to identify values and make behavioral choices in the service of those values. ACT assumes that substance abuse is one of many ways in which human beings attempt to avoid painful emotional experiences and that these attempts at avoidance along with fusion with certain thoughts are the source of much emotional suffering. ACT attempts to help clients change their relationship with the painful aspects of human experience and create more valued lives. 
 
Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention – A group based on the work of G. Alan Marlatt which teaches mindfulness as a core skill in noticing steps in the relapse process and identifying thoughts, emotions and situations which often prompt relapse. It additionally teaches strategies that may help clients avoid and cope with relapse-inducing situations. 
 
Seeking Safety – An evidence-based treatment developed by Lisa Najavits to help people attain safety from trauma/PTSD and substance abuse. Seeking Safety is a present-focused, empathic approach which names (but does not explore/uncover) the trauma experience, validates the connection to substance use, provides psychoeducation and offers safe coping skills to manage often overwhelming impulses and emotions of co-occurring disorders. 
 
Contemplating Recovery Group – is based on the transtheoretical model of behavior change (from the research of Prochaska and DiClemente). This group focuses on consciousness raising, self-reevaluation, values clarification and supporting members in a collaborative, experiential process to shift the "decisional balance" in favor of change. The group is semi-structured and moves through an 8 week sequence which allows members to benefit from the experiences of others yet not feel coerced to change.
 
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – Isa comprehensive and intensive treatment involving individual and group therapy for those struggling with substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders, including self-harming behaviors.   DBT is an evidence-based treatment for those who meet the criteria for the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder and substance use disorders.  We offer both adult and adolescent/family programs.
 
Referrals can be directed to our Central Intake Department at (413)-584-6855 extension 1328 or 413- 772-2935 extension 1328 or toll free at 1-877-984-6855.
 
For more information please feel free to contact us at 413.772.2935:
     Helen Lincoln-White, ext. 4747
     Chris Neiman, ext. 4709
     Angela Rowan (adolescent DBT program), ext. 4728