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This center treats primary substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
This center treats primary substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Alpas Wellness works with most insurance carriers.
Alpas Wellness La Plata, LLC is a medical organization with a Drug & Alcohol Treatment Centre in Charles County, Maryland. Alpas Wellness offers drug & alcohol addiction, dual-diagnosis & mental health treatment to individuals struggling with addiction issues. Named after the Tagalog word for breaking free, Alpas Wellness Center provides a continuum of personalized care for addiction recovery. Their levels of care include medically supervised detox, residential care, and aftercare. Their plant-infused facility has nursing stations on each floor, refresh spaces, and the option of private rooms.
Alpas Wellness Center begins treatment with an initial assessment and diagnosis of co-occurring mental health conditions, if present. They use a range of holistic and evidence-based therapies to treat addiction and co-occurring conditions, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing techniques, experiential therapies, and contingency management. Clients receive a personalized treatment plan aligned with their diagnoses, recovery needs, and goals. Regular medical check-ups keep staff attuned to their needs.
In addition to treating addiction and dual diagnoses, Alpas Wellness Center addresses underlying medical conditions. These include diabetes, cancer, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, cardiovascular disorders, respiratory disorders, liver disease, and more. Their medical staff comprises a psychiatrist, clinical consultant, nurses, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), masters-level counselors, therapists, a physician assistant, and clinical art therapist. Nurses and an on-call physician monitor detox 24/7. Alpas Wellness Center offers medication-assisted treatment (MAT) on a case-by-case basis.
Alpas Wellness Center collaborated with the University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroaesthetics (PCfN) to create a calming, restorative space to heal. Their naturalistic facility has a fitness center, arcade games, a café with nutritional meals and snacks, private spaces to relax, and a quiet room for biofeedback. Alpas Wellness Center’s work-flex program provides monitored access to a computer if deemed necessary. They have shared or private rooms available. Clients attend group, 1:1, and family therapy. After residential treatment, clients can participate in aftercare. Alpas Wellness Center’s aftercare services include an ongoing treatment plan with predetermined relapse-prevention strategies, emergency plans, and an app to connect with further care as needed.
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This center treats primary substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
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Sean Smith
Founder & CEO
Marcus Smith
Executive Director + Acting Clinical Director
Antoine Smith
LPN
Christian Lema Cadena
Facilities Director
Geneva Boone
LPN
Julia Adams
RN
Kimberly Ferry-McLaughlin
Director of Admissions
Meghan Bernier
Therapist
Patrice Covington
LPN
Tonya Lemon
Treatment Navigator
Victoria Di Pietro
Clinical Director
Sally Persinger
Nurse Administrator
Jeffery Gall
Medical Director
Erin Gormley
Therapist
David White
VP Marketing & Business Development
James Getzen
COO/CFO
Travis Roberts
Nurse Practitioner
Abigail Okyere-Boateng
Nurse Practitioner
Anamae Franek
LCSW-C
Jackie Crawford
Group Facilitator
Darryl Duncan
Treatment Navigator
Stephanie Melendez
Business Development Representative
Alexa Liss
Business Development Representative
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Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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The highest level of care, medically managed intensive inpatient services provides 24-hour nursing and physician care.
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
This is often the first step of addiction treatment. For many people, it's dangerous to detox without proper medical support.
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Expressive tools and therapies help patients process past situations, learn more about themselves, and find healing through action.
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
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A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
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Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
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