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This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Anchor Behavioral Health is in-network with BlueCross BlueShield and Molina. They also work with most other major insurance providers.
Anchor Behavioral Health Albuquerque helps people facing substance use and mental health challenges find their footing in a way that feels safe, respectful, and genuinely supportive. From outpatient and intensive outpatient care to structured sober living and aftercare, Anchor offers multiple levels of care designed to meet clients where they are.
At Anchor, treatment is meant to feel supportive and doable—not overwhelming—by focusing on two simple things: proven counseling and real human care. Their team provides compassionate, evidence-based help for both substance use and mental health, with the goal of helping clients and families build resilience and move toward lasting recovery. The overall experience is genuinely supportive, so clients aren’t left guessing what to do next.
At Anchor, clients can come to the center just for groups, then return to optional sober living homes with amenities like pools, jacuzzis, and easy access to hiking trails. Practical support is built in too, like transportation with a driver and meals provided until clients are ready to become more self-supporting. And because connection matters as much as comfort, Anchor keeps the week full of community—hikes, outdoor activities, and fun sober outings like the zoo or bowling.
The aftercare program keeps alumni and current clients connected through the Anchor app, where people can share victories, stay in touch, and keep up with events like group dinners. To make staying engaged fun and rewarding, Anchor adds incentives like prizes, giving everyone something to look forward to.
These highlights are provided by and paid for by the center.
Customized Treatment Plans
Holistic Approach
Certified Professionals
Trauma Treatment
This center treats 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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Danny Diedrich
CEO, Co-Founder

Victoria Diederich
Executive Director

Taylor Domek
LMSW

Kristie Basey
CPSW

Faith Mahoney
LPCC

Ky Miller
LMSW-LADAC

Deanna Bruer
LMHC, LADAC

Yuliana Schevchuck
LSAA

Denise Barner
Counselor
MA, LPCC

Karlton Robinson
Intake-Specialist

Danielle Lavorgna
Head of Marketing

Steven Carr
Operations

Sarah Tenorio
Office Manager

Everett Murphy
Housing Director
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
For adults ages 40+, treatment shifts to focus on the unique challenges, blocks, and risk factors of their age group, and unites peers in a similar community.
Addiction and mental health treatment meets the clinical and psychological needs of pregnant women, ensuring they receive optimal care in all areas.
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Patients who completed active military duty receive specialized treatment focused on trauma, grief, loss, and finding a new work-life balance.
In a PHP, patients live at home but follow an intensive schedule of treatment. Most programs require you to be on-site for about 40 hours per week.
In an IOP, patients live at home or a sober living, but attend treatment typically 9-15 hours a week. Most programs include talk therapy, support groups, and other methods.
During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.
These structured living environments help people transition out of rehab. Residents have more freedom than they do during rehab, but still follow certain rules.
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Providers using a strengths-based philosophy focus on the positive traits of their patients, creating a positive feedback loop that grows confidence.
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
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.
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
MBCT combines mindfulness practices—like meditation—with cognitive therapy techniques to help patients work through negative thought patterns.
This approach is based on idea that motivation to change comes from within. Providers use a conversational framework that may help you commit to recovery.
This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.
In recreation therapy, recovery can be joyful. Patients practice social skills and work through emotional triggers by engaging in fun activities.
A person with a porn addiction is emotionally dependent on pornography to the point that it interferes with their daily life and relationships.
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Although anger itself isn't a disorder, it can get out of hand. If this feeling interferes with your relationships and daily functioning, treatment can help.
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Long-term physical pain can have an affect on mental health. Without support, it can also impact your daily life and even lead to addiction.
Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Hallucinogenic drugs—like LSD—cause euphoria and increased sensory experiences. When abused, they can lead to depression and psychosis.
Centers with flexible technology policies allow professionals to stay in touch with work and give patients a greater sense of connection and normalcy.
Patients in gender-specific groups gain the opportunity to discuss challenges unique to their gender in a comfortable, safe setting conducive to healing.
Programs for young adults bring teens 18+ together to discuss age-specific challenges, vocational and educational progress, and successes in treatment.
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