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Madison, Connecticut, United States
Recovery at WildWood Farm
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$20,000 
$20,000
30+ days
An extended care program for LGTBQI+ clients with animal therapy and experiential activities set on an idyllic farmhouse.
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About Recovery at WildWood Farm
LGTBQI+ Friendly
Set along the Connecticut Shoreline, Recovery at WildWood Farm is an affirming LGTBQI+ substance use program that helps clients find authentic love for themselves through supportive programming. It is intended for individuals who identify as part of the LBTBQI+ community and provides a comprehensive extended care program and adventure-based activities for their clients. Recovery at WildWood Farm takes a client’s personal history into account when forming a treatment plan and boasts a ‘queer-normative’ campus. Clients can benefit from evidence-based therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivating interviewing, and family therapy.
Farm to Table Program
At Recovery at WildWood Farm, clients can enjoy a farm-to-table lifestyle involving animal care, farm, and household chores. Clients can engage in gardening and enjoy the farm's lovable cats, goats, pigs, and therapy dog. The treatment center promotes an experience-based active lifestyle during treatment and participates in activities such as yoga, hiking, meditation, local excursions, and cooking. Recovery at WildWood Farm welcomes members of the gay community into a loving environment and helps them move from a shame-based identity to one of pride.
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Center Overview
Founded
2016
Occupancy
6-15
Languages
English
Who We Treat
Men
Women
LGBTQ+ only
Those who identify as LGBTQ+ receive treatment for addiction and mental health with others in the community, making treatment highly relevant and effective.
Address
7 Wildwood Avenue Madison, CT 06443
Treatment Focus: Substance Use and Co-Occurring Mental Health
What does this mean?
What does this mean?
Care Options
Substance use involves repeated use of substances like alcohol, cocaine, or heroin. Taking the substance can become addicting and cause physical dependency. Comprehensive treatment addresses the physical and emotional effects of substance use to help people safely detox and learn coping strategies.
Detox
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Typically the initial stage of treatment for substance use, focusing on medically supervised management of withdrawal symptoms.
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Residential substance use treatment offers long-term care for those with severe or chronic health conditions, providing a structured live-in environment that includes meals, social activities, and therapeutic services. Residents receive medical monitoring and access to continuous care.
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Transitional housing designed to support individuals recovering from substance use disorders offering a safe, supportive and structured environment for practicing long-term sobriety, while reintegrating back into daily living.
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Outpatient
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Outpatient care typically offers a range of therapies and medical interventions individuals can attend alongside daily life.
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The delivery of therapeutic services utilizing technology such as video conferencing, online messaging or phone calls, allowing for flexibility, comfort and increased access to care.
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Treatment for co-occurring mental health disorders, which affect the majority of individuals diagnosed, integrates care for mental health conditions with primary substance use. Personalized care plans are crafted to effectively address each condition simultaneously, optimizing the healing process.
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Treatment
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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LGBTQ+ only
Those who identify as LGBTQ+ receive treatment for addiction and mental health with others in the community, making treatment highly relevant and effective.
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Approaches
Experiential
Expressive tools and therapies help patients process past situations, learn more about themselves, and find healing through action.
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Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
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Twelve Step
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
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Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
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Animal Therapy
Animals can inspire trust and self-worth. In this experiential therapy, guided interactions are used to improve social skills and emotion regulation.
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Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DBT
This stage-based therapy helps patients address their realities and behaviors while inspiring healthy change, primarily in regulating emotions.
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Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
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Medication-Assisted Treatment
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
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Motivational Interviewing
Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.
Twelve Step Facilitation
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
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Group Therapy
Two or more people meet with a therapist together. Patients get valuable peer support, strengthen interpersonal skills, and improve self-awareness.
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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Conditions We Treat
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
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Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
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Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
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Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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Experience
Personal Amenities
Air-Conditioned Rooms
Amenities
Access to Nature
Gardens
Walking Trails
Special Considerations
Center Pets
Addiction and mental health facilities with pets allow patients to interact with friendly dogs, cats, horses, and in some cases, even dolphins.
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Healthy Meals are provided
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
LGBTQ group
Group therapy unites LGBTQ+ patients in a safe and culturally competent setting, encouraging peer support under the expert leadership of a therapist.
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Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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AA/NA Meetings
Farming, Gardening
Off-Site Activities
Hiking
Physical Fitness
Sightseeing
Off-Site Amenities
Access to Nature
Fitness Center
Walking Trails
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