Mountainside, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in upstate Canaan, Conn., is expanding its nationally recognized addiction treatment program to Fairfield County with a new Wilton facility planned to open in March.
The new 5,000-square-foot stand-alone facility will be located at 372 Danbury Road and feature outpatient treatment for clients.
“By bringing our Outpatient Services to the area, we are helping people embrace sobriety while continuing to navigate their everyday life,” said Steve Langley, executive director of Mountainside. “We”™re excited to bring our model of holistic, integrative addiction treatment to this area, where we can serve even more people in need.”
Outpatient services will include:
- Group counseling
- Individual therapy
- Family counseling
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR)
- Vivitrol treatment
- Acupuncture
- Massage therapy
- Case management post-treatment
- Substance abuse evaluations
- Drug testing
According to Mountainside, Wilton provides centralized access for one of the state”™s largest population concentrations ”” 26 percent of the total state population ”” including an estimated 60,000 adults with substance abuse disorders.
The new location will allow the company to serve this population with three levels of programming to better meet individual needs: intensive outpatient, outpatient, and individual therapy.
“Mountainside”™s new center will improve health care services in the area and will enable clients to achieve sustained recovery without having to take a long break in their personal work, school, or family commitments,” according to the company.
