The Brien Center

359 Fenn St
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Pittsfield, Massachusetts
413-499-0412

About The Brien Center

Using a community-based model of care, The Brien Center offers outpatient behavioral health services in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Care is integrated including addiction treatment, mental health care, and primary care services. They also have a variety of community partnerships with local social service agencies to ensure continuity of care. This location focuses on treating children and adolescents up to the age of 21.

The Brien Center has therapy, psychiatric care, and substance abuse treatment and prevention programs. Treatment plans are individualized and evidence-based. They treat a range of child and adolescent disorders including trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorder and ADHD. Services can be provided through the intensive home-based therapeutic care program, home-based therapy and youth therapeutic day service.

The therapeutic day program is provided after school for kids aged five through 18. This program is for kids who may have severe emotional disturbances, mental illness, or substance use disorder. During this treatment, you’ll engage in group and individual counseling, behavior management and crisis management.

The home-based therapy program offers intensive structured outreach counseling in order to stabilize a child’s behavior. Family therapy and mentoring are used to stabilize mental health symptoms and reduce the chance of out-of-home placement. Behavioral therapy used during these visits includes Applied Behavioral Analysis.

The Patrick Miller Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Program provides screening, education, prevention and intervention within the Berkshire County School System.

The parents of former clients say that the staff members are knowledgeable and skilled. Another person who received treatment here said they like going and it helps them.

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Amenities

Private Rehab

Private drug rehab provides a comfortable, secure environment that allows you to focus on doing the work to get your life back on track. Benefits include a higher staff-to-client ratio, increased one-on-one time with therapists and healthcare providers, private rooms for clients, and customized forms of therapy.

Rec Room & Activities

Recreational therapy uniquely combines therapeutic interventions with an activity, like horse-riding, hiking, wilderness therapy, basketball, tennis, or a full workout. Benefits of recreational therapy include providing a healthy way to work through the emotions of recovery, learning to build and maintain relationships, improving communication skills, and building self-esteem.

Residential Setting

Residential drug rehab provides the comforts of home with the therapeutic support needed to successfully recover. Benefits of an inpatient program include increased safety, a higher success rate, and the time and distance given to focus on recovery. Residential drug rehabs are often the preferred method of treatment, as they can be tailored to meet specific needs, offer focused therapeutic care, and provide the necessary tools to sustain recovery.

Addiction Treatment Programs

Teen & Adolescent Program

Teen and young adult substance abuse can set individuals on a life-long path of destruction. A young adult program in Massachusetts can intervene in young adults’ lives to set them on a better path during this crucial stage of life.

Adult Program

Each adult program in Massachusetts is designed to help individuals over the age of 18 recover from addiction to drugs or alcohol. The length of the program and its intensity varies, based on the needs of the individual.

Men's Rehab

For men who want to stop drinking or using drugs, men’s rehab in Massachusetts offers help and hope. These treatment programs, designed specifically for men, help participants recover and rebuild their lives.

Women's Rehab

Women who are seeking treatment for substance use disorders can receive various levels of care at women’s rehab in Massachusetts. Programs include detox, partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), telehealth programs, sober living, outpatient, and aftercare.

Alcoholism

Most alcohol rehab in Massachusetts consists of individual counseling and group therapy sessions, which address mental and emotional concerns that are contributing to alcohol use. Treatment helps participants make changes to maintain sobriety and prevent relapse.

Opioid Treatment

When you enter opioid rehab in Massachusetts, you’ll receive treatment in a supportive environment that encourages recovery. After successful withdrawal management, you’ll participate in a variety of evidence-based therapies that prepare you for long-term sobriety.

Levels of Care

Outpatient Rehab

Massachusetts outpatient rehab does not have a defined timeline. The program is tailored to meet your recovery needs, and may last 90 days or a year or more. During this time, you will attend therapy sessions and support group meetings, for ongoing accountability and development of sober-living skills.

Dual Diagnosis & Mental Health

If you meet the diagnostic criteria for two or more conditions, you have a dual diagnosis. Massachusetts dual diagnosis treatment is designed to address both conditions simultaneously, for improved recovery outcomes.

Aftercare & Alumni Program

Aftercare rehab in Massachusetts gives you continued access to support after rehab. You may need assistance with job coaching, budgeting, education, or accountability as you re-enter your life. Aftercare programs provide these supports, so you can face challenges and maintain a sober lifestyle long-term.

Inpatient Rehab

As the most intensive treatment setting, inpatient drug rehab in Massachusetts treatment involves 24/7 supervised care. At this level of care, you typically participate in individual, group, and family therapy sessions, and you may receive medication and additional recreational therapies.

Sober Living

In Massachusetts sober living, you will take on more responsibility than rehab treatment requires. You’ll pay rent and work or attend school. You’ll also contribute to household chores. The goal is to learn how to live independently, free from drugs and alcohol.

Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
Detox & MAT

The first step to a drug-free future is detox. This involves slowly and safely ridding your body of all addictive substances, under 24/7 supervision. This is typically the initial phase of drug rehab in Massachusetts.

Accreditations

State License

Contact Information

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359 Fenn St
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Fact checked and written by:
Kelly Junco, CPC, CPRC, BA, BS
Edited by:
Courtney Myers, MS

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