Wellness First Psychiatric Associates
1415 Watts St
Durham, NC 27701
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About Wellness First Psychiatric Associates
Wellness First Psychiatric Associates is an outpatient psychiatry and therapy practice in Durham, North Carolina offering integrated mental health and addiction care for adolescents, adults and seniors.
The practice provides psychiatric evaluation, counseling, medication assisted treatment, ketamine assisted psychotherapy and trauma focused approaches like EMDR for conditions including depression and anxiety, PTSD and ADHD, bipolar disorder and substance use.
I appreciate that their philosophy centers on "psychiatry that hasn't lost the human touch," emphasizing individualized and counseling driven care over one size fits all prescriptions.
Medication Assisted Recovery
Wellness First specializes in outpatient substance use treatment, with a particular focus on opioid dependence using buprenorphine based medication assisted treatment.
Dr. Duncan McEwen is dual certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, bringing specialized expertise to clients navigating recovery alongside co-occurring mental health concerns.
Treatment blends pharmacotherapy with cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing, relapse prevention and contingency management.
I want to add that sessions emphasize motivation, preparation and building a fulfilling drug free life, with naloxone and overdose education provided as part of comprehensive recovery support.
Ketamine Assisted and Trauma Care
Beyond addiction services, the practice offers ketamine assisted psychotherapy alongside EMDR and trauma focused counseling for clients living with PTSD, treatment resistant depression and complex trauma.
These approaches are integrated with ongoing psychotherapy to support deeper healing and lasting symptom relief.
Getting Started
Wellness First Psychiatric Associates serves clients in person at their Watts Street office in Durham and via telehealth across the broader Durham and Raleigh area, welcoming LGBTQ clients and veterans, military families and pregnant or postpartum women.
The practice operates on a fee for service basis as an out of network provider, offering documentation so patients can pursue reimbursement from their insurer when eligible.
Addiction Treatment Programs
Alcohol rehab in North Carolina is a course of treatments that helps participants overcome alcohol dependency. Treatments address physical, mental, and emotional aspects of substance use disorder and help the individual develop healthy habits for long-term recovery.
There are many types of drug rehab in North Carolina. To receive treatment for addiction, you can choose from many inpatient and outpatient programs. Often, participants start with detox and work through a full continuum of care that continues with ongoing support for long-term recovery.
Levels of Care
Nearly all drug rehabs in North Carolina begin with a detox program. When this process is complete, all addictive substances will be purged from your body. You can then move on to the next steps of drug rehab in North Carolina.
When you choose inpatient drug rehab in North Carolina, you’ll live at a rehab facility for 28 to 90 days, depending on the program. Typical methods of treatment include group and individual therapy and family counseling.
Outpatient rehab in North Carolina is often the next step for those who complete an inpatient program. This less restrictive treatment involves several hours of therapy per week, and accountability through 12-step meetings such as AA. You’ll continue this treatment as long as needed, which could be weeks, months, or years.
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