A Brighter StartResidential Treatment in Wilmington, NC
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Brighter Start Health is a drug and alcohol rehab center located in Wilmington, NC, with additional locations in New Bern and virtual telehealth services across North Carolina. The facility provides comprehensive addiction treatment services including Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), standard outpatient programs, and virtual services. The center addresses the effects of drug and alcohol abuse on individuals and families, offering individualized treatment plans tailored to specific client needs. Their staff consists of dedicated licensed therapists and certified clinicians who provide cognitive-based therapy and trauma-informed care in a positive and healing environment. The facility was designed with therapeutic and medical care principles at the forefront to ensure client safety and comfort. Brighter Start Health also offers medication management and sober living recommendations as part of their continuum of care.
Role
Residential Treatment
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
Setting
- Outpatient
- Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
Payment & access
Financial help available
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Insurance acceptance is listed by the provider and can change. Call the number above to verify your specific coverage before scheduling.
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Case management service
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
- Integrated primary care services
- Suicide prevention services
Education & counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
- Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
- Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
- Substance use disorder education
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Young Adults
- Adults
Special programs
- Young adults
- Adult women
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Adult men
- Seniors or older adults
- Veterans
- Active duty military
- Members of military families
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients who have experienced trauma
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