What we treat · Outpatient care in Berlin, NJ
Addictions and Conditions We Treat in South Jersey
Drug addiction, alcohol use disorder, cannabis use disorder and the mental health conditions that so often sit underneath them. Every condition is treated by the same clinical team, at the level of care that fits, while you keep living at home.
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Drug addiction
Opioids, fentanyl, stimulants, benzodiazepines and more, treated on an outpatient basis with MAT when it helps.
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Alcohol addiction
Structured support for alcohol use disorder, from daily partial care to weekly sessions.
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Dual diagnosis
Integrated care for substance use and mental health, within all three levels, not a separate track.
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Marijuana addiction
Help with withdrawal, anxiety and daily use that has stopped feeling optional.
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There is no FDA-approved medication for cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis or benzodiazepine use disorder, so treatment for those is built on therapy tested for each condition. Benzodiazepine and heavy daily alcohol dependence need medically supervised withdrawal before outpatient care begins.
Partial Care (PHP)
Mon–Fri · 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.Five days a week, most of the day. The most structure we offer without an overnight stay.
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Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Mon–Fri · 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.Three hours a day, five days a week, built around work or school.
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Outpatient
1–2 sessions a weekOne to two sessions a week of individual and group therapy once you are steady.
Learn moreMedication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
FDA-approved medication prescribed alongside counseling for opioid or alcohol use disorder. Buprenorphine (Suboxone, Sublocade) and naltrexone (Vivitrol) are prescribed and managed on site. For opioid use disorder the medication is the part with the strongest evidence, and here it runs inside a plan that also includes individual and group therapy.
Opioid use disorderSuboxone · Sublocade Alcohol use disorderVivitrol Not available forCocaine, meth, cannabis, benzos About medication assisted treatment →Our clinical team
Meet the people who will treat you
Licensed clinicians lead every group at our addiction treatment center in Berlin, NJ. Care is trauma-informed, and your plan is built around your goals, not a fixed timeline.
Donna Saunders, LCSW, LCADC, CCS
Clinical Director
Brian Hurley, MBA
Director of Operations
Jakki Annunziata, LCSW
Primary Therapist
Erik Jervis, LSW
Primary Therapist
Nassir K. Black, CPRS
Case Management
Insurance & cost
Know what treatment costs before you commit
We check your out-of-network benefits with these and other major plans and give you a cost estimate before your first day. No insurance? Call us about self-pay rates.
- Out-of-network benefits
- NJ FamilyCare not accepted
- After hours? We call back the next business morning.
FAQ
Common questions about what we treat
Whether it counts, what happens when it is more than one thing, and what needs to come first.
Clinicians use the DSM-5-TR criteria: using more than intended, failing to cut back, cravings, giving up activities, continuing despite harm, tolerance and withdrawal, among others. Two or three within a year is a mild disorder, four or five moderate, six or more severe. If you are asking the question, a fifteen-minute call with an addiction-trained clinician will answer it honestly, including when the answer is that you do not need us.
That is the usual case, not the exception, and it does not need a separate program. Substance use disorders are diagnosed by pattern, and the assessment covers every substance you use because the combination changes two things: whether you need medical detox first (daily alcohol or benzodiazepine use alongside anything else) and which medication, if any, fits (buprenorphine or naltrexone for opioids, naltrexone for alcohol, nothing FDA-approved for stimulants or cannabis). One treatment plan then addresses all of it, at one level of care, with one team.
Yes. Depression, anxiety, PTSD and other mental health conditions are treated in the same plan as the substance use, by the same team, in partial care, IOP or outpatient. We call it dual diagnosis treatment, and it is integrated rather than a separate track. What we do not do is treat a mental health condition on its own without a substance use disorder, or provide inpatient psychiatric care.
Alcohol and benzodiazepines such as Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan and Valium. Withdrawal from either can cause seizures and delirium and can be fatal without medical management, so daily heavy use of either calls for medically supervised withdrawal first. Opioid withdrawal is miserable but rarely dangerous, and buprenorphine can usually be started on an outpatient basis once you are in early withdrawal. Stimulants and cannabis do not need detox. South Jersey Recovery Program does not provide detox; we help you arrange it and take over when it is finished.
For opioid use disorder, yes: buprenorphine (Suboxone, Sublocade) and naltrexone (Vivitrol), prescribed on site in Berlin, NJ. Methadone is dispensed only through a federally certified opioid treatment program, which we are not. For alcohol use disorder, naltrexone, including the monthly Vivitrol injection. There is no FDA-approved medication for cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis or benzodiazepine use disorder; for those, treatment is behavioral, and medication is used only for symptoms such as sleep or anxiety.
Yes. A family member can call (856) 788-6914 to ask questions, find out how admission works and talk through how to approach you, with or without your knowledge. What we cannot do is share anything about you with them once you are a client unless you give written consent, which federal law (42 CFR Part 2) requires. Family therapy is part of every level of care once you are enrolled.