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Treatment Focus
This center primarily treats substance use disorders, helping you stabilize, create relapse-prevention plans, and connect to compassionate support.
Primary Level of Care
Typically the initial stage of treatment for substance use, focusing on medically supervised management of withdrawal symptoms
Treatment Focus
This center primarily treats substance use disorders, helping you stabilize, create relapse-prevention plans, and connect to compassionate support.
Primary Level of Care
Typically the initial stage of treatment for substance use, focusing on medically supervised management of withdrawal symptoms
Provider's Policy
Hygea Middle River works with most major PPO & POS insurance plans to help cover many of the costs associated with their treatment program.
Hygea Healthcare - Middle River
Hygea Healthcare - Middle River
About Hygea Healthcare - Middle River
A 50-bed, CARF accreditation facility, Hygea Middle River provides trusted, evidence-based care outside of Baltimore. The center offers medical detox to ease the withdrawal process and arrange for clients to continue residential and outpatient care at their 2 other locations. Hygea Middle River’s medical care and evidence-based activities aim to improve motivation, enhance readiness for change, build recovery skills, and prepare clients to transition to a less intensive level of longer-term care.
Medical Detox with Expert Clinicians
Hygea’s dedicated team is highly qualified and trained in addiction treatment and medical detox, offering a comfortable beginning to recovery. Their approach to detox combines:
- Traditional treatments, such as counseling in an individual, group, and family setting and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
- Alternative healing programs that include yoga, meditation, diet management, and healthy eating education.
- Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to reduce cravings, mitigate the risks of withdrawal symptoms, and improve recovery outcomes.
Personalized Care with Innovative Technology
Hygea leverages Pretaa's cutting-edge technology to enhance its addiction treatment services by integrating data-driven insights into its care protocols. Pretaa's platform, which focuses on behavioral health analytics, allows Hygea to monitor client progress in real time, providing a comprehensive view of each individual's journey to recovery. This technology will help create:
- Personalized Client Care
- Proactive Intervention and Support
- Enhanced Communication and Collaboration
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Empowerment for Clients in Recovery
After Detox: Residential and Outpatient Care
At Middle River, they offer a smooth transition to Hygea's nearby residential and outpatient facilities, deepening the recovery journey for their clients. Their expert team evaluates each individual's needs to craft a personalized treatment plan that seeks to provide optimal care. Clients are equipped with essential recovery skills, including relapse prevention, stress management, medication adherence, and lifestyle modifications, all contributing to a lasting and healthy recovery. Hygea’s aftercare planning provides connections to resources and life skills in the client’s community to promote lifelong recovery.
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Customized Treatment Plans
Custom Built Facility
Addiction Recovery
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center primarily treats substance use disorders, helping you stabilize, create relapse-prevention plans, and connect to compassionate support.
CARF Accredited
CARF stands for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. It's an independent, non-profit organization that provides accreditation services for a variety of healthcare services. To be accredited means that the program meets their standards for quality, effectiveness, and person-centered care.

Insurance Accepted
Cash Pay Rates
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
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Meet Your Care Team

Robby Stempler
CEO and Founder

Jordana Blesa
President

Patrick Vertani
VP of Operations

Julia Sunderland
Director of Admissions

Tracy Davis
Clinical Director

Carrie Tyler
Director of Nursing

Jeremy Gold
Medical Director
MD, MBA




Levels of Care
Your Care Options
Specializations
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Detox
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
Who We Treat
Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
LGBTQ+
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Midlife Adults
For adults ages 40+, treatment shifts to focus on the unique challenges, blocks, and risk factors of their age group, and unites peers in a similar community.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Medical
Medical addiction treatment uses approved medications to manage withdrawals and cravings, and to treat contributing mental health conditions.
Spiritual Emphasis
Spirituality connects patients to a higher power and helps strengthen their recovery, hope, and compliance with other treatment modalities.
Twelve Step
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Meditation & Mindfulness
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
Nutrition Counseling
Nutritious food helps patients heal from within, setting them up for mental and bodily wellness as they learn about healthy eating.
Twelve Step Facilitation
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Languages
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Aftercare
Care Designed for Your Needs
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.