

Southeastern Mental Health Authority Uncas on Thames Campus
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Primary Level of Care
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Primary Level of Care
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
Provider's Policy
Our admissions team will work with you to explore the right payment options based on your needs, ensuring you get the best possible treatment.
Southeastern Mental Health Authority Uncas on Thames Campus
Southeastern Mental Health Authority Uncas on Thames Campus
About Southeastern Mental Health Authority Uncas on Thames Campus
Southeastern Mental Health Authority, operated by the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), serves adults 18 and older with mental health and substance use challenges. The center offers outpatient services, crisis intervention, and case management. It also provides specialized programs for young adults, women, LGBTQ+, and people in the justice system, helping everyone regardless of their ability to pay.
Benefit from a Whole-person Treatment Approach
The center guides patients toward recovery using a supportive, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive approach. In a community setting, staff provide various counseling services and integrated treatment, addressing both mental health and substance use issues concurrently to help individuals achieve their personal goals.
Connect with Vital Community and State Resources
The authority offers case management to help clients coordinate their care, connect with community resources for lasting support, and live more independently. The center’s location on a campus with other state agencies also provides easier access to additional government assistance.

Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.

Insurance Accepted
Cash Pay Rates
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Levels of Care
Your Care Options
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
LGBTQ+
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
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.
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.
Veterans
Patients who completed active military duty receive specialized treatment focused on trauma, grief, loss, and finding a new work-life balance.
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.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
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.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches skills for managing emotions, improving relationships, tolerating distress, and increasing mindfulness.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
Group Therapy
Group therapy brings people together in a supportive setting to share experiences, develop skills, and work toward common goals.
Online Therapy
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
Gambling
Gambling involves risking money or valuables on uncertain outcomes. Problem gambling can lead to financial difficulties, emotional distress, and relationship challenges.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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 opioid that produces feelings of euphoria and relaxation. Its use carries serious risks, including overdose and dependence.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
Prescription Drugs
It's possible to develop an addiction to any drug, even prescribed ones. If you crave a medication, or regularly take it more than directed, you may have an addiction.
Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation is the process of quitting tobacco or nicotine use through behavioral support, medication, lifestyle changes, or a combination of approaches.
Synthetic Drugs
Synthetic drugs are man-made substances designed to mimic the effects of other drugs. Their potency and risks can be unpredictable.