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Treatment Focus
This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
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 mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
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
Princeton Psychiatry & Counseling will contact your insurance provider to learn more about your benefits and how you are covered. Their Treatment Advisors will share all your insurance benefit information with you in simple language so you can understand exactly what your coverage includes.
Guardian Recovery - Princeton Psychiatry & Counseling
Guardian Recovery - Princeton Psychiatry & Counseling
About Guardian Recovery - Princeton Psychiatry & Counseling
Guardian Recovery - Princeton Detox & Recovery Center provides outpatient care for clients with mental health disorders. They provide a diverse range of evidence-based therapies and services tailored to individual needs, set within a supportive and flexible outpatient framework designed to foster long-term recovery and personal growth. Their comprehensive care includes various therapeutic modalities like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), family workshops, medication management, and specialized groups, all designed to address the multifaceted aspects of mental health disorders.
Comprehensive Evaluations and Care
Integrating Recovery Strategies into Daily Life
Princeton Psychology & Counseling helps clients apply recovery tools in real-life situations, encouraging self-confidence and integration into society. Their services are structured to provide continuous support through evidence-based practices and the compassionate guidance of their experienced professionals. A level up from intermittent therapy sessions, Princeton Psychology & Counseling offers psychiatric services, support groups, and medication management, as well as individual, group, and family therapy. They use a combination of CBT, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and a 12-Step focus to help clients develop coping strategies, recognize triggers, and build a supportive network for long-term recovery.
Evening IOP Scheduling
Recognizing the complexities of daily life, Guardian allows clients to maintain their professional and personal commitments while engaging in comprehensive recovery services. Their evening intensive outpatient (IOP) is designed with the flexibility to help clients integrate the crucial aspects of recovery into their daily routines, helping ensure that treatment does not disrupt their work, family life, or educational pursuits. This thoughtful scheduling reflects their commitment to providing care that respects the individual’s time and responsibilities, promoting a balanced approach to recovery.

Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
Joint Commission Accredited
The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.
Insurance Accepted
Cash Pay Rates
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
Center pricing can vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for more information. Recovery.com strives for price transparency so you can make an informed decision.
Levels of Care
Your Care Options
Specializations
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Some primary care providers offer mental health diagnosis and treatment. This can prevent patients from developing more serious conditions.
Who We Treat
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.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
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.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Group Therapy
Group therapy brings people together in a supportive setting to share experiences, develop skills, and work toward common goals.
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.
Motivational Interviewing
This is a collaborative counseling approach that helps individuals strengthen motivation and commitment to positive change.
Motivational Interviewing and Enhancement Therapy (MET)
MET combines motivational interviewing techniques with structured feedback to encourage behavior change and treatment engagement.
Nutrition Counseling
Nutritious food helps patients heal from within, setting them up for mental and bodily wellness as they learn about healthy eating.
Online Therapy
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
ADHD, ADD
ADD and ADHD are neurodevelopmental conditions that affect attention, focus, organization, and impulse control, often impacting daily life, school, work, and relationships.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts that drive repetitive behaviors. This pattern disrupts daily life and relationships.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health condition that can affect thinking, emotions, behavior, and perception of reality.
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.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia, and seizures. They can be habit-forming and may cause drowsiness, memory problems, and dependence.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine use.
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. Use of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive opioid that produces feelings of euphoria and relaxation. Its use carries serious risks, including overdose and dependence.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a powerful stimulant that increases energy and alertness. Repeated use can lead to addiction and significant physical and mental health risks.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.