

Richard C. Ward Addiction Treatment Center
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Provider's Policy
At Richard C. Ward Addiction Treatment Center, all third party insurance is accepted, including Medicaid.
Richard C. Ward Addiction Treatment Center
Richard C. Ward Addiction Treatment Center
About Richard C. Ward Addiction Treatment Center
Richard C. Ward Addiction Treatment Center is a 48-bed inpatient center for women with gambling and drug addictions. Located in Middletown, New York, the center serves the surrounding counties of Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, and Ulster. Their treatment philosophy centers on delivering compassionate care, treating each client with dignity and respect, and supporting their individual recovery goals with a personalized approach.
Evidence-Based Treatment
At this facility, services include individual and group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) motivational interviewing, psychodrama therapy, anger management, and mindfulness therapy. Additionally, medication-assisted treatments are offered, including buprenorphine (Suboxone), Vivitrol, and Naltrexone, to help with the symptoms of withdrawal. Each client is provided with comprehensive aftercare planning to ensure that they feel supported throughout the recovery process. The typical length of stay depends on each client's needs, but can vary between 2 and 6 weeks.
Accessible Treatment
The clinic accepts all major insurance plans, including Medicaid, and offers flexible self-pay options based on each patient’s financial capacity. No one is denied services due to financial limitations, ensuring that quality care remains accessible to all. The facility is conveniently accessible by public transportation, with bus stops within walking distance.
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
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.

Supportive Medication for Recovery
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is an evidence-based approach that pairs FDA-approved medications with counseling to treat addiction. The medications are used to reduce cravings, ease withdrawal symptoms, or block the effects of substances. More about MAT
Methadone
Naltrexone
Buprenorphine
Note: Treatment centers offer different forms of MAT—such as oral tablets, dissolvable films, or monthly injections—and their policies can vary based on state regulations, provider preferences, and insurance coverage. Because of these differences, it's best to contact the center directly to learn what options are available and what might be right for your situation.
Insurance Accepted
Cash Pay Rates
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
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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.
Gambling
Gambling involves risking money or valuables on uncertain outcomes. Problem gambling can lead to financial difficulties, emotional distress, and relationship challenges.
Who We Treat
Women only
Women attend treatment in a gender-specific facility, with treatment delivered in a safe, nourishing, and supportive environment for greater comfort.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
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.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a traditional practice that involves inserting thin needles into specific points on the body to support health and well-being.
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.
Group Therapy
Group therapy brings people together in a supportive setting to share experiences, develop skills, and work toward common goals.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
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.
Psychodrama Therapy
Psychodrama therapy uses guided role-playing and dramatic techniques to explore emotions, relationships, and personal experiences.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
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.
Gambling
Gambling involves risking money or valuables on uncertain outcomes. Problem gambling can lead to financial difficulties, emotional distress, and relationship challenges.
Nicotine
Nicotine is a highly addictive substance found in tobacco products and many vapes. It affects the brain, mood, and cardiovascular system. Treatment can help you stop using nicotine.
Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation is the process of quitting tobacco or nicotine use through behavioral support, medication, lifestyle changes, or a combination of approaches.
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."






