Treatment and Recovery Resources

Same-day walk-in for buprenorphine. Medication-assisted treatment, individual and group therapy, peer recovery coaching, and social support services including housing and employment help. Takes referrals from the Essex County Sheriff's Office, the STAR Program, and probation, and accepts self-referrals.

Community Behavioral Health Centers provide 24/7 crisis care and routine outpatient behavioral health. Essex County has centers in Danvers, Lynn, and Lawrence. Reach them through the Behavioral Health Help Line at 833-773-2445.

Outpatient behavioral health and court services across multiple North Shore and Merrimack Valley sites, including office-based opioid treatment and opioid treatment centers.

Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder using methadone, alongside counseling. Serves the greater Peabody area including Salem, Danvers, Lynn, and Beverly. Accepts most major insurance and will verify coverage before treatment starts.

Outpatient medication-assisted treatment for adults 18 and older with opioid use disorder. Provides both methadone and Suboxone, which many clinics do not, along with individual and group therapy on a personalized plan.

Medication-assisted treatment including methadone and buprenorphine. Accepts MassHealth.

A community health center serving the Merrimack Valley since 1980, with 14 sites across Lawrence, Haverhill, and Methuen. Integrated primary care and behavioral health, including medication-assisted treatment, substance use counseling, and counseling for adults and adolescents. A sliding fee scale is available based on family size and income, and no one is denied care for inability to pay.

Outpatient behavioral health for adults and young adults, covering substance use and mental health together. Individual, group, family, and couples counseling, trauma-related counseling, and medication management, in person or by telehealth. Accepts MassHealth, Medicare, TRICARE, and private insurance.

Outpatient counseling and family guidance services, part of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Outpatient addiction treatment and psychiatry.

Concierge, boutique holistic healing and professional counseling, practiced from a trauma-informed and family-centered lens. Individual, group, couples, and family therapy, plus telehealth. Spanish-language services available. States that high quality care should be available regardless of ability to pay.

Women-owned, women-only outpatient behavioral health. Partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient care, in person and virtual. Treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use, including trauma, PTSD, and postpartum mood disorders. Individual and group therapy, psychiatric medication management, nursing, and case management.

Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice since 2017.

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor with over 14 years in mental health and addiction treatment. Works with substance use, behavioral addictions, trauma, ADHD, relationship issues, and dual diagnosis, using CBT, person-centered therapy, mindfulness, and EMDR. Sees adults, LGBTQ clients, couples, and families.

Master's in Social Work from Simmons University, focused on interpersonal trauma and post-traumatic stress. Practices under her LADC-I in Massachusetts. Works with addiction, trauma and PTSD, and grief. Certified Veteran and Military Mental Health Professional.

The Massachusetts chapter of ATSA, formed in 1995. Maintains a searchable directory of clinicians who provide psychosexual evaluations, sex offender risk assessment, offense-specific treatment, and court testimony, searchable by name, town, or service. MATSA states that inclusion in the directory is not an endorsement or a verification of credentials, and that non-inclusion does not signify a failure to meet criteria.

The international parent organization of MATSA. Publishes evidence-based fact sheets on risk assessment, internet-facilitated offending, and children with sexual behavior problems.

Founded in 1986, MASOC trains professionals and educates the public on assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with problematic or abusive sexual behaviors. Its Directory of Providers helps parents and professionals find clinicians who work with this population, and it co-sponsors an annual conference with MATSA that draws more than 1,000 clinicians. Its position is that specialized assessment and treatment must be delivered by professionals trained specifically in this work.

A staff-secured residential treatment center and Chapter 766 approved school, in its fourth decade, specializing in young men aged 10 to 22 who are dually diagnosed, meaning developmentally delayed and psychiatrically disordered, and who present with a spectrum of sexualized behavior problems ranging from trauma-reactive to sexually abusive. Joint Commission accredited. Students come from across the United States and Canada.

A Massachusetts-based non-profit running a free, confidential national helpline since 1995 for people worried about their own sexual thoughts or behavior toward children, people worried about someone else, and families. No caller ID is used on the line. Also reachable by email and chat.

Stop It Now's youth helpline for ages 14 to 21, for young people with concerns about their own or a friend's sexual thoughts, feelings, or behavior.

Twelve-step fellowship founded in 1977 for people who want to stop addictive sexual behavior. Each member defines sexual sobriety around a personalized list of behaviors. Open to people of all sexual orientations.

Twelve-step fellowship founded in Boston in 1976, also known as the Augustine Fellowship. Covers sex addiction, love addiction, romantic obsession, and related patterns. A New England Intergroup serves Massachusetts and the surrounding states.

Founded in 1979, a fellowship for people for whom lust has become an addiction. SA defines sobriety more narrowly than the other fellowships: no sex with self or with anyone other than a spouse, within a marriage between a man and a woman, plus progressive victory over lust. That definition suits some people and not others, which is worth knowing before choosing a group.

A twelve-step fellowship open to all sexual orientations for anyone wanting to recover from sexual compulsion. Members define sexual sobriety for themselves through a personal recovery plan rather than following a fixed rule. Originally formed around gay and bisexual men and still with that history, it is now open to everyone, with growing numbers of women and heterosexual men.

Companion fellowships for spouses, partners, family, and friends affected by someone else's compulsive sexual behavior. S-Anon International Family Groups at sanon.org, COSA at cosa-recovery.org, and COSLAA at coslaa.org. COSA notes that people find help whether or not a sexually addicted person is currently in their lives. Recovering Couples Anonymous at recovering-couples.org works with couples together.

The Boston Central Service Office coordinates Alcoholics Anonymous across Eastern Massachusetts, where there are now more than 2,200 meetings a week. The helpline is answered by local AA members. The full meeting directory is searchable by town, day, time, and meeting type, and includes online meetings. Meetings are free and the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

Free peer support for drug addiction. The New England Region site lists meetings across Massachusetts.

A science-based alternative to twelve-step programs, using cognitive and behavioral tools rather than a spiritual framework. Runs in-person and online meetings, including a separate Family and Friends program for people supporting someone else.

Support for families and friends of problem drinkers, with Alateen for younger family members. Meeting locations and times are listed by city and town.

A twelve-step program for families and friends of people with drug addiction.

A Massachusetts-founded, peer-led support network for parents and family members of a loved one with a substance use disorder, and for families who have lost someone. Weekly meetings statewide, in person and virtual, in English and Spanish.

An online learning platform for families with a loved one struggling with drugs or alcohol, built on CRAFT, Community Reinforcement and Family Training, an evidence-based approach that teaches families how to change their own responses in ways that make treatment more likely.

Organizes people in recovery, their families, and friends into a collective voice to educate the public about the value of recovery. Publishes a Resources for Recovery guide.

Information, referral, and support for mental health conditions, which often travel alongside substance use. Monday through Friday, 10am to 6pm.

Free family support groups and education for mental health conditions, meeting in Ipswich and Gloucester.

A free, peer-led space for people in recovery from substance use, and for families and loved ones affected by addiction. Listed on the mass.gov Peer Recovery Support Centers directory.

Free, peer-led spaces across Massachusetts where people in recovery, and families affected by addiction, can both offer and receive support. The full directory is maintained on mass.gov.

A collaboration of all 34 Essex County police departments and the sheriff's department, working with social service agencies and peer specialists on substance use and behavioral health referrals, high-risk overdose outreach, harm reduction, support for families and children, and support for those who have lost someone.

Street outreach and harm reduction services.

Supports students and their families so that students can complete their high school education in an environment built around their individual recovery needs. Carried over from the previous Community page.