Root Center for Advanced Recovery Manchester

This is an outpatient center rather than a residential facility, meaning clients arrive for appointments on a schedule and go home afterward. The address is 335 Broad Street in Manchester, and the clinic treats substance use alongside mental health conditions in one setting instead of referring people to two different locations. A plan gets built around the individual, and both issues are handled together rather than one sitting untouched while the other is treated.

The clinic describes its work as integrated support, meaning therapy, medication-assisted treatment and mental health care can be coordinated under one roof. Staff work with adults and also with adolescents, children and families. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, which matters in a region with a large Spanish-speaking population. If you are comparing outpatient programs in Connecticut, this one belongs on a shortlist of centers that treat co-occurring conditions directly.

Because this program is outpatient, its structure is less intensive than inpatient or residential care. Someone coming off a detox, or a person who does not need monitoring around the clock, is a typical fit. Trained staff answer our helpline to connect callers with licensed providers; the call is free, kept private, and places the caller under no commitment. We offer no treatment ourselves and do not diagnose anyone.

Therapies and services at this clinic

Both outpatient care and treatment for co-occurring disorders are offered here, so therapy for substance use and therapy for conditions like depression, anxiety or trauma happen within one plan. Listed services include individual counseling, group therapy and family therapy, plus cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-specific twelve step facilitation relapse prevention counseling and therapy round out the clinical offerings.

The list also includes life skills work and online therapy, which is useful for people who cannot make every session in person. For people moving down from a more intensive level of care, the clinic lists an intensive outpatient program, plus continuing care, outpatient treatment, recovery coach support and employment counseling. After someone finishes detox and needs structured follow-up, an intensive outpatient program is often the right level between residential care and counseling once a week.

• Trauma-Specific Therapy
• Twelve Step
• Life Skills
• Group Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Online Therapy
• Relapse Prevention Counseling
• 1-on-1 Counseling
• Twelve Step Facilitation
• Family Therapy

Outpatient program target clients

• Adults dealing with a substance use disorder who do not require supervision 24 hours a day
• People with co-occurring disorders such as trauma or perinatal mental health concerns
• Adolescents, children and young adults, since the center lists all three age groups
• Men, women and older adults, including veterans
• LGBTQ+ people seeking a program that names their community explicitly
• People who smoke and want cessation support alongside other treatment

What treatment here looks like

Program length is typically listed as 30 days, and because this is an outpatient clinic, those days involve scheduled visits rather than an overnight stay. The setting is a clinic on Broad Street in Manchester, and the languages listed are English and Spanish. Group and individual sessions make up most of the schedule, with online therapy available when attending in person is not workable.

Treatment payment and coverage checks

The center mentions cash pay rates as one of its payment selections, and insurance remains unconfirmed until someone checks it by phone. Rather than assume a plan covers a particular level of care, call and ask. Connecticut's Medicaid program covers many outpatient behavioral health services, but coverage differs by plan and by service, so the front desk gives a real answer and a website does not. If a plan does not cover a service, ask what the cash rate would be for that same service.

Questions to ask before admission

• Does my insurance plan cover outpatient co-occurring treatment at this clinic, and how much would I be paying out-of-pocket?
• For an intensive outpatient program compared with standard outpatient care, how many days a week would I attend?
• Is medication-assisted treatment available on site, and who manages the prescription?
• Can appointments be held in Spanish, or is an interpreter used?
• Suppose I need a higher level of care down the line; what then, and how does a referral work?