Arbour Counseling Services

About Arbour Counseling Services

Arbour Counseling Services in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, is tied to Arbour Hospital, a Joint Commission-accredited behavioral health hospital that has served Greater Boston since 1909 and delivers outpatient care through its Branches Jamaica Plain clinic. They treat substance use disorders alongside mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD, with an emphasis on addressing co-occurring issues together. Care spans inpatient hospitalization, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and traditional outpatient counseling, so people can move between levels as their needs change while staying with familiar providers. Substance use treatment is available for adults at the Jamaica Plain location, and teens ages 12 to 18 can also receive help for substance use within the adolescent program.

The adult dual diagnosis PHP runs on weekdays for about three weeks and combines weekly medication management with a psychiatric nurse practitioner, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, skill building, expressive activities like yoga and art, and support from recovery coaches with lived experience. Their Structured Outpatient Addiction Program (SOAP) serves as a step-down after detox or an alternative to inpatient care, offering group therapy, medication-assisted treatment such as Suboxone, peer coaching, 12-step work, and case management that connects patients to housing, jobs, and medical care, along with toxicology screening and reports for courts and other referral sources. Teens in the adolescent PHP get CBT, DBT, creative therapies, daily school tutoring, and help coordinating IEP or 504 accommodations when they return to class. Bilingual staff lead Spanish-language Latino programs, the clinic accepts MassHealth, managed Medicare, and most commercial plans, and transportation can be arranged for MassHealth members.