Chrysalis House Long Term

About Chrysalis House Long Term

1570 Crownsville Road, Crownsville MD, Crownsville, Maryland
The chrysalis process is the stage in a butterfly’s life cycle when it undergoes a dramatic transformation, transitioning from a caterpillar into a fully developed butterfly inside a protective cocoon. At Chrysalis House Inc., women undergo their own transformational journey. Through empowerment, support, and guidance, they rebuild their lives, much like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly. The process symbolizes hope, resilience, and the strength to emerge from challenging circumstances into a brighter, more confident future. We recognize that addiction is a primary disease affecting ...all aspects of a woman’s life, and we firmly believe that with good treatment, people can change and grow. Our work is not just a profession; it’s an art, a science, and a calling. Within our supportive, nurturing, and family-like environment, we strive to empower each woman by identifying and developing her inherent strengths. Compassion, respect, and ethical standards guide our interactions with both residents and staff. Trust, honesty, and integrity are the cornerstones of our effective treatment programs.

Insurances

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Medicaid

Covers a wide range of behavioral health and rehab services across all U.S. states.

Amenities

Recreation Room

Recreation Room

A recreation room may provide space for games, social activities, relaxation, or structured downtime. It can support routine and peer connection outside clinical sessions.

Gardens

Gardens

Gardens can provide quiet outdoor space for reflection, relaxation, mindfulness, or light activity. This amenity may be especially useful in residential or longer-stay programs.

Outdoor Lounge

Outdoor Lounge

An outdoor lounge provides a designated area for rest, conversation, or supervised downtime outside. Users should confirm access rules and whether it is available year-round.

TV

TV

TV access may be available in rooms or shared areas, depending on the program’s schedule and technology policy. Some centers limit entertainment access during treatment.

Lounge

Lounge

A lounge provides shared space for rest, peer connection, reading, or supervised downtime. The setting and rules may vary by program structure and level of care.

Transportation Assistance

Transportation Assistance

Transportation assistance may help clients get to appointments, admissions, airports, or local services. Users should confirm what transportation is included and whether fees apply.

Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space

Outdoor space may include patios, courtyards, lawns, or open-air areas that support movement, reflection, and breaks from indoor programming.

Childcare for Clients Children

Childcare for Clients Children

Childcare support may help parents access treatment while managing family responsibilities. Availability, age limits, supervision, scheduling, and cost should be confirmed directly with the center.

Accreditations

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CARF

CARF accreditation signifies that a treatment cent...

Who We Treat

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Women only

Women-only programs provide treatment settings lim...
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Women

Women’s programs may address substance use, trauma...

Treatments

1-on-1 Counseling

1-on-1 Counseling

One-on-one counseling gives clients private time with a counselor or therapist to discuss substance use, mental health symptoms, goals, triggers, and recovery planning. It is commonly used throughout treatment to create a more personalized care plan.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT helps people identify thought and behavior patterns that may contribute to substance use, anxiety, depression, or relapse risk. Programs may use it to build coping skills and practical recovery strategies.

Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Family therapy helps clients and loved ones address communication, boundaries, conflict, support systems, and the impact of substance use or mental health concerns on the household. It is an important treatment option when recovery involves family relationships.

Group Therapy

Group Therapy

Group therapy brings clients together in a structured setting to discuss recovery, coping skills, accountability, relationships, and shared challenges. It is commonly used in addiction and mental health treatment at many levels of care.

Life Skills

Life Skills

Life skills programming helps clients build practical routines for daily stability, communication, employment readiness, budgeting, time management, and recovery planning. It is often used in residential, PHP, IOP, sober living, and transitional care.

Medication-Assisted Treatment

Medication-Assisted Treatment

MAT uses approved medications with counseling or recovery support when clinically appropriate. It is especially important for opioid use disorder and may also be used for alcohol use disorder.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing

MI helps clients explore ambivalence and strengthen their own reasons for change. It is commonly used when someone is uncertain, resistant, or still building readiness for treatment or recovery.

Relapse Prevention Counseling

Relapse Prevention Counseling

Relapse prevention counseling helps clients identify triggers, warning signs, high-risk situations, and coping strategies. It is commonly used to support ongoing recovery after detox, residential treatment, PHP, IOP, or outpatient care.

Trauma-Specific Therapy

Trauma-Specific Therapy

Trauma-specific therapy focuses directly on the effects of trauma, including triggers, avoidance, emotional distress, and safety. It may be important when trauma history is connected to substance use, anxiety, depression, or other mental health concerns.

Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation helps clients understand addiction, mental health symptoms, medications, coping skills, relapse warning signs, and treatment expectations. It is commonly used across many levels of care to support informed participation in treatment.

Twelve Step Facilitation

Twelve Step Facilitation

TSF helps clients understand and participate in Twelve Step recovery support. It may be used alongside counseling, medication, relapse prevention, and other treatment services.

Level Of Cares

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Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

IOP provides structured treatment several days per...
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Outpatient Treatment

Outpatient treatment allows clients to receive the...
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Residential Treatment

Residential treatment provides structured care in ...
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Co-Occurring Mental Health Treatment

Co-occurring mental health treatment focuses on me...

Conditions

Anger

Anger

Anger is a normal emotion that becomes a concern when it is intense, frequent, hard to control, or linked with conflict, aggression, unsafe behavior, or relationship problems. Related support may include counseling, CBT, DBT-informed skills, group therapy, family therapy, outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment when anger occurs with trauma, mood concerns, or substance use.

Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety involves excessive worry, fear, nervousness, or physical tension that can affect sleep, concentration, relationships, work, school, and daily responsibilities. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment depending on symptoms and needs.

Depression

Depression

Depression is a mood condition involving persistent sadness, loss of interest, low energy, hopelessness, or changes in sleep, appetite, and concentration. It may affect daily functioning, relationships, school, work, and safety. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, crisis support when needed, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment.

Gambling

Gambling

Gambling disorder involves repeated betting or wagering that continues despite financial, relationship, work, or emotional consequences. It may affect debt, trust, employment, legal issues, and family stability. Related support may include therapy, CBT, motivational interviewing, group support, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or residential care when gambling occurs with substance use or other mental health concerns.

Trauma

Trauma

Trauma refers to emotional or psychological distress after a harmful, frightening, or overwhelming experience. It may affect mood, sleep, trust, relationships, physical comfort, and a person’s sense of safety. Related support may include trauma-informed therapy, counseling, EMDR, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, residential treatment, or co-occurring substance use support when relevant.

Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal mental health concerns occur during pregnancy or after childbirth and may include depression, anxiety, mood changes, intrusive thoughts, or bonding difficulties. They can affect sleep, energy, relationships, caregiving, and daily functioning. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, family support, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or higher levels of care when safety or functioning is affected.

Substances We Treat

Benzodiazepines

Benzodiazepines

Benzodiazepines are prescription sedatives sometimes used for anxiety, sleep, or seizure-related conditions. Treatment may involve careful assessment, medical supervision, and support for dependence or withdrawal risk, especially when other substances are involved.

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-occurring disorders involve both a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder. Treatment may coordinate addiction care, mental health therapy, medication management, and recovery support so both concerns are addressed together.

Cocaine

Cocaine

Cocaine is a stimulant that can affect the brain, heart, mood, sleep, and decision-making. Treatment commonly focuses on behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, coping skills, and support for cravings or co-occurring mental health symptoms.

Heroin

Heroin

Heroin is an opioid with a high risk of dependence, withdrawal, and overdose. Treatment often includes medications for opioid use disorder, counseling, harm-reduction education, relapse prevention, and ongoing recovery support.

Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine is a powerful stimulant that can affect sleep, mood, thinking, heart health, and behavior. Treatment commonly focuses on behavioral therapies, contingency management where available, relapse prevention, recovery support, and co-occurring mental health care.

Opioids

Opioids

Opioids include heroin, fentanyl, and prescription pain medications such as oxycodone or hydrocodone. Treatment for opioid use disorder may include FDA-approved medications such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone, along with counseling and recovery support.

Prescription Drugs

Prescription Drugs

Prescription drug misuse may involve opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants, or other medications used differently than prescribed. Treatment may include medical assessment, withdrawal support when needed, counseling, medication management, and relapse prevention planning.

Synthetic Drugs / New Psychoactive Substances

Synthetic Drugs / New Psychoactive Substances

Synthetic drugs can include lab-made cannabinoids, stimulants, opioids, or hallucinogens with unpredictable strength and effects. Treatment may focus on medical stabilization, substance use counseling, relapse prevention, and mental health support when symptoms are severe or persistent.

Drug Addiction / Substance Use Disorder

Drug Addiction / Substance Use Disorder

Drug addiction, or substance use disorder, involves continued substance use despite harmful consequences. Treatment may include assessment, counseling, behavioral therapies, medications for some substance use disorders, relapse prevention, and recovery support.