Founded in 1970, the APT Foundation’s mission is to promote the health and recovery for those who live with substance use disorders and/or mental illness.
It is the philosophy of the APT Foundation that the disease of addiction must be treated in a holistic way. It is our belief that addiction is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit, affecting a person’s social and emotional functioning, and that treatment must address all of these needs.
As such, clients receive services within the context of a treatment community that embraces the strengths of each of its participants and a strong commitment of collaborative learning both in the context of a group driven program and treatment milieu setting. Clinical services are predominantly led by licensed or certified clinical staff that has specific training that includes motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma & recovery and co-occurring disorders. Group therapy is the primary modality of treatment. Individual therapy is viewed as adjunctive to the group driven format and is available based on each client’s individual needs. Psychiatric services are available at each of our clinical sites.
Group programming topics address, but are not limited to education on the biology of addiction, co-occurring disorders groups, coping skills development, twelve step education, self-esteem building, health and recovery, vocational programming, trauma and recovery, and gender specific groups. Additionally, the Foundation provides specific trauma recovery groups for men and women.
Accreditation
The APT Foundation currently maintains accreditation with Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) an international, independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. When a service or program is CARF-accredited, it means that the organization has met the rigorous CARF guidelines for services it provides, the results of its standards of conformance, as well as its quality improvement efforts. For more information, please access the CARF website at http://www.carf.org
The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) licenses all of the treatment programs at the APT Foundation. For more information, or to view a copy of our current licenses, please access the CTDPH website at http://www.ct.gov.
