Southwest Community Health Center Albion Street

Southwest Community Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut offering integrated behavioral health and substance use treatment for adults. Their mission centers on barrier free and community based healthcare that treats the whole person not just the diagnosis.

They provide counseling and an intensive outpatient program, psychiatric evaluation and medication management, and continuing care for clients navigating substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions.

Intensive Outpatient Programs and Psychiatric Care

Southwest Community Health Center's core specialty is outpatient substance use treatment for adults pursuing a substance free lifestyle.

Services include therapy, an intensive outpatient program, substance abuse counseling, and ongoing continuing care all delivered within a community health setting. Treatment follows a holistic philosophy that addresses the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of recovery.

Clients can also access psychiatric evaluation and medication management, family counseling and anger management, and case management with co-occurring disorders treated alongside primary medical care for a truly coordinated approach.

Additional Services and Community Support

Beyond addiction services the center integrates behavioral health with internal medicine and women's health, pediatrics and dental care, and HIV/AIDS testing and treatment.

Patient advocacy, entitlement program enrollment, and case management help connect clients with the broader social supports needed to sustain recovery.