Addiction Treatment Center in Canaan, Connecticut

Mountainside Canaan offers comprehensive addiction treatment services for adults, adolescents, and families who need clinically focused care in a supportive environment. Behind every program is a dedicated, multidisciplinary team that approaches each client’s care with clinical precision and genuine compassion.

Using a data-informed approach, our team builds each treatment plan around the client’s specific needs, history, goals, and recommended level of care. Whether someone is entering treatment for the first time, returning after a recurrence, or stepping into care at another point in their recovery journey, we offer the structure, guidance, and continuity to help them move forward.

Medical Detox

Medical detox is often the first step for people who are physically dependent on drugs or alcohol. At Mountainside Canaan, clients receive 24/7 medical support to help manage withdrawal symptoms, stay as comfortable as possible, and begin recovery safely.

Our detox care may include medical evaluations, withdrawal monitoring, clinical support, recovery education, and planning for the next level of treatment. Our team combines clinical best practices with holistic support, making the process as safe and comfortable as possible while keeping you connected to the care that follows.

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Residential Treatment

Residential Treatment gives you the time, space, and structure to focus fully on recovery away from everyday triggers and stressors. At Mountainside Canaan, our residential care combines clinical therapy, addiction education, wellness services, psychiatric support, and community connection in a peaceful setting.

Clients live on campus and participate in a full daily schedule of clinical programming, wellness therapies, and community-based recovery activities. This immersive setting allows the care team to address the root causes of addiction, not only the symptoms, while helping each client build relapse-prevention skills, healthier routines, and a stronger foundation for long-term recovery.

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Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

The Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) offers intensive support for clients who need more structure than the usual traditional outpatient care but do not require 24/7 residential treatment. PHP can be a helpful step after residential care or a strong option for people who need focused support while continuing to live outside of an inpatient setting.

At Mountainside Canaan, PHP provides structured clinical programming five days a week, giving clients continued daytime support as they stabilize early recovery, address co-occurring mental health needs, and practice the skills needed for daily life.

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Extended Care

Extended Care gives clients more time to practice sober living skills while continuing to receive support from professionals and peers. This program is designed for people who are ready to build greater independence but still benefit from structure, accountability, and a recovery-focused community.

Over four progressive phases, clients strengthen routines, practice self-care, build life skills, and gradually take on more independence while staying connected to clinical care, peer support, and the foundation built during residential treatment.

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Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) provides a higher level of outpatient support for people who need regular, structured care but do not require residential treatment.

Over eight weeks, clients participate in group therapy three times per week and individual counseling once per week, building a consistent rhythm of care around their schedule. IOP provides them with the clinical framework, peer support, and practical skills needed to better understand their relationship with substances and sustain a lasting recovery.

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Outpatient Program (OP)

Our Outpatient Program (OP) is for anyone stepping down from a more intensive level of care or who would benefit from ongoing treatment with greater flexibility. This level of care combines therapeutic guidance with practical recovery planning.

This 10-week program combines group therapy and individual counseling, focusing on rebuilding stability, repairing relationships, strengthening trust, and creating a strong foundation for long-term recovery while clients continue managing daily responsibilities.

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Recovery Coaching

Recovery coaching gives you practical, one-on-one support from a trained coach who deeply understands the recovery process. This kind of coaching can be used on its own or alongside clinical treatment, depending on the person.

As a form of peer recovery support, coaching pairs clients with a certified recovery coach who brings both lived experience and professional training to the recovery process. Coaching can be helpful at any stage of care, whether someone is new to recovery, enrolled in IOP or OP, stepping down from a higher level of treatment, or looking for additional support outside formal clinical sessions.

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At Mountainside Canaan, our treatment is built around the understanding that recovery involves more than addressing substance use alone. Clients may need medical care, clinical therapy, psychiatric support, holistic approaches, family involvement, medication-assisted treatment, peer support, alumni services, and continuing care services.

Our team brings these services together to help clients stabilize, develop healthier coping skills, manage triggers, improve relationships, and create a stronger foundation for recovery in daily life.

• Medical and Psychiatric Services
• Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
• Clinical Services
• Wellness Services
• Continuing Care
• Alumni Services
• Client Support Services

Online Addiction Treatment for Connecticut Residents

Our online programs and telehealth services allow Connecticut residents to receive these addiction treatments from the comfort and privacy of their home:

• Outpatient Withdrawal Management
• Virtual IOP
• Virtual PHP
• Virtual OP
• Family Connections Therapy
• Family Foundations Workshop
• Adolescent Outpatient Services

Substance use among teens can manifest in many ways, from experimentation to more serious misuse. Mountainside Canaan offers its support to adolescents who may be struggling with peer pressure, emotional stress, school challenges, or early substance use.

Our programs help teens build coping skills, strengthen decision-making, manage emotions, and learn how to respond to pressure in healthier ways. By involving families when appropriate, we can help create a stronger support system around each teen’s recovery and well-being.

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Family Therapy

Addiction often affects the entire family system, creating stress, confusion, broken trust, and communication challenges. Family Connections Therapy gives loved ones a supportive space to begin working through those challenges with some gentle guidance from Mountainside’s clinical team.

This program helps families better understand addiction, rebuild trust, improve communication, establish healthier boundaries, and support their loved one’s recovery (while also caring for their own healing).

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Family Recovery Coaching

Family recovery coaching pairs loved ones with a certified recovery coach who is trained to help families navigate the challenges of supporting someone in recovery. Sessions are one-on-one, open-ended, and available to family members whether or not their loved one is currently receiving treatment at Mountainside.

Your coach can help you set goals, build healthy boundaries, improve communication, and find a steadier footing through one of the most difficult experiences a family can face.

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Family Foundations Workshop

The Family Foundations Workshop is a seven-week virtual program for families who want guidance while navigating through a loved one’s substance use. Through one-on-one sessions with a Mountainside family clinician, loved ones will receive personalized support, education, and practical tools for understanding addiction and responding in healthier ways.

This workshop is designed for families who want structured, personalized support but may not need clinical treatment themselves. Sessions are fully virtual, one-on-one, and built to meet your family where you are. 

• This is a non-clinical program
• Insurance is not required
• No clinical intake process is needed to participate
• Families can join whether or not their loved one is currently in treatment

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The Mountainside Canaan team includes clinicians, medical professionals, and recovery coaches who work together to provide coordinated care throughout your treatment. From admission to aftercare planning, our team helps ensure you feel supported, understood, and connected. 

The people behind your care at Canaan are experienced, deeply committed, and genuinely invested in the clients and families they serve. Ranging from physicians and clinicians to wellness specialists and recovery coaches, each team member brings both expertise and heart to their work.

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As part of a larger behavioral health network, Mountainside provides continued outpatient support after residential treatment, close to home. Our other nearby locations are in NYC, Long Island (NY), Westchester (NY), Fairfield County (CT), and Bergen County (NJ). 

Our quiet Canaan location is still accessible:

• Within a few hours of New York City
• Close to Boston
• Easy drive from Philadelphia

We help clients in cities across Connecticut, including Darien, Westport, Ridgefield, Hartford, Stamford, and New Haven, as well as from nearby states. If you or someone you care about is struggling with alcohol or drug addiction, please call us now.

Phone: 860 824 1397

Address: 187 S Canaan Road Canaan, CT 06018