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Nova Scotia Outpatient Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs
Links to Other Nova Scotia Addiction Services by Type
Links to Outpatient Services on this Page
Nova Scotia Outpatient - Government or Contracted Agencies
Nova Scotia Outpatient - Private Practice Therapists
The Provision of Publicly Funded Mental Health & Addiction Services in Nova Scotia Service Boundaries by Geography
Addiction Services in Nova Scotia is operated by the 9 District Health Authorities: Southwest Health, Annapolis Valley Health, South Shore Health, Cumberland Health Authority, Colchester East Hants Health Authority, Capital Health, Pictou County, Guysborough Antigonish Strait, and Cape Breton.
Nova Scotia Outpatient Listings by City
Nova Scotia Outpatient Services - Government or Contracted Agencies
The following government outpatient addiction clinics are listed alphabetically by city. Please call ahead to make an appointment.
Amherst
Pictou County Health Authority
30 Prince Arthur Street
Amherst, NS B4H 1V6
Phone: (902) 667-7094
Annapolis Community Health Centre
Annapolis Valley Health Authority
821 St. George Street
P.O. Box 426
Annapolis Royal, NS B0S 1A0
Phone: (902) 679-2392
Note: by appointment only.
Antigonish
Martha Centre, St. Martha's Regional Hospital
Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority
23 Bay Street
Antigonish, NS B2G 2G7
Phone: (902) 867-4500 ext. 4615 (Adult and Adolescent Services)
Toll Free: 1(888) 291-3535
Gambling Treatment: (902) 625-4368
Women's Services: (902) 863-5393
Men's Health Centre Program
Family Service of Antigonish
195 Main Street
Antigonish, NS B2G 2B8
Phone: (902)863-2358
Note: team is made up of a Doctor and professional people who work in Addictions, Mental Health Public Health, and Family Services.
Baddeck
Cape Breton District Health Authority
Phone: (902) 295-2112
Barrington Passage
Southwest Health Authority
Suite 208 Causeway Professional Centre, #29 Highway 330
Barrington Passage, NS B0W 1E0
Phone: (902) 637-1432
Western Kings Memorial Health Centre
Annapolis Valley Health Authority
P.O. Box 490
Berwick, Nova Scotia
Canada, B0P 1E0
Phone: (902) 679-2392
Addiction Services
South Shore Health
Suite 200, Dawson Centre
197 Dufferin Street
Bridgewater, NS B4V 2G9
Phone: (902) 543-7882
Cheticamp
Cape Breton District Health Authority
Phone: (902) 224-4042
Clare Medical Health Centre
Southwest Health Authority
8559 HWY 1
Meteghan Centre
Clare, NS B0W 2K0
Phone: (902) 645-3502
Digby (Digby General Hospital)
Southwest Health Authority
75 Warwick Street
Digby, NS B0V 1A0
Phone: (902) 245-5888
East Hants
East Hants Resource Centre
Pictou County Health Authority
Suite #250, 15 Commerce Court
Elmsdale, NS B2S 2K5
Phone: (902) 883-0295
Glace Bay
Cape Breton District Health Authority
Phone: (902) 842-4066
Guysborough
Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority
PO Box 225
Guysborough, NS B9A 2S1
Phone: (902) 533-2598
HALIFAX - GOVERNMENT OUTPATIENT ADDICTION SERVICES
For Halifax government outpatient services listings see the Halifax Section of sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca.
Ingonish
Cape Breton District Health Authority
Phone: (902) 336-2404
Inverness
Cape Breton District Health Authority
Phone: (902) 258-3300
Valley Regional Hospital
Annapolis Valley Health Authority
150 Exhibition Street
Kentville, NS B4N 5E3
Switchboard: (902) 678-2392
Patient: (902) 679-3315
AVH Chipman Building
Annapolis Valley Health Authority
15 Chipman Drive
Kentville, NS B4N 3V7
Phone: (902) 679-2392 or 825-6828
Queens General Hospital
PO Box 370
Liverpool, NS B0T 1K0
Phone: (902) 354-3422
Fishermen's Memorial Hospital
PO Box 1180
Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0
Phone: (902) 634-7325
Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
Annapolis Valley Health Authority
P.O. Box 730
Middleton, Nova Scotia
Canada, B0S 1P0
Phone:(902) 825-3411
New Glasgow Community Health Centre
Pictou County Health Authority
690 East River Road
New Glasgow, NS B2H 3S1
Phone: (902) 755-7017 (902) 755-7017
New Waterford
Cape Breton District Health Authority
Phone: (902) 862-2945
North Sydney
Cape Breton District Health Authority
Phone: (902) 794-7631
Port Hawkesbury
Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority
708 Reeves St., Unit 4
Port Hawkesbury, NS B9A 2S1
Phone: (902) 625-2363
Richmond County
Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority
Strait-Richmond Hospital
138 Hospital Road, RR#1
Cleveland, NS B0E 1J0
Phone: (902) 625-4366
Shelburne (Roseway Hospital)
Southwest Health Authority
Box 610
Shelburne, NS B0T 1W0
Phone: (902) 875-8645
Sydney
Cape Breton District Health Authority
235 Townsend Street, 1st Floor
Sydney, NS B1P 5E7
Phone: (902) 563-2590
Toll-free: 1(888) 291-3535
Adolescent Services: (902) 563-2050
Gambling Treatment: (902) 563-2590
Women's Services: (902) 563-2010
Truro
Pictou County Health Authority
Victoria Court, Suite 205
14 Court Street
Truro, NS B2N 3H7
Phone: (902) 893-5900
Phone: (902) 893-4776 (Opiate Treatment)
Eastern Kings Memorial
Community Health Centre
Annapolis Valley Health Authority
23 Earnscliffe Avenue
Wolfville, NS B4P 1X4
Phone: (902) 542-2266
Nova Scotia Outpatient - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Bedford - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Breen, Glenn – M.Th., CCC, RCT
Registered Counselling Therapist
IWK Health Centre
Suite 207 - 967 Bedford Highway
Bedford, NS B4A 1A9
Phone: (902) 237-0542
E-Mail: glenn.breen@iwk.nshealth.ca
Note: Treats children, teens, adults, families utilizing spiritual & pastoral counselling for issues including bereavement & loss, and addictions.
Iwk.nshealth.ca
Brushett, Kelly – M.Sc., RMFT
1278 Bedford Highway
Bedford, NS B4A 1C7
Phone: (902) 488-5975
E-Mail: kellybrushett76@hotmail.com
Note: treats general adolescent problems, behavioral difficulties with children, school-related concerns, family violence, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, or other emotional and/or mental health disorders.
Hollihan, Karen - Med. (Psy), CCC, ADS
Capital District Health Authority
Bedford, NS
Phone: (902) 424-4485
Morrissey, Glenda – MA
GM Psychological Services Inc.
1360 Bedford Hwy.
Bedford, NS B4A 1E2
Phone: (902) 422-0225
Bridgewater - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Payzant, Deborah C. - Clinical Therapist
Addiction Services
197 Dufferin St., Suite 200
Bridgewater, NS B4V 2G9
Phone: (902) 543-0833
Dartmouth - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Boutilier, Felicia - BSc.O.T. (Reg) NS, MEd Counselling, CCC
Spectrum Consulting Services
3-644 Portland St. Suite 622
Dartmouth, NS B2W 2M3
Phone: (902) 222-5022
Note: Offers pain management counselling, career counselling, mental health issues, addiction, and eating disorders.
Whelan, John Joseph – Ph.D.
260 Wyse Rd, Suite 300,
P.O. Box 11, Lakeside,
Dartmouth, NS B3T 1M6
Phone: (902) 461-0476
E-Mail: drjjwhelan@eastlink.ca
Halifax - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
For Halifax private practice addiction therapists see the Halifax Outpatient Section of sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca .
Kentville - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Graham, Kevin R., M.Div., M.Sc., CCC
150 Park Street
Kentville, NS
Phone: (902) 678-1349
Montgomery, Bonnie – M.Ed. (Counselling), CCC, RCT
Anthony & Montgomery Counselling Services
Kentville, NS
Phone: (902) 679-3022
E-mail: montgomery.counselling@ns.sympatico.ca
Note: Areas of practice include psychotherapy for depression, stress, trauma, abuse, addiction, divorce planning, post divorce planning
Hosick, Jeffrey H. - Rev. Dr.
49 Parkview Avenue
Kentville, NS B4N 1P8
Phone: (902) 678-0538
Note: a pastoral counsellor that works with individuals struggling with relationships, addictions, and sexual abuse.
Montgomery, Bonnie – RN, MA, M.Ed.(Counselling), CCC
Anthony and Montgomery Counselling Services
17 Alicia Blvd.
Kentville, NS B4N 4Y7
Phone: (902) 679-3022
Note: Treats stress, depression, addiction, relationship dysfunction, bereavement, trauma/abuse, divorce preparation, and post-divorce parenting.
Patton , Vicki - M.Ed., Ph.D., CCC, RCT, CSAT
Ledgehill Treatment and Recovery Centre
P.O. Box 884
Kentville, NS B4N 4H8
Phone: (902) 670-8593
Note: Treats sexual addiction, substance and process addictions, relationship issues, abuse and trauma, and self-harm.
Portuguese Cove - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Buckley, Mike - MA, RPC, CCC
Bearings Counselling, Rehabilitation and Consulting
605 Ketch Harbour Rd
Portuguese Cove, NS B3V 1K1
Phone: (902) 346-2131
E-Mail: bearings@eastlink.ca
Note: Treats gambling, substance and process addictions, and co-dependency.
Truro - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Morrissey, Glenda – MA
GM Psychological Services Inc.
802 Prince St., Suite 202
Truro, NS B2N 1H1
Phone: (902) 896-0026
Thorne, Tammy – MTS (Counselling)
Christian Counselling Ministries
Truro, NS
Phone: (902) 893-3991
E-Mail: info@ccmin.ca
Note: Treatment for couples, individuals, and youth for addictions, communication skills, life skills, depression, stress, grief, and loss.
Wolfville - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Aston, Shaughney - Clinical Therapist
Addictions Services N.S.
33 Cherry Lane
Wolfville, NS B4P 1T7
Phone: (902) 542-9546
Note: Treats addiction and sexual abuse.
Smith, John
Acadia University
11126 Highway 1
Wolfville, NS B4P 2R1
Phone: (902) 542-1156
Yarmouth - Private Practice Addiction Therapists
Bishara, Joe A. - M.ED, CCC, RCT-C
Yarmouth, NS
Phone: (902) 749-2843
E-Mail: jabishara@nstu.ca
Note: Areas of practice include child and adolescent, family therapy, grief and loss, addictions, stress, anxiety, and depression.
Geddes, Connie, MEd., CCC
Nova Scotia Community College
Yarmouth, NS
Phone: (902) 742-1144
Note: Treats trauma, abuse, recovery, and grief; spiritual issues of meaning/purpose; anxiety, depression, and addictions.
Yarmouth (Yarmouth Regional Hospital)
Southwest Health Authority
60 Vancouver St.
Yarmouth, NS B5A 2P5
Phone: (902) 742-2406
E-mail: addictions-yrh@swndha.nshealth.ca
Note: open Monday to Friday 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Medical
Programs?
Programs that treat the physical aspects of alcohol and drug misuse such as withdrawal management (detox), addiction medicine, drug testing and methadone maintenance. For more information see the Medical Section.
Outpatient
Programs?
Programs offered once or twice a week with, typically one to three hours per session and are either government-funded (free) or private (ranging $50 to $200 / hour depending on therapist qualifications). Meals and accommodation are NOT provided. For more information see the Outpatient Section.
Residential
Programs?
Programs that provide counseling, meals and accommodation. Primary Treatment (usually 30 days) is intensive therapy followed by Support Recovery (usually 6 months or longer) where clients learn to transition back to society. Government-funded residential treatment is usually no cost or $50 per day but requires a referral from a family doctor, medical detox or government-funded outpatient clinic. Private treatment can range from $200 to $500 per day and does not require a referral. For more information see the Residential Section.
Meetings?
Meetings are social gatherings for people who desire to stop drinking (AA, LifeRing, etc.), drugs (NA, CA) or have a loved one that is struggling with alcohol or drugs (Al-Anon, Nar-Anon). These groups are NOT therapy. For more information see the Meetings section.
Interventionists?
Trained professionals that assist families with family members who refuse to get help with an addiction. Fees are not covered by the government and can cost hundreds of dollars up to $5000 (plus travel expenses) depending on the interventionist. For more information see the Find an Interventionist section.