North Charles Institute for

The Addictions

54 Washburn Avenue, Cambridge, MA 2140, USA

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In affiliation with the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Hospital

We are a behavioral healthcare service provider with program locations in the cities of Cambridge and Somerville Massachusetts.

Our Outpatient Mental Health Clinic and our Addiction services counseling center are just outside of Porter Square in Somerville.  

We also provide research and planning services.  In addition, our wholly owned subsidiary, Cambridge Psychiatric Services provides psychiatric moonlighting services at facilities throughout Massachusetts.

Our Addiction Treatment Programs offer counseling and treatment for multiple substance abuse problems, including opiate dependence.

The North Charles Mental Health Clinic offers treatment options for individuals suffering from various forms of mental illness

Learn a little about who we are and what we’ve accomplished over the years

Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Detoxification
  • Methadone maintenance
  • Methadone maintenance for predetermined time
  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Buprenorphine maintenance for predetermined time
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Methadone
  • All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program
  • SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

  • Dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient detoxification
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State department of health
  • Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Language Services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult women
  • Adult men

Ancillary Services

  • Opiods Detoxification
  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • 12-step faciltitation approach
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
  • Methadone clients only
  • North Charles Institute for

    54 Washburn Avenue, Cambridge, MA 2140

Rehabilitation Process