Schick Shadel Hospital

Substance Abuse Program

12101 Ambaum Boulevard SW, Seattle, WA 98146, USA


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Issues with drugs and alcohol? We can help! With 80 years of treating more than 65,000 patients, our hospital provides the best way to knock out substance cravings. We believe chemical dependency is a medical problem and we treat it as such, offering medical detox and a cutting edge approach to treatment. Our counter conditioning method, developed over decades of work and study, has become nationally recognized as an incredibly effective way to treat both drug and alcohol addiction.

We have successfully treated patients hooked on all types of addiction-causing substances, including cocaine, meth, heroin, prescription opiates, and many more. With addiction rates increasing at an alarming rate, it’s important to fight back with effective treatments and care. We understand your needs, and our doctors, nurses and counselors will provide comfort and care as you transform back into a life of sobriety.

We Accept Most Insurance! Contact us to verify coverage!

(Unfortunately Medicaid is Not Accepted)

Washington State Hospital Licensed for Alcohol and Chemical Dependency HALC.FS.60238024 DBHR Certification #17 1638 00

Our alumni are our biggest advocates. With more than 65,000 lives saved, Schick Shadel provides the help & support our patients need to get their lives back. Become our next success story and take a tour today or call for more information.

Sobriety can start right now. Because addiction is a compulsive physiological need for a habit-forming substance, we understand that the person suffering from alcohol or drug addiction is suffering from a biopsychosocial disease that needs medical treatment. Our unique approach involves counter conditioning, minimal sedation interviews, counseling, education and tools for support in sobriety. We help people beat addiction by training their brain to look at the substance in a different way by creating behavior modification with alcohol or drugs.

We hold meetings around the Seattle area (also available via teleconference) to assist patients after they have completed the program. Although patients are only here for a short time, they form life-long friendships with other patients as we have a relaxing, supportive, and home-like environment within a medical facility. You don’t have to go through this alone.

Schick Shadel’s drug and alcohol program has helped more than 65,000 men and women recover and regain control of their lives.

Unlike most rehabilitation and detox centers, at Schick Shadel, patients can have amenities and everyday comforts such as visitors, cell phones, and laptops. Our unique methods have helped our program become the longest running program in the U.S.

Schick Shadel’s unique methods can help you get your life back in as little as ten days.

Medical research shows that counter conditioning, or retraining the memory associated with the sight, smell and taste of alcohol and drugs, is an excellent way to reduce the cravings for those substances. Because cravings often lead to relapses, Schick Shadel’s highly effective, evidence-based treatment program specializes in the elimination of these relapse-inducing cravings.

We treat addiction as a medical condition using unique and effective methods.

Schick Shadel Hospital in Seattle is equipped with MDs, RNs, and compassionate staff.

Start sobriety NOW. In as little as 10 days you can be on the road to recovery and a new life.

We use counter conditioning treatments to reduce cravings for drugs and alcohol.

We specialize in eliminating relapse-inducing cravings for results that last.

Schick Shadel is proud to partner with Assessment and Treatment Associates, a leading provider of substance abuse and mental health services in the Northwest, with locations in Bellevue, Mountlake Terrace, Tacoma and Pasco.

Your privacy and the confidentiality of your medical records are of great importance. As such, Schick Shadel follows standard-industry practices for the collection, maintenance and disposal of your records. We encourage you to read our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices for more information.

*Based on results of a verified, independent survey of former patients (success being measured on as total abstinence for one year and assessed by self-evaluation), as against published success rates from verified, comparable studies of other medical institutions.


Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Detoxification
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

Facility Type


Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Rational emotive behavioral therapy

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

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

  • Hospital inpatient
  • Hospital inpatient detoxification
  • Hospital inpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health
  • Hospital licensing authority

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance

Emergency Mental Health Services


Payment Assistance Available


Language Services

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
  • Veterans
  • Active duty military
  • Military families
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Persons with HIV or AIDS
  • Persons who have experienced trauma
  • Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence

Ancillary Services

  • Alcohol Detoxification
  • Cocaine Detoxification
  • Opiods Detoxification
  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services


  • Schick Shadel Hospital

    12101 Ambaum Boulevard SW, Seattle, WA 98146