Higher Ground Services – Brewer, Maine
235 Center Street, Brewer, Maine, 04412
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Self-pay options
Addiction Resource Score
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In this guide, we explain exactly how we rate treatment centers—from accreditation and staff credentials to therapy options, facility environment, and family involvement. You'll see how we assign scores, award badges, and update listings to ensure accuracy and fairness. Most importantly, our system focuses on elevating centers that prioritize ethical, evidence-based care, not just those with the best marketing. This way, you can trust that the ratings you see reflect meaningful standards that help you find the right fit for lasting recovery.
8.0
Out of 10
Brewer, Maine-based Higher Ground Services provides comprehensive mental health and drug abuse services to individuals, couples, families, and groups, including kids over five. The facility focuses on providing tailored care for long-term recovery, customizing its offerings to each client’s specific needs. Their programs put a strong emphasis on holistic healing, making sure that each and every facet of a person’s health is taken care of.
The hospital offers a variety of services, such as open-ended therapeutic groups, dual diagnosis treatment, drug abuse counseling, trauma recovery, and mental health therapy. Higher Ground Services uses a range of therapeutic modalities, including exercise therapy, art therapy, play therapy, anger management, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The institution also incorporates holistic methods that promote resilience on a spiritual and personal level. Notably, Higher Ground Services is a helpful resource for people managing both mental health conditions and substance abuse because it specializes in treating patients with dual disorders and provides trauma recovery support. They also provide programs specifically designed to meet the needs of first responders.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Veterans
- Members of military families
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Professional interventionist/educational consultant
Treatment Modalities
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Relapse prevention
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
- Intervention Services
- Individual psychotherapy
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Aftercare
License and Accreditation
- State mental health department
- SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
- State department of health
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
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