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St Leonards Society of Hamilton Emerald Street Treatment Centre
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Special Information
Public Bulletin
Contact Information
Address & Map	24 Emerald St S Hamilton, ON L8N 2V2
Major Intersection	Victoria Ave N and King St E
Mailing Address	c/o Jessica Moore
Office Phone	905-529-8494
Fax	905-529-2254
E-Mail	jessmoore@slsh.ca
Website	www.slsh.ca
Primary Contact	Jessica Moore, Program Director
Alternate Contact	John Samson, Assistant Director
Service Details
Alternate Name (Internal use only)	St. Leonard's
Accessibility	Fully Accessible
Located In Community	Hamilton Central
Ward	Ward 3
Description	The facility located at 24 Emerald Street South is a 30-bed Substance Abuse Treatment Centre, providing support to men released on Parole to our community of Hamilton. The program goal at Emerald Street is to work through the denial of our clients so that they accept the reality that their lives are unmanageable due to substance abuse.    The program is designed to confront and curtail attitudes and habit forming behaviour antecedent to, and supportive of, abuse of alcohol and/or drugs through:  * Education  * Group therapy  * Individual counselling   * Self reflective exercise  * Guided discussion, with focus on cognitive and social skills training    Subjects covered are:  * Aspects of addiction  * Problem solving  * Communication  * Assertiveness  * Dysfunctional thinking patterns  * Anger  * Family relationships   * Relapse prevention
Hours	Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Dates	All year
Areas Served	Hamilton (City of)
Bus Routes	(1) KING ; (5) DELAWARE - STONEY CREEK ; (12) WENTWORTH
Fees	None
Languages	English
Indexing
Service Categories	Residential Alcoholism Treatment Facilities ~ Ex-Offenders ~ Men ; Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Facilities ~ Ex-Offenders ~ Men
Subjects	Addictions ; Alcoholism ; Anger management ; Counselling ; Drug addiction ; Male offenders ; Men ; Residences ; Residential care