The partial hospitalization program with housing, or PHP, may be the ideal course to take once an individual has successfully completed drug or alcohol detox. For those who do not need a drug or alcohol detox, the PHP may be the first line of treatment for addiction.
The PHP presents a model structure for those who may need long-term treatment with more intensive therapies and daily monitoring to learn healthy coping skills and a new way of living. The program is structured to give more support to patients early on and allow more independence as they progress in their treatment.
What to expect
Drug and alcohol treatment through the PHP takes place seven days a week at ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center’s main campus in Gainesville, Florida. This intensive addiction treatment program provides an opportunity to learn sober-living skills amongst peers. Patients are able to reside on the campus and are expected to maintain a living area just as they would in their own home. Patients will care for their own living environment, including cooking, cleaning and shopping, as well as experience new leisure and recreational activities.
PHP treatment offers patients the opportunity to live in a substance-free environment while relearning how to successfully restructure their life. For those not living on site, commuting to treatment from home is also an option for patients. Families can learn more about this option and when this is appropriate by speaking with their physician and therapist.
The ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center’s main campus in Gainesville is just minutes from ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Shands Hospital, which allows for improved access to ÍøºìºÚÁÏ addiction specialists and other experts. The campus features several apartment-style living quarters with many outdoor activities for patients to take advantage of, including a swimming pool, basketball court, bocce ball court, pickleball court and ping pong table for patients to enjoy. Additionally, patients will receive a membership to to work on physical health and exercise.
While participating in treatment at the PHP, each patient will develop an individualized treatment plan for their specific needs with the input of their treatment team. Specific therapies and daily groups can differ person to person. Our multidisciplinary team oversees specific tracks, including programming for safety sensitive professionals, trauma, emerging adults and women’s issues.
Treatment can include morning meditation, psychoeducational groups, process groups, physician-led groups, recreational activities and life skills groups. Our staff utilizes therapies, including cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, dialectical behavioral therapy, family systems therapy, solution-focused therapy and others. ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center integrates the 12-step approach to encourage patients to explore and identify their own spiritual beliefs and how their core values play a role in their recovery.
An essential part of alcohol and drug treatment is including family in the treatment services. Family members are encouraged to be a part of their loved one’s treatment and engage in family sessions and the family workshop. To learn more about the family’s role in recovery, visit our section.
The expert staff at ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center strives to rebuild each patient’s life that they want for themselves. Patients who come in not knowing who they have become, return home feeling happier and healthier than ever before.
Physicians and health professionals
Helping those in safety-sensitive professions
We take great pride in our proven ability to help physicians, dentists, pharmacists and nurses all over the United States overcome addiction and return to successful careers. The ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center has earned their trust as the hub for national addiction experts in research and evidence-based treatment. Our approach shows over a five-year period that more than 80% of safety-sensitive professionals in our care succeeded in recovery and returned to work.
Led by Medical Director Scott Teitelbaum, MD, our treatment team achieves this by working with employers, licensing boards, health care-specific attorneys and physician health programs from all over the country to help these professionals get back to thriving in their respective roles. We provide an ideal environment for recovery behind a unique blend of ongoing, effective therapies in a private, comfortable setting. This solace is also found through integration in the large, local professional recovery community.
Our team works closely with professional referral programs, peer assistance and licensing boards to formulate discharge plans, continued care and monitoring. As the point of contact between all parties, the staff at ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center helps make this process more efficient and effective. Having over 20 years of experience in treating safety sensitive professionals, our staff know the ins and outs of specific program needs for each monitoring agency.
The professionals program will consist of being assigned to a therapist that is designated solely for other professional patients. We believe that being a professional in treatment adds a unique layer of shame that must be worked through. At the Florida Recovery Center, we provide a setting of comfort and safety, allowing a professional to discuss sensitive topics involving past behaviors and future concerns. Professional patients will also attend specific groups that are broken down into monitored professionals by gender, and even by specific profession. This environment provides people the space to be vulnerable and relate to others that have gone through the same life events.
Continuum of care
Our full continuum of care includes:
- Comprehensive evaluations
- Neurocognitive testing and return to work recommendations
- Drug/alcohol detox
- Inpatient rehab
- Individual, group and family therapy
- Outpatient appointments
- Substance-use monitoring
Individuals participating in our professionals track have the opportunity to address unique issues specific to their fields:
- Who must know and how to tell them
- Returning to work
- Disruptive behaviors
- Co-dependency in the workplace
- Boundaries
- Work/life balance
- Continued care
The ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center treatment track for safety-sensitive professionals is recognized by the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the Annenberg Foundation as one of the nation’s top treatment, research and training programs. Through different levels of care, our team offers various treatment activities, including individual and group therapy, recovery exercises and educational sessions focused on sober living.
Physicians in recovery
The experts at ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center personally value 12-step recovery. Many of our physicians, therapists and staff are in recovery, and they have a first-hand understanding of the challenges specific to executives and health care professionals facing addiction.
Nationally recognized program
Our nationally acclaimed addiction medicine program has resulted in many physicians becoming board-certified in addiction medicine and practicing new, rewarding careers all over the country. The ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Addiction Medicine Fellowship has trained over more fellows than any other program nationwide.
Attorneys, Judges and legal professionals
Nationally known for excellence
Judges, attorneys and other legal professionals are gaining more attention for becoming a high-risk group to abuse alcohol and other substances. Whether due to the socialization aspect within the profession, the hours spent studying or preparing cases, or even the personality styling of those who enter the legal profession, studies show a higher rate of substance use disorders in lawyers compared to the national average.
When attorneys, judges, other legal professionals and law students need help overcoming addiction, they turn to the ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center. We have earned their trust as the hub for national addiction experts in research and evidence-based treatment. Our approach shows over a five-year period that more than 80% of safety-sensitive professionals in our care succeeded in recovery and returned to work.
Led by Medical Director Scott Teitelbaum, MD, our treatment team achieves this by working with employers, Bar Associations, and Judges and Lawyers Assistance Programs from all over the country to help professionals return to successful careers. Every state advocacy program has different requirements and expectations. With the experience and knowledge our team has, we tailor treatment needs to best support individual needs and anticipatory guidance unique to each patient.
Working in the legal profession and finding yourself in need of treatment can be a daunting situation. At ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center, we provide an ideal environment for recovery behind a unique blend of ongoing, effective therapies in a private, comfortable setting. This solace is also found through integration in the large, local professional recovery community.
Our nationally acclaimed attorneys’ treatment program offers:
- Diagnosis of substance use and mental health disorders
- Recommendations for treatment
- Specialized treatment groups for legal professionals
- Family programming
- Connecting current patients to recovering lawyers in their local home town
- Return to work assistance, including coaching and guidance, for employee and employer
Full continuum of care
- Assessments
- Independent single-day or multi-day medical evaluations
- Withdrawal management (detox)
- Individual, group and family therapy
- Aftercare
The ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Florida Recovery Center treatment track for professionals is recognized by the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the Annenberg Foundation as one of the nation’s top treatment, research and training programs. Through different levels of care, our team offers various treatment activities, including individual and group therapy, recovery exercises and educational sessions focused on living in sobriety.
Young adults
Learning to live
Our program provides a safe and supportive environment to address the unique needs of young adults. We place a strong emphasis on group therapy, which facilitates sharing and building a peer support system that can be carried over into a recovery lifestyle. Our program focuses on developing healthy and constructive life skills through engaging in a variety of recreational and life skill activities such as:
- Ropes courses
- Cooking classes
- Horticulture
- Charity work
- Exercise
- Meditation
The goal of the young adults program is to remove young adults from their potentially dangerous lifestyles and increase their self-esteem by improving their social engagement while being sober.
Family involvement is an important aspect of treatment. The family will have the opportunity to learn about addiction and how to more successfully interact and support their young adult in a way that supports a healthy recovery lifestyle. Family participation helps to establish hope for the future.