About John Volken Academy – Gilbert
John Volken Academy is a drug and alcohol rehab facility with several locations. Their facility in Gilbert, Arizona, is an inpatient program for men. They treat adult men for substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder. They are a nonprofit program that is offered at no cost.
Clients of the program are referred to as students. The program is two years long. You’ll receive a bed and three meals a day at the facility. This is a gender specific program for men, and they also have a fitness center for clients to use. You do not have to bring anything when you stay here, as they’ll provide you with clothing and toiletries.
They use a unique therapeutic community approach to treatment. There are four basic principles of the program they offer: community, environment, education, and time. They believe that the community of residents can guide one another through the process of recovery and that they need a structured environment to live in.
They educate everyone who lives there about the effects of drugs on their body. They also believe that change happens over a long period of time.
They have a structured daily routine which includes group therapy sessions. They have occasional family support groups so your loved ones can learn how best to help you with your addiction.
All students are assigned jobs around the facility. In addition to a job, you’ll be assigned chores to do around the house. Working is considered to be a form of therapy. They believe that they can best modify the behavior of a person with addiction issues with a system of rewards for good behavior and consequences for bad behavior.
They believe in gradual reintegration. As you go through the program, you will be given more responsibilities and freedoms. The overall point of the program is to make people take more personal responsibility for their actions.
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