About Phoenix House – The Edward D. Miller Center – Lake Ronkonkoma
Phoenix House – The Edward D. Miller Center is a drug and alcohol rehab facility located in Ronkonkoma, New York. They are a residential facility that treats adults for substance use disorder, alcohol use disorder and co-occurring disorders. They also have a special program for veterans.
The staff is medically trained, and they are supervised by medical doctors. If you have painful withdrawal symptoms, they can provide you with medication assisted treatment.
This company has been treating people for addiction issues for 50 years. The house was established by six people in recovery. The program they set up is considered a model for recovery houses nationwide.
They believe in encouraging and nourishing personal pride and responsibility. The overall goal is to help you fight obstacles that are in your way without the use of drugs or alcohol.
They treat people with evidence based therapy in group and individual sessions. They also provide vocational coaching. This is especially important to people who lost a job because of addiction or for people who formally depended on drugs for income. Your vocational counselor can help you figure out a suitable career and train you in how to pursue it.
Their residential programs are gender specific. People tend to share more freely in group therapy if they are around those of their own gender. Groups focus on such things as a man’s role in society and motherhood. Individual therapy will be customized to you.
They have a special program for veterans who struggle with addiction. People in the military often take substances because of the stressful situations they have to endure or because of traumatic combat experiences. It is best to share these experiences with a therapist who has been trained specifically for military issues and with other veterans who have been through the same thing.
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