Willowbrooke at Tanner – Villa Rica

Willowbrooke at Tanner–Villa Rica is a behavioral health and drug rehab provider in Villa Rica, Georgia. Tanner Health, a nonprofit organization founded in 1949, helps people heal from various ailments through comprehensive, compassionate, and individualized treatments.

Their Villa Rica facility offers a full continuum of care for adolescents and adults ages 12 and up including inpatient care, inpatient detox, intensive outpatient (IOP), partial hospitalization, general outpatient (OP) and aftercare services. They can also support people with co-occurring mental health issues (dual diagnosis). It’s great that they offer all of this in one location, so clients don’t have to transition from one center to another as they progress in their recovery.

Clients at this facility have access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and a broad spectrum of therapies, including individual and group talk therapy and experiential therapies. An example of the latter is their creative therapy program which helps people overcome addiction, trauma and other significant challenges through art, drumming, and drama.

Another is animal therapy. In this program, clients can interact with therapy animals, such as dogs and horses. Animal therapy can be very helpful for people who have depression, self esteem issues, social anxiety, trauma and conduct disorders. There’s lots of research to confirm experiential therapies’ effectiveness but these treatments are not that common so it’s fantastic to see them here.

Another positive aspect of this facility is that their inpatient care program has a separate unit for adolescents aged 12 to 17 and young adults 18 to 25. That’s important since people in these age groups tend to have distinct needs from those ages 26 and older.