Long Term Residential Treatment
The environment at Palmetto Addiction Recovery Center is based on the Therapeutic Community model. Clients learn to work together to solve problems as a drug-free community. The size and design of our community and campus provides a special opportunity to create a working model of healthy peer confrontation. Under the guidance of counselors, denial is broken down, self-disclosure begins, changes in behavior and thinking occur, and long-term sobriety skills are taught.

The treatment week is carefully planned to provide the best use of each day, and to address the many topics and issues that are essential to recovery. Educational topics include areas of recovery such as abuse survivors, sexual compulsivity, family of origin issues, neurochemistry of addiction, boundaries, spirituality and relapse triggers/prevention. Addiction is viewed in the context of an individual's social and psychological deficits, and treatment focuses on developing personal accountability and responsibility and socially productive lives.

Staff and patients of Palmetto work together to assist each community member in moving through the four phases of treatment. There are no predetermined lengths of stay. Each patient is given an explanation of the assignments to be achieved in each phase in order to successfully complete the corresponding phase. Phase advancement is then based on assignment completion and notable behavior, along with emotional and spiritual changes. Staff and patients meet weekly as a general community to consider each person's request for phase advancement.