If you go to Milestones, you will feel like at home. This is the environment they make you feel and the way they treat you is kind too. But, for me, mental health is a really delicate topic and need more professionalism.
About Milestones
Milestones is an intensive residential recovery program for adults struggling with mental health issues in Alexandria, Minnesota. This program is operated by the Thrive Behavioral Network and includes integrated treatment for dual diagnosis. A dual diagnosis is when someone suffers from both substance use issues and mental health disorders at the same time.
Milestones offer a safe, comfortable and structured space for people seeking both short term and long term intensive residential care. Short term residential care may involve crisis intervention to help you stabilize during severe mental and substance use issues. Residents benefit from round the clock supportive service by experienced staff who are readily available to provide guidance. Milestones is geared towards self sufficiency, stability and life skills building that fosters independent living.
Recovery Near Downtown Alexandria
Alexandria is a city in Douglas County, central Minnesota. This area offers a quiet, small-town atmosphere with easy access to nature, local support and essential services. It’s just the ideal location for healing. The facility is just a mile from the downtown area. It is surrounded by the beautiful Lake Carlos State Park, Lake Agnes and West Mill Lake. This offers opportunities for outdoor activities like fishing, boating and hiking.
The facility is well connected to nearby cities such as Carlos, Miltona and Osakis. Direct public transportation options to this facility are limited, but local taxis or rideshare services like Uber.
Tailored Integrated Support For Addictive Behaviors
A core feature of Milestones is an emphasis on personalized care. They are able to achieve this through a comprehensive diagnostic assessment and personalized treatment planning. You’ll attend supportive counseling while onsite to help you manage both mental health and substance use challenges in a structured setting. This may draw from evidence based models like motivational interviews and illness management and recovery (IMR).
IMR is especially important as it helps you take an active role in managing your co-occurring condition while working towards personal recovery goals. It may involve building coping strategies to manage symptoms, relapse prevention planning, psychoeducation and goal setting for personal development. Your personalized care may incorporate trauma informed care if your condition is influenced by past traumatic experiences. In such cases, they may use proven methods like seeking safety to promote emotional control and relapse prevention. Family counseling is provided as well to promote healthy family dynamics and strengthen your support network.
The program also includes medication management and nursing services, including health assessments and basic medical care.
Vocational and Life Skill Development
An important aspect of this program is vocational and life skills development. Both prepare you for independent living after the program. Vocational training prepares you to reenter the workforce after recovery. They may teach you how to write a resume, prepare for interviews, or even find a job. Life skills training focuses on how to navigate daily living. You can learn stuff like budgeting, cooking and managing stress.
These skills make it easier to stay independent and avoid relapse. For example, knowing how to manage money can prevent financial stress that might trigger cravings. The goal is to help you stay stable, confident and focused on recovery. Their 360 degree service includes transition and discharge planning. This may involve help with housing, employment, legal issues and family relationships.
Latest Reviews
Do not go to this place.They were very rude to both myself and my daughter. Julie is not a caring person. She is only worried about filling beds.Has no interest in any issues you may have. You are just a number. People need a more caring place to heal.This is not a place of caring. I'm giving this place a 1 for a review.
Staff is friendly. But I would have like a pastor or person of my religion to come and comfort me. By reading, the Holy Bible and prayer.
Milestones in Alexandra MN was the most TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE in my lifetime, They encouraged me to go off my meds, including unlicensed medical practitioners which is a violation in itself. One of the unlicensed medical practitioners name is Mel. She's an EVIL person for mental health growth. About a month without medications they didn't like me mentally so they said I wasn't participating and kicked me out. Sense then I completed an irts facility that was professional and didn't have a toxic environment. Drake Carlson in Bloomington MN. Please take my advice if you suffer from dual diagnosis Milestones is NOT a good place to go. The owner or landlord is also a cheap slum lord who can't even fix a pilot light issue with the kitchen stove so you smell PROPANE all day everyday. They also VIOLATED the hippa law and gave out my information to someone who was not authorized to get my info. If the state of Minnesota department of health would do something about this unprofessional facility it would shock me, but they are in the middle of my lawsuit against Milestones, I don't want money, I want new personnel that stick to guidelines. Especially when it comes to medications and mental health.
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Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.
Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
Medically Assisted Detox Drug and alcohol addiction often takes a heavy toll on one's body. Over time, a physical dependence can develop, meaning the body physiologically needs the substance to function. Detox is the process of removing drugs and/or alcohol from the body, a process that can be lethal if mismanaged. Medical detox is done by licensed medical professionals who monitor vital signs and keep you safe, healthy, and as comfortable as possible as you go through detox and withdrawal.
Inpatient Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
Sober Living Homes Sober Living Houses (SLHs), aka sober homes or halfway houses, are safe, substance-free, supportive living facilities for those recovering from substance abuse. Ideal for those who've just been through inpatient or outpatient treatment, SLHs are supervised environments with rules that support sobriety, such as curfews, shared chores, and therapeutic meetings. Residents are also often trained on life skills and coping skills to make it easier to transition into society. SLHs also provide a strong sense of community that can lead to the kind of deep and lasting connections with other sober individuals that supports a new, healthy lifestyle.
Intervention Services Intervention services helps family or friends of addicts stage an intervention, which is a meeting in which loved ones share their concerns and attempt to get an addict into treatment. Professional intervention specialists can help loved ones organize, gather, and communicate with an addict. They can guide intervention participants in describing the damage the addict's behavior is causing and that outside help is necessary to address the addiction. The ideal outcome of an intervention is for the addict to go to rehab and get the help they need.
Treatments
The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.
Drug addiction is defined as an inability to stop using drugs even though it causes negative consequences in your life. Drug rehab in Minnesota provides treatment for drug addiction in a variety of settings including inpatient treatment and outpatient treatment.
Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.
Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.
Programs
Adult Program
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
Young Adult Program
Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.
Clinical Services
Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
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(320) 763-3466 
620 9th Avenue West
Alexandria, MN 56308
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