Addiction services include mental health assessments and counseling, detox, intensive outpatient addiction treatment, inpatient dual diagnosis mental health and addiction treatment, partial hospitalization, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT).
Mental Health Assessment & Counseling
Staff use assessments to evaluate mental health status and addiction severity and any co-occurring disorders. Results inform individualized treatment planning. Therapeutic treatments include individual, group, and family counseling.
Inpatient Detox
The detox program allows patients to safely and comfortably detox from drugs and alcohol. After detox, clients are referred to an addiction treatment program.
Dual Diagnosis Mental Health and Addiction Treatment
Varangon Academy applies evidence-based practices to treat addiction and co-occurring mental health diagnoses. This treatment is available for adults (aged 18 and older) and adolescents (14 to 17). Treatment includes a comprehensive mental health assessment, which is followed by counseling, group work, 12-Step meetings, and psychoeducation.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
Participants attend individual and group treatment sessions for improved coping skills, peer support, and recovery support. Sessions are held three to four days per week.
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
Participants in the PHP attend individual and group sessions most days of the week. PHP may be best suited to dual diagnosis treatments and acute substance use disorders.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
MAT includes counseling, support groups, and medication management in an outpatient setting. This treatment is appropriate for alcohol and opioid addictions.
Our Methodology
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.
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.
Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.
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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3400 Deskin Drive
Norman, OK 73069
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They didn't help me work with my anger. Some of the staff members are extremely rude and I have witnessed them treated the clients rudely. Do not send your loved one here, they can get worse, not better.
When i called your phone number you could not understand stand the second word of the recorded message. I assume it is River. I would tey ans speak a little slower when recording the outgoing message.
This place was terrible I got beat up several times and staff did nothing about it I hate this place so much and on my last night I got sexualy assaulted when staff were not watching I'm the rooms I don't recommend this place
11/07/2025 Staff supported my roommate getting their head stomped and made him shake the hand of the person who did it because he “shouldn’t have been talking trash”- all he said was “shush”, the aggressor just had anger issues, proceeded to do the same thing next morning all because he said he was gonna press charges on him. White staff saying the N word near me- okay Talked about how they should let the little kids unit eat their markers because it’s just “natural selection”- Keep in mind they accept like 6 year olds so this is pretty horrible but okay I’m not 6 so whatever For all parents and children who might have issues this coming summer don’t think this will solve your problems this is horrid Intake HEAD THERAPIST OF THE FACILITY accused me of taking drugs and when I denied it he said “so we’re just gonna lie about everything now, ok” completely unprovoked I’ve never taken nor been in trouble for drugs, when I pretty calmly called him out for stereotyping me his eyes widened like he was in shock. This place also has piles (20+) of grievances so there’s nothing that could’ve been done, I tried myself because he’s the one who got me admitted Was here for 14 days then dipped states but I just remembered how horrid this place was so yea. Best kid on unit but still this place has 0 freedom the kid that stomped my roommate said prison was better than this facility and he’s going away for a year after he leaves (“left” as of now) so his opinion means something. You genuinely can’t talk without permission unless its free time and there’s only one or two hours of free time a day the rest of the time there’s just a movie playing in which you still can’t talk that’s literally over 12 hours in the day which is just miserable silence I’m not exaggerating. There’s one hour of outside time though!.. There’s alot more wrong with staff to be honest, staff dropped his phone near my other roommate and he said there was what i’ll just say “explicit material” on it which he was watching. I’m not even gonna mention names for all this even though I could but moral of the story I literally got in and out before half the people here and had 0 complaints on me by anyone of faculty and I still somehow have enough terrible encounters to write all of this and then some more if I wanted to. Imagine someone with actual issues, lemme tell you it was not good for them. If you send your kid to a 2 star facility in Oklahoma of all states something tells me I don’t need to say all this, but I digress… It’s also right next to a juvenile courthouse which signifies they used to throw misbehaved kids here from what I heard from a 20 years served worker, but they claim to be a mental health facility now but haven’t changed anything inside to be called that. Thats unhealthy! If any staff member knows they’re being mentioned here know that you need to quit working here for the wellbeing of the children, screw the money.
Samatha is wonderful! ❤️
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