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The staff is helpful, the people have excellent customer service, but they need to get their act together. They made me reschedule like two times before I came in for my last appointment.
About Volunteer Behavioral Health Center
Volunteer Behavioral Health Center is an outpatient substance use disorder and mental health treatment center for adolescents and adults that is located in Smyrna, Tennessee. They provide a crisis line 24/7 and can perform your appointments through telehealth. This center is accredited by CARF and the Tennessee State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
Everyone Welcome
This center has a No Wrong Door/Same Day Access Approach that can get you the services you need within 24 hours of calling their intake line. They want to provide you with the services you need as soon as you need them.
This center offers a comprehensive substance use treatment and recovery services program that includes outpatient therapy and counseling. While in the treatment program, you will participate in individual, group, and family counseling. Family counseling is especially helpful if you are seeking treatment for your teenager.
They offer an intensive outpatient therapy program that lasts for 12 weeks. While in this program, you will attend three hour sessions three times a week. These sessions take place in a group therapy format. Upon completing this program, you will receive a certificate, but it is highly recommended that you continue with a step down of therapy or in an aftercare support group.
SUD Treatment in Smyrna, Tennessee
This center is located in Smyrna, Tennessee, which is considered one of the best places to live in Tennessee. Smyrna is just about a 25 mile drive from Nashville, making sightseeing in Nashville easy. Smyrna is also home to several parks and the Nissan Manufacturing Corporation, which offers tours.
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If I could just rate this place 0 stars I would, if you have any other options just don't go here.
If you have no other options, then godbless you and good luck.
I can't even get an appointment scheduled for a court ordered mental health evaluation because of the level of incompetence at this "Behavioral Health Care Center."
Every receptionist I've spoken to at the Smyrna, TN location has the attitude of someone who clearly doesn't want to be on the phone, or helping you.
Everytime I've called to even schedule this appointment I'm told to submit the court order to schedule an appointment, but twice now over the course of the last two years I've tried to come here for this, I have had this information faxed to them, and every time it's faxed they tell me they'll contact me back within 24-48 hours and then fail to do so.
This place is a joke.
There's also the many times I've been on hold just to be hung up on after waiting, and they're either using cheap garbage phones with technical issues or like to pretend they cant hear you so they don't have to deal with you because in my seemingly unending quest to schedule a simple mental health evaluation they're the only ones who consistently will tell me they can't hear me until I just give up.
If these are actual volunteers they need to volunteer elsewhere because some people actually need this service.
The irony here (wether intentional or not) is that, it's as if they're banking on you being too mentally unwell to seek help here at all.
My daughter is a new patient there and she has yet to go to an appointment after over a month. She has been rescheduled twice and there's no way to contact anyone there.I thought th we realist and counselors were supposed to be there for their patients.
Reviewed on 01/07/2019
The staff is helpful, the people have excellent customer service, but they need to get their act together. They made me reschedule like two times before I came in for my last appointment.
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Other Forms of Payment
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.
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.
Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.
Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
Outpatient
Outpatient programs are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. Services include individual, couples, family and group therapy. Outpatient treatment services address mental health conditions, addiction and co-occurring disorders. These services are available at each location throughout VBHCS.
Intensive Outpatient
Intensive Outpatient programs are for those who want or need a very structured treatment program but who also wish to live at home and continue with certain responsibilities (such as work or school). IOP substance abuse treatment programs vary in duration and intensity, and certain outpatient rehab centers will offer individualized treatment programs.
Aftercare Support
Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
Treatments
Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Addiction Recovery Program provides recovery-oriented support for individuals with addiction or co-occurring disorders. Services include individual and group formats for relapse prevention and recovery skills development.
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.
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.
Military Program
Serving in the military is both mentally and physically challenging, and can result in trauma that persists even after combat ends. Military programs are tailored to the specific and often complex needs of active duty personnel, veterans, and military families. Clients often access these programs through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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
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.
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.
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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Private Setting
Staff & Accreditations
Staff
Phyllis Persinger
President/CEO
Dawn Carlton
Chief Financial Officer
Missy Johnson
Chief Human Resources Officer
Richard French
Executive Vice President
Amanda Cook
Chief Business Development Officer
Accreditations
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.
CARF Accreditation: Yes
Contact Information
131 Mayfield Drive
Smyrna, TN 37167
Get Help Now - 615-437-0407
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