Wellspring Lutheran Services

About Wellspring Lutheran Services

Wellspring Lutheran Services in Farmington Hills, Michigan provides multi-level treatment for those facing addiction and mental health disorders. They offer a residential care program, a foster care program, behavioral health services, peer recovery support and Michigan’s first public recovery high school, Wellspring Academy.

Foster Care Program for Youth in Farmington Hills

New Directions, the residential foster care program at Wellspring, is designed for youth with cognitive, behavioral, and emotional challenges. Launched in January 2021, it’s recognized as Michigan’s first public recovery high school. It helps teens who are struggling with drug and alcohol addiction maintain sobriety while earning their high school diploma.

Wellspring also offers comprehensive behavioral health services including school counseling services to prioritize the mental and emotional well-being of students and staff. Peer support specialists, also known as “recovery coaches,” are available to work with students individually to help them achieve and maintain recovery.

Their programs are focused on youth with cognitive, behavioral, and emotional challenges, students and educational staff requiring mental and emotional support and teens committed to sobriety and recovery from substance use.

Specialized Development Disability Unit for Youth with ASD

Located on an 80-acre campus providing a safe and secure environment, Wellspring has on-site therapists and 24-hour supervision by trained specialists.

Their educational facilities are provided through Farmington Public Schools. Here, students can access services like year-round tutoring, independent skills training, pre-vocational training, work experience opportunities, community service and social interaction skills development.

They also have a Specialized Developmental Disability Unit designed to meet the needs of youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other intellectual disabilities.

Recovery and Support in a Peaceful Setting

Located in beautiful Farmington Hills, Michigan, visitors and clients alike can enjoy the nearby hotspots and greenspaces outside of treatment. This includes the splendors of Heritage Park, a 211-acre park offering walking trails, picnic areas, and nature experiences.

You can also visit Farmington Hills Nature Center, offering educational programs and exhibits that feature local wildlife and ecosystems. In downtown Farmington, you’ll find a variety of shops, restaurants, and community events that can support social reintegration and leisure activities. These nearby attractions and community resources offer calming environments that may support your healing and be integrated into your outpatient recovery program.

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Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

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.

Treatments

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.

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.

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.