Who residential treatment is for
Residential treatment is our most intensive program — appropriate for people who need the structure and safety of 24-hour care. This includes clients with severe addiction histories, those in medically complex withdrawal, clients for whom the home environment poses significant relapse risk, or anyone who has tried lower levels of care without sustained success.
What a day looks like
Residential clients live at our Aurora facility for 30 to 90 days. Days are structured around individual therapy (multiple sessions per week with a master's-level clinician), daily group therapy, medication management where indicated, and supplementary programming: wellness, nutrition, trauma work, and family sessions. Evenings include community time, meetings, and reflection.
Medical care & detox
Our medical team supervises withdrawal and detox on-site for most substances. For clients requiring hospital-level detox — primarily severe alcohol withdrawal — we coordinate with partner facilities and transition to residential as soon as medically appropriate. We don't discharge clients from detox into the community without a step-down plan.
The step-down path
Residential is rarely the whole story — it's the beginning of it. Your aftercare plan, drafted on day one, typically includes a step-down to IOP, followed by outpatient support and our lifetime alumni program. The transition is coordinated by your clinical team, not left to you to figure out at discharge.