Family Center for Recovery

Family Center for Recovery Lantana Florida

The Family Center for Recovery is a treatment center that specializes in providing care for individuals that other treatment centers in the United States are unable to serve. We offer treatment for teens, pregnant women, and adults with mental health and substance use disorders. Our founder, Dr. Robert A. Moran, is certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Since 1993, Dr. Moran has been dedicated to helping patients that others are not able to treat.

ABOUT FAMILY CENTER FOR RECOVERY

The Family Center for Recovery (FCFR) is owned and operated by an addiction psychiatrist. We provide treatment for adults, expecting mothers, and adolescents who are struggling with substance abuse and mental health disorders. Located in Lantana, Fla., our dual diagnosis facility offers a range of rehabilitation services for clients. These services include detoxification, residential treatment, partial hospitalization (PHP), outpatient care (OP), and aftercare.

TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT

In addition to detox services, we also provide medication assisted therapy for those who need it. Our treatment programs not only address recovery from co-occurring addictions, but also focus on treating common mental health diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and PTSD.

All of our treatment programs are based on evidence-based psychological and medical therapies. These programs include individual, group, and family therapy sessions that utilize modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy, positive social reinforcement, and recreational therapies. We also offer virtual reality exposure therapy sessions presented by Dr. Phil. In addition, clients are encouraged to participate in 12-step meetings and wellness programs such as smoking cessation and nutrition counseling during outpatient rehab.

STAFF CREDENTIALS

Our facility’s founder is board-certified in addiction psychiatry, general psychiatry, and addiction medicine. He has also served as a faculty member at multiple universities. We also have several master’s level therapists on our treatment staff.

ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES

Our facility offers a resort-like building with calming and cool colors. Clients share rooms, and common areas are comfortably furnished, with one room featuring a fussball table. We also have transitional living residences for pregnant and new mothers. Our clients are encouraged to participate in community activities. We host family weekend programs and frequent alumni special events.

WHAT ALUMNI SAY

Data gathered by Best-rehabs.com from 15 alumni, loved ones, and employees surveyed at the time of this writing revealed very positive trends. Metrics measuring treatment effectiveness, staff training and experience, dual diagnosis treatment services, and the facility’s affordability all received average ratings of more than 4.5 out of five stars. All participants strongly recommend our program.

Of the four alumni polled by Best-rehabs.com to date, three identified the treatment team’s accessibility as a strength. Feedback on the quality and availability of holistic therapy, exercise, and leisure opportunities varied, with ratings ranging from one to five stars. All other metrics, including accommodations, family participation, and counseling options, received four or five stars.

Alum J.S. stated that rehab was successful “probably because I saw my psychiatrist every day at FCFR, which never happened in the other centers.” Two alumni identified weaknesses in staff communication and individual therapy. One noted that the facility staff continuously makes adjustments to address client concerns. Alum J.D.K. wrote: “Communication between staff could be better, but adequate.”

In the only negative review collected by Best-rehabs.com to date, alum Jay severely criticized the program, rating it one star in all categories and stating: “They push medications on people without giving any kind of information. The phones barely work. The food is cafeteria food that is in no way nutritious.”

WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY

Two loved ones polled by Best-rehabs.com tended to agree with the alumni reviews, giving the facility four and five out of five stars in similar metrics. D.S. wrote that FCFR was “successful treating dual diagnosis.” Another relative identified limited extracurricular activities as an area for improvement, but concluded positively, stating: “this facility was honest, straight forward, and legitimate from the beginning.” Both reviewers rated opportunities for family participation highly.

WHAT STAFF SAY

Best-rehabs.com surveyed nine staff members to date, all of whom gave FCFR positive ratings of four to five out of five stars in fifteen different metrics. Holistic treatment offerings received a three-star average rating from five employees. Seven of the reviewers rated FCFR five stars in connectivity and visitor policy, family participation, and cleanliness.

Feedback highlighted the program’s structure, research base, caring staff, and emphasis on family and education as strengths. Employee H.S. wrote: “It is the only facility in all Florida owned and managed by an actual Psychiatrist. Most of the staff are addicts that have been clean for years now, so they can relate to the patient and know exactly how to help. It is a dual diagnosis treatment facility.”

FINANCING

FCFR accepts insurance plans.

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    • One of a kind treatment with 24/7 on site staff. Community based treatment by a triple board certified Psychiatrist and licensed therapists. If you or a loved one needs treatment, this is the best
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    • It was a miracle to have discovered Family Center for Recovery (especially being from the Caribbean) and at a time when I was most concerned for the safety and well-being of my child upon discovering his substance use. Since he has been in the care of the FCFR team for two months now I have learnt so much about his illness and have seen such remarkable improvement in him as he responds to the treatment. I learned most importantly that addiction is a disease of the brain and require treatment just as any other illness. I can truly describe Dr. and his capable and competent expert staff at FCFR as LIFESAVERS!!!! I would highly recommend this treatment programme for adolescent families fighting this monster of addiction and battling with other mental health disorders. The entire staff at Family Center for Recovery gets it!!! They are 100% committed to getting our loved ones well and working with them and with family members on this journey to recovery.
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    My son has been treated by Dr. and the treatment team here for 2 years. He has been able to become stable on his medications, is working, and just told me he is finally feeling like he is able to be himself again. After a few years of mania and depression and panic attacks associated with schizophrenia, this is huge. Should you have a loved on suffering from addiction and or mental health issues, please call FCFR today.
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    • Thanks to the “continuum-of-care” offered by Family Center for Recovery (FCFR), my son has been in the program, and clean/sober, for almost 22 months. He said the last time we saw him: “this treatment center is what I needed to get well and I’m staying until I have worked on all my issues”. You might be wondering “what is continuum-of-care”? Patients start in Residential, with 24/7 supervision. If they follow the rules, stay clean/sober and work the program, they move to Transitional, houses owned by FCFR and go through Partial Hospitalization (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP) and Outpatient (OP). The frequency and intensity of care in each of these depends on how each patient progresses. And the time spent in each also depends on each patient. There is no pre-set time to stay, leave, or move ahead. It is based only on how the patient is doing. This was a BIG difference when compared to other treatment centers, which offered only 28-30 day treatment programs. After that time, our son would have had to move to independent halfway houses or sober homes, and manage his treatment himself. We are glad we chose FCFR. We have learned in the last 22 months that psychiatric illnesses, including addiction, change the brain in such way that the individuals are unable to make decisions, let alone good decisions. It’s like the brain is hijacked by the disease. Only a lengthy and continued treatment can re-train the brain so the patient can start making good decisions again, and eventually be able to live a productive, independent life. Our family has been blessed by finding Family Center for Recovery. We strongly recommend it!
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    • We have finally have hope after five years of watching my son struggling with mental illness that began when he was 17 years of age. During those five years there were hospital stays, psych wards, wrong diagnoses, wrong medications, depression, suicide attempts, psychosis, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders and so much family trauma. We finally have a smile that I never thought I would see again, we finally have the right answers, we finally have trust in a system that works. All of this is possible because of Family Center For Recovery, the doctor and his amazing staff.
    There is no other place I would like my son to be. We are from NY and it was hard for our son to be far from us, but once we learned what FCFR does for our loved ones we felt at peace and new that was the only place that could truly help him. Our son was in and out of rehabs and programs but none of them truly focused on his mental illness plus addiction, at FCFR they saw him as a person with a disease, they didn’t just treat him like a number or health insurance card. The care!!! No matter what time it day. They also provide support for the families which no other place at that I know of offers. God bless them!!
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    • This treatment center is extraordinary. They not only deal with the issues of mental illness and related addictions but really work to rebuild the patient’s ability to function successfully in the real world. Therapists and staff are superb and fully engaged in your loved one’s full recovery.
    Family Center For Recivery saved my son’s life! Plain & simple. The caring staff & Triple board certified doctor really know how to work with everyone in the family. FCrom codependent family members to his patients his family weekend is like no other. Extensive education and intense group therapy work! This family has their smiles back,I cannot thank them enough as my son had been to many many rehabs in PA it wasn’t until I flew him down to Florida and he landed at FCFR that real change in brain functions rooted itself in my son. Thank you!
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    • My adult son entered FCFR with multiple mental illnesses: drug addiction (yes, it’s a disease), schizzoaffective disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder and a couple others. FCFR is led by a triple-boarded psychiatrist, who acts as both Medical and CEO/Owner. Shortly after his admittance, my son’s long-standing schizzoaffective diagnosis was changed to bipolar disorder, with the corresponding change in medicines and treatment. It turns out than the new diagnosis was spot-on and my son is now in remission. He has not touched drugs since he’s been in the controlled environment of FCFR. One by one, he is turning my son into a healthy individual. Now, make no mistake: this is a tough program, highly structured and with strict norms. Breaking rules (for either patients or parents) is frowned upon and has clear consequences. But it works, which is what matters. My sob’s on-going recovery and that of dozens others I have witnessed is testimony of FCFR’s effectiveness. Your loved one will not have the best of beds, gym facilities, prepared meals or rooms with a view to the ocean. But they will have a chance at living a healthy life and become productive members of society. It has shown me and other parents that he simply does not give up until he beats the mental illness. That gives me peace. I’m honored to provide this testimony.
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    • The Family Center For Recovery is a facility like no other. Treating both adolescents and adults the patient will get individual treatment all the way through the recovery process. Dr. and his dedicated staff, know that if someone is to get healthy and then remain healthy he will need the help of the patients family. It's no good treating an illness only to have the good work undone by well-meaning, but ill informed family. That is why family is an integral of the recovery process. A properly educated family is a very powerfull tool. That is why Dr takes time out to teach family members about mental illness. Make no mistake Dr does not have a magic wand he cannot magic the illness away, but if everyone is on board and willing to do the work you stand the best chance than anywhere else in the country.
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    • Everyone always speaks about qualifications, certifications and degrees because there’s absolutely nothing positive to say about him as a person. “Triple board certified”, “only facility in the state of Florida with an addiction psychologist”... makes you wonder why they keep having to repeat it, right? I was diagnosed with PTSD after leaving this facility. It was like living in Jonestown.
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    • This is THE more effective treatment facility on the planet. Dr. offers his patients a continuum of services that include detox through outpatient, and he treats his patients using scientific evidenced-based practices. He has been treating my son for 14 months and I now have hope for his wellness. You will most likely not find a doctor who is not only a certified addiction psychiatrist but one that is a certified addiction medication specialist as well. I have and will continue to recommend the Family Center for Recovery to anyone needing help.
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    • This is a Recovery Center that not only treats your loved one , it treats the family too. See when you keep doing the same thing over and over again with no results ( ie enabling - supporting your loved one because YOU THINK they can't get better) . I could write endlessly about my experiences as our loved one has been in the Program for over 14 months and is flourishing. We stopped enabling and TRUSTED the clinical team to able them to make changes in behavior, medication , motivate - vocational services and independent living. Today I choose to love my adult children to Life, while embracing mine! The Brain is stubborn to change, give it a try ! You will grow in abundance. Thank you FCFR for saving my family!
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    • !Do not get fooled by the building online that is only for client's in adolescent, Detox and Residential and then they go to tho these sober living homes in a terrible area and reside with four strangers. Client's are degraded by staff and made to look for work, by foot, or bus. However, many do not get bus passes right away nor food stamps and have to literally beg for food from other client's, that is disgusting. There is minimal differential care for client's with severe psychiatric disabilities. Families are constantly told that if you help your child in anyway, shape or form you are enabling them, even if it's for food, clothing, or new toiletries! There are so many other places to explore, please think before going here. just being honest, .
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    My congratulations and highest accolades for the Dr. I have had the pleasure to work with this talented physician both as a therapist and clinical director. I am also honored to call him a friend. His depth aof knowledge and his compassion is only exemplified by his use of evidence based treatment in caring for all of his patients. I would most highly recommend any program of addiction and mental health treatment led by this individual.
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    • The director, is a rude and disrespectful person who should not be working in any kind of facility or in contact with humans. She told multiple people who were in recovery that they would relapse, instead of giving encouragement in a stressful and emotional time. They push medications on people without giving any kind of information. The phones barely work. The food is cafeteria food that is in no way nutritious.
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    • Addiction and Mental Health treatment Needs more word of mouth I am a staff member at the facility and it has been my privilege to see it grow and develop into something truly phenomenal
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    • Treatment was good.
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    • Treatment for multiple addictions. Mental, and behavioral counseling. 12 step facilitation. Reintegration to normal life, such as, working, being responsible, and dealing with life's stress. Communication between staff could be better, but adequate. Being a graduate of the program, and and an employee for a total of 4 years, I recommend this facility to anyone who is suffering. I don't know of any other program that takes you from point A (hopeless), to point B (responsible adult) better than Family Center For Recovery.
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    • This facility was great.
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    • The facility has a Psychiatrist/MD on site. He specializes in Addiction Medicine and all staff were qualified to treat us. More physical extracurricular activities added would have been a plus. Despite the crooks that tried to dishonestly provide treatment to my loved one in the past, this facility was honest, straight forward and legitimate from the beginning. I really trusted the billing staff and the admission process and they kept their word. I'm grateful, as my loved one is now successfully at an OP level thriving and making strides on to good mental health.
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    • Up to date with current medical literature and high ratio of staff-to-patient. The evidence based practice medicine is unlike any other rehabilitation facility. To add to that, the faculty truly provides the care patients need, while supporting their families that are a crucial part in the recovery process. Patients are treated on an individual and case based method and are able to obtain treatment for both addiction and mental illnesses. Family Center for Recovery is the model for what all treatment centers should be.
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    • Operated on a medical model, recognizing that addiction is a brain disease, the treatment of which should be overseen by an addiction psychiatrist. Can't think of any. This facility provides a comprehensive assessment of what the individual is experiencing. Additional psychiatric illnesses are identified, such as mood or anxiety disorders, and treated very thoroughly. This facility goes beyond treating symptoms and helps the individual get back on a healthy developmental pathway toward the achievement of responsible, independent adulthood.
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    • It is the only facility in all Florida own and managed by an actual Psychiatrist. Most of the staff are addicts that have been clean for years now so they can relate to the patient and know exactly how to help. It is a dual diagnosis treatment facility. Could use some more recognition. Treatment Centers in Florida are regulated by the Department of Children and Family and they have no idea how to deal with Addiction or Mental Illness so most of their regulations are simply absurd Dont doubt in calling. There are so many Treatment Facilities in Florida that are just a scam and Family Center for Recovery is the only one that really focus in helping the patient and their loved ones.
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    • Treatment was great.
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    • - Joint Commission Accreditation - ACHA License allows FCFR to treat primary mental health - It is run by a triple-board-certified neuro-psychiatrist who is also certified in addiction psychiatry (the only treatment facility in FL owned and operated by an addiction psychiatrist). - The treatment team includes medical professionals, licensed therapists, medical students, nurse practitioners and more. The treatment is in the hands of professionals, unlike most treatment centers where the Doctor rarely sees the patients, if they even have a Doctor on staff in the first place. - The Comprehensive nature of the program takes a patient through all levels of care, guiding them to a real life with a job, housing, sober supports, and family. - Honestly, every day FCFR adjusts to the needs of the patients and intervenes with the most appropriate therapeutic intervention at any given time, therefore any "would be weakness" is quickly transformed into a positive learning experience for the patient. Overall, it took me just under a year to get a solid foundation of recovery and to begin having healthy relationships with my family and friends. The wait was worth it, as 30 - 90 day programs had never worked for me before. All throughout my journey at FCFR I kept saying, “I hate this place, I want to go home, the staff sucks and they don’t know me etc…” The thing is, that was my diseased brain. The Family Center for Recovery was able to analyze and understand my behaviors in order to provide me the best treatment possible (probably because I saw my psychiatrist and therapist every day at FCFR, which never happened in the other centers). Even though each patient is different, the ability of the treatment team at FCFR to understand the illness remains the same. Individual treatment plans are provided based on the specific diagnosis and behavior that the patient displays. They even help patients find jobs, build resumes, do interview prep, and much more to reintegrate patients into the real world. In the end, FCFR was the first place that truly understood my behavior and was able to see through the BS. Incredible. By the way, I could not have done any of this if it weren’t for my family, and their commitment to their recovery program as well. While your loved one recovers, it is crucial that you recover as well. They attended Family Weekends, participated on the support calls, and were a perfect addition to the FCFR treatment team. Without their participation and understanding of the illness (thanks to FCFR education and support), there is no chance I would be here today. Bottom line is, that FCFR is unlike any traditional treatment center. It is run by medical professionals that will stop at nothing to get you well, regardless of how anyone views them. Yes, sometimes the patient and/or the family may disagree with a recommendation, but there is ALWAYS a therapeutic value behind each decision. For patients and families who truly want to turn their lives around, there is no better choice than Family Center for Recovery. If you bring an open-mind, FCFR will bring you recovery.
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    • Personalization of patients needs. Staff really cares for all patients at the facility. They take each case as a unique experience and they know that each person and each situation is different and needs to be treated that way.
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    • success full treating duel diagnosis. The Doctor and Therapists are top notch!
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    • Truly caring for the patients and letting clinical decisions not financial dictate patient care. Too few patients to treat with the best care possible. This facility is where you should send your loved one/self if you truly want to recover from whatever mental illness you may need to recover from. From addiction to Bipolar the staff is trained to help you recover. We are not a dual diagnosis in name only we use evidence based treatment to care for our patients keeping up with the latest proven therapy.
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    • Dual diagnosis. Behavioral modification Individual therapy was a downfall I have recommended this center to both friends and family