Edgefield Recovery Center’s mission is to provide excellence in professional quality care for drug and alcohol addiction and to treat each client with integrity, compassion, and dignity. It is our goal to help the client become the happy, healthy, productive, compassionate, and vital person they desire to be. Our addiction facility is a 30 bed drug and alcohol treatment center providing rehabilitation services for alcoholism, drug abuse and other addictive disorders. We serve adult men and women who are in need of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services as well as extended residential care. Edgefield provides a variety of services including sub-acute medically supported detox, residential, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient care. We offer treatment of individuals with co-occurring diagnoses such as major depression, anxiety disorders, etc.
ABOUT EDGEFIELD RECOVERY CENTER
From a 27-acre estate in rural central Louisiana, Edgefield Recovery Center offers subacute medical detox, residential treatment, and a variety of outpatient programs for men and women aged 18+ who are struggling with addiction to drugs and alcohol, as well as co-occurring disorders such as depression and anxiety.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Treatment is based on the 12-Steps, and Edgefield also uses the therapeutic community model, which gets residents involved in their own and other clients’ recoveries. Methods related to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and rational emotional behavioral therapy (REBT) are also utilized. The length of treatment varies depending on each client’s needs.
During detox, nursing staff is present 24/7.
During residential treatment and partial hospitalization (PHP), clients receive a minimum of 15 hours of therapy each week, and attend group five days per week. Clients must also participate in individual treatment and community programs, namely 12-step meetings, and they must provide documentation proving that they have attended these meetings. Also provided are chemical dependency education, access to a psychiatrist if needed, a family program, nutritional education, relapse prevention and aftercare planning, and exercise and group recreational activities, such as a weekly exercise group facilitated by a personal trainer.
An intensive outpatient program (IOP) offers group therapy three nights a week, using the same modalities as residential treatment, minus the recreational, nutritional, and exercise components. Clients must also continue to attend (and provide documentation of attendance at) Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings.
A family program, available to the loved ones of all clients, provides education and training in coping skills, to help improve families’ own lives as well as that of their loved one.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
The staff includes a board-certified addictionologist, nurses, and licensed addiction counselors. The single alum polled by Best-rehabs.com to date on the staff’s level of training and experience gave it four out of five stars.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
This 30-bed facility is an attractive Southern-style family home built in the 1930s, complete with antiques, chandeliers, and 27 acres of land backing onto a bayou. The seven individuals polled on this subject by Best-rehabs.com to date gave the center an average rating of three out of five stars for its accommodations.
Cell phones are not permitted on-site, but smoking is permitted in designated areas. After the first seven days of treatment, residents may receive approved guests on Saturdays, and residents can also receive passes to leave the facility, subject to staff approval.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
Of the eight alumni reviews submitted to Best-rehabs.com to date, four were positive and four negative. The positive reviewers repeatedly praised the staff, who were described as professional, knowledgeable, caring, and supportive, and the physical facility: “The grounds are beautiful and the accommodations are also very nice and clean,” Paul wrote.
There were also some repeated criticisms. Three of the negative reviewers cited dishonest billing practices, which left them with a large, unexpected bill at the end of treatment. “This place sells the image of compassion, care, and cleanliness…all is a BIG LIE! Intake coordinator had no idea how to explain what my responsibility of payment was going to be,” an anonymous reviewer wrote. In addition, two reviewers criticized the staff: “The staff’s professionalism leaves much to be desired,” L.L. wrote in a representative review.
At the time of this writing, the center had four ratings on Facebook that averaged five out of five stars, and a 4.6-star average rating based on eight reviews on Google.[1] [2] Of these 12 reviews, only one was negative: a two-star rating with no commentary on Google. The other reviewers often described the center as beautiful and noted that it had changed their lives. “A awesome place to find peace when it is needed most,” Adam wrote in a representative review on Facebook.
WHAT STAFF SAY
At the time of this writing, the center had three perfect five-star ratings on Indeed.com.[3] The reviewers repeatedly praised the center’s mission, their coworkers, and the management’s treatment of staff. “Excellent service providers that are dedicated to the betterment of those they serve, along with those that work for them,” one anonymous former employee wrote in a representative review.
FINANCING
The center accepts insurance as well as cash and most major credit cards, and offers payment options, when necessary. The cost of treatment varies according to the client’s needs. The single alum polled by Best-rehabs.com to date on the center’s affordability gave it four out of five stars.
[1] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edgefield-Recovery-Center/1534377200215833
[2] https://goo.gl/uXvHna
[3] https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Edgefield-Recovery-Center/reviews