ABOUT SACRED HEART REHABILITATION CENTER
Founded in 1967, Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center provides a wide variety of services to individuals who are struggling with behavioral health disorders, including addiction. Through its 11 Michigan-based locations, the treatment provider offers a comprehensive continuum of care. The Bay City location specifically offers an intensive outpatient program (IOP) for adults and adolescents.
The organization’s mission statement is as follows: “Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center is dedicated to assisting all individuals with behavioral health issues, including those with limited means, in improving their quality of life.”
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
According to the facility’s website, Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center’s intensive outpatient program is designed as an alternative to residential care or for individuals who wish to continue treatment after residential care.
The outpatient program includes evaluations and assessments, education classes, relapse prevention workshops, individual therapy, group therapy, interactive group didactics, specialty group sessions, and attendance at 12-step groups.
Individual therapy is utilized to address various issues such as depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship problems, loss, addictions, eating disorders, fears, and attention deficit disorders. Individual therapy sessions are offered at least once a week in the intensive outpatient program and typically last 60 minutes.
The facility offers daily group therapy sessions, with each individual being assigned to a specific group. Sessions usually last 90 minutes. Didactic group sessions, which cover topics such as disease concept, spirituality, coping techniques, motivation, recovery process, thinking errors, denial, relapse prevention, the 12-step process, and self-awareness, also typically last 90 minutes.
The Bay City location additionally provides Women’s Specialty Programs, which offer gender-specific outpatient programming tailored to address issues common among women in recovery.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
According to the center’s website, Sacred Heart has assembled a clinical team with the necessary expertise and clinical skills to effectively treat behavioral health issues. Additionally, 97.1 percent of substance abuse treatment centers in the state of Michigan have continuing education requirements for staff.
One individual surveyed by Best-rehabs.com gave the staff’s level of experience and training a rating of four out of five stars.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
Best-rehabs.com has not yet received any reviews from former clients of this facility. However, on the center’s Facebook page, which the facility can manage, 166 people at the time of this writing gave an average rating of 4.6 out of five stars. Many alumni expressed their gratitude and wrote about how Sacred Heart helped them achieve sobriety and how friendly the staff is.
“Talk about saving lives!! This was one of the greatest experiences in my life. Big thank you to all of the staff!! If it wasn’t for them, I would still be stuck at the bottom of my hole with a broken shovel and no steps to build my ladder,” wrote one alum in a representative review.
On Google, the facility has received one three-star and one five-star rating to date, with no additional written feedback.
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
The only family member polled by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing provided a positive review, giving five out of five stars for overall treatment effectiveness. Additionally, this individual awarded four-star ratings for counseling options, admissions and discharge procedures, and the center’s treatment of co-occurring disorders. When asked if they would recommend the facility to others, this loved one agreed.
“They treated her with kindness and understanding,” the respondent wrote about their loved one’s experience. “She came out with such a strong will to stay on the right track. We are so thankful for Sacred Heart.”
FINANCING
The center’s website states that they accept most insurances. The lone family member surveyed by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave the facility a rating of four out of five stars for affordability and agreed that the treatment was worth the cost.