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Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street

Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street

  • Bartow, FL
  • Accredited
  • Outpatient

Peace River Center in Bartow, FL, established in the late 1940s, focuses on behavioral health and victim services. Serving over 21,500 clients annually, PRC offers comprehensive outpatient and residential programs for mental illness, substance abuse, and domestic violence across Polk, Hardee, and Highlands Counties.

Their mission is to engage, restore, and empower individuals to reach their fullest potential. Accredited by The Joint Commission and licensed by AHCA and DCF, PRC received the Spirit of Leadership Polk Award in 2023 for their community service in mental health and substance abuse.

  • Provides both outpatient and residential treatment options for mental health and substance abuse.
  • Offers specialized programs for children, adolescents, and adults.
  • Delivers integrated healthcare services through the Wellness Clinic.
  • Utilizes evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive services.

Peace River Center treats mental illness, substance abuse, and supports survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Services benefit children, adolescents, adults, and individuals in the criminal justice system.

  • 1+ Accreditations
  • 2 Conditions Treated
  • Insurance Accepted
  • 4 Levels of Care
  • Speaks English
  • 13 Therapies & Programs
  • Multiple Locations

Accreditations

JCAHO

Staff

  • Larry G. Williams, Jr.Chief Executive Officer and PresidentJoined in 2022 after 34-year career at Polk County Sheriff's Office.
  • Candace BarnesChief Operating Officer and Vice PresidentLicensed Mental Health Counselor with long history in community mental health.
  • David J. TournadeChief Financial Officer and Vice PresidentCPA with over 30 years of experience in accounting and management.
  • Marla CavendishDirector of Human ResourcesSHRM-CP certified with experience in US and Canada since 2013.
  • Jessica LawsonDirector of Community Relations and DevelopmentJoined in 2017 with background in public relations and marketing.
  • Tiffani FritzscheChildren's Services DirectorLMHC, CBHCMS certified, leading children's services at Peace River Center.
  • Amy NelsonDirector of Recovery ServicesLCSW, CAP, CBHCMS certified, overseeing recovery services programs.

Conditions and Issues Treated

Dual-Diagnosis Treatment in Bartow, FL

People with dual diagnosis have coexisting addiction and a mental disorder. 9.2 million US adults had a co-occurring disorder in 2018, so not just limited to Florida residents. Best treatment combines medication, psychotherapy (talk therapy), support group, and inpatient rehabilitation. Sometimes, complementary therapies – yoga, massage, and acupuncture – may also be used.

Levels of Care

This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

Intensive outpatient programs mostly conduct meetings on weekdays. Group therapy is the main element in most intensive outpatient programs. Most IOPs last for about 90 days and include drug use monitoring and testing. A Florida IOP, like what’s offerd at Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street, take much more time than a standard outpatient program. Some programs offer other services as well, such as employment assistance and medication management.

Outpatient treatment can be considered the lowest intensity level of addiction treatment in Bartow, FL. It is ideal for early phase addiction or lower intensity addictions. Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street peer group support, 12-step programs, and individual counseling may still be involved.

After treatment, addiction treatment can be frightening for newly sober people. Aftercare support provided by Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street is designed to give resources and help on a continued basis. It can involve finding housing in and around Florida, setting up 12-step meeting groups, continued medical monitoring, and counseling.

Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street‘s Therapies & Programs

Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. Patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group.

Couples therapy is an approach wherein the patients and their partners are engaged together as a part of the treatment process. When a person becomes a victim of substance abuse, it affects the patient and the people around him, particularly his partner. Their relationship can become strained due to lack of communication, financial issues, loss of trust, lack of intimacy, and physical abuse in more severe cases.

Couples therapy addresses these issues and tries to rebuild the trust between the partners. The partner’s involvement in the process will result in greater chances of treatment success and sustained recovery.

Family therapy is a set of therapeutic approaches that assumes that the entire family is a system. It utilizes the strengths and resources of the family to help the patient refrain from resorting to substance abuse. It helps to repair relationships and improve communication between family members.

Group therapy happens at Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street in a controlled group environment, as opposed to a one-on-one setting. It supports Bartow, FL patients’ recovery by offering a sense of comfort and letting them know that they are not alone. Through shared conversations, patients also learn to develop faith and understanding and gain insight on their addictions.

Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma therapy refers to treatment wherein specialist therapists help the patients to resolve the trauma that led the patients to substance abuse. The trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. Thinking of these traumatic events causes emotional disturbances like anxiety, depression and results in addiction. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed. Otherwise, there is a risk of relapse. Trauma therapy also improves the cognitive functions and provides long term benefits.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a way of addressing concerns through talking. It can be used in individual counseling sessions. Talking through issues with professionals at Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street can identify sources of discomfort or unhealthy thoughts. It is a way of learning about yourself and your individual perceptions. CBT is a healthy way of addressing some behaviors which may be bringing unintended consequences in your life.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is designed to support patients in treating trauma. Patients follow a bar of light throughout the session or watch their therapist’s finger travel back and forth. All this imitates the eye movements of REM sleep. These are the same movements that enable memories to be reprocessed by the brain. This reduces the impact and reprocesses traumatic memories have individuals, reducing the desire to shelter or escape by abusing substances.

Patient Experience

Experiential Therapy at Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street

Experiential therapy works on the principle that the perception of individuals determines their behavior. It is different from medication and talk therapy and suits those who have difficulty in expressing themselves and interact. Experiential therapy works by using tools and activities to recreate past experiences and encourages the release of suppressed thoughts that were responsible for the negative feelings and drug addiction.

Role-playing, arts and crafts, music, animal care, rock climbing, etc. are some of the activities used in this therapy. Gradually the individual will experience calmness and love and change their perception positively. Other than drug addiction, Experiential therapy is useful in various behavioral and eating disorders.

Payment Options

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  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Peace River Center - 1239 East Main Street Location and Directions

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    Accepts

    • Gender
      Female, Male
    • Age
      Adults (20+), Children (0-12), Seniors (65+), Teenagers
    • Modality
      Couples, Family, Group, Individuals

    Peace River Center

    Listed May 12, 2021

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Bartow, Florida Addiction and Treatment

    Florida is one of the nation's epicenters for substance abuse and drug-related overdoses. In 2014, around 410,000 Florida residents were addicted to drugs and alcohol. Over the last 10 years, 12% of all deaths in the state were attributed to substance abuse. Treatment admissions for alcohol reached 24,329 patients in 2016, and 2.5% of Florida high school students admitted to using crack cocaine.

    Polk County, Florida, a vibrant and diverse community, is facing a growing substance abuse crisis. From 2020 to 2021, opioid-related overdose deaths surged by 25%, while fentanyl-related fatalities skyrocketed by 40%. Methamphetamine use among residents also saw a staggering 50% increase, and the county had the highest rate of cocaine-related emergency department visits in the state.

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