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Goodyear, Arizona, United States
Algamus Gambling Recovery Center
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Insurance AcceptedInsurance AcceptedProvider's Policy
Algamus Gambling Treatment Center accepts most commercial insurance providers, but coverage may vary by state or policy. Please note that at this time, we are not able to accept Medicare or Medicaid. We are able to offer partial scholarships on a case by case basis. Some of the major insurance providers that we are in network with include: Cigna, Tricare West, and Tricare West VA.
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Perfect for Professionals
Private Rooms Available
12-Step Approach
30+ Years in Business
About Algamus Gambling Recovery Center
Algamus Recovery Services has been treating gambling addiction and the unique issues related to it for over 30 years. They serve men and women from all walks of life and all types of gambling addiction, including sports betting, poker, table games, slot machines, online games, and more. Featured on A&E’s Intervention, Algamus is one of the only residential gambling treatment centers in the United States, and the only one that is JCAHO accredited.
Benefit from Proven Therapies and Holistic Practices
Algamus offers a 4- to 8-week residential program tailored to gambling addiction. Many staff members are in recovery themselves, creating a compassionate environment with deep insight into the unique financial, legal, and emotional challenges gambling addiction presents. Their approach combines evidence-based modalities like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), group sessions, and holistic practices that promote mindfulness, physical fitness, and creativity. Certified gambling counselors and clinical psychiatrists address the root causes of addiction, including underlying mental health disorders, while integrating the 12-Step model.
Pursue Recovery with Personality-Based Strategies
At Algamus, they integrate the Enneagram, a personality framework, into treatment to offer a holistic and effective approach to recovery. This tool enhances self-awareness by helping clients understand the thought patterns, emotional triggers, core fears, and desires that lead to gambling. As a result, the Enneagram supports emotional healing and reduces reliance on unhealthy coping mechanisms. Treatment strategies are tailored to each client’s Enneagram type.
Heal in a Homelike Setting Away from Triggers
Algamus hosts clients in a serene lodge completely free from gambling and substances. With only 10 beds, including 2 private rooms ideal for unique needs like CPAP users, their accommodations ensure comfort with queen beds and no TVs in bedrooms, promoting rest and reflection. Clients can relax in one of three living rooms—two with TVs and one with a cozy den and fireplace—or enjoy outdoor amenities like a swimming pool and fire pit. A fitness regimen, including gym access, and the opportunity for clients to cook their own meals add to the homelike environment. Their scenic desert location is intentionally distanced from gambling venues, making it a welcoming space for those seeking to overcome gambling disorder.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:Algamus Gambling Treatment Center accepts most commercial insurance providers, but coverage may vary by state or policy. Please note that at this time, we are not able to accept Medicare or Medicaid. We are able to offer partial scholarships on a case by case basis. Some of the major insurance providers that we are in network with include: Cigna, Tricare West, and Tricare West VA.
Humana
With roots in the health field dating back to 1961, Humana is a trusted insurance provider that proudly serves over 20 million Americans.
Optum
Part of UnitedHealth Group, providing care to over 165,000 people worldwide.
Tricare
Providing health care programs that reinforce, maintain, and sustain good health for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families globally.
Cigna
Cigna's unique history traces back to 1792, but today they offer services to 190 million customers in 30 different countries across the globe.
Receive Tailored Support as a Female Gambler
Algamus creates a safe and supportive environment where women gamblers can feel secure as they work through recovery. With over 30 years of experience, they understand the unique differences in gambling behaviors by gender and provide effective support tailored to women’s needs. Their co-ed program addresses gambling addiction and its underlying mental health challenges, offering comprehensive treatment plans that promote healing for individuals and their relationships with loved ones, friends, and employers. Women are welcomed into a compassionate community focused on helping them build healthier lives.
Reset Over Winter Break from College
Algamus offers a winter gambling recovery program tailored for college students seeking to reclaim control over their lives during the December and January break. This program equips college students with tools to overcome any form of gambling addiction, from sports betting to online games. Their experienced team of therapists, psychiatrists, and counselors helps uncover the root causes of addiction while empowering students to build a healthier future. Free from the pressures of classes and exams, students can fully commit to their recovery journey, preparing for a fresh start the next semester.
Rebuild Trust and Heal as a Family
Algamus recognizes the critical role families play in the recovery process and offers a family program designed to support both the individual in recovery and their loved ones. Led by renowned therapist Renee Siegel, their family programming provides biweekly sessions, typically via telemedicine. Families learn to address their own concerns, identify enabling behaviors, rebuild trust, and create a supportive environment for sustained recovery. This program equips loved ones with the tools to support the client effectively while fostering their own healing, with lifelong access to family therapy.
Prevent Relapse with Comprehensive Aftercare
Recognizing that transitioning back to daily life can be challenging, Algamus provides each client with a personalized aftercare plan beginning upon arrival and evolving throughout treatment. This written plan includes relapse prevention strategies, techniques for managing triggers, and a roadmap for sustained recovery. Upon discharge, clients receive a comprehensive aftercare folder with medical records, clinical insights, and recommendations. Algamus connects clients with gambling-informed therapists and Gamblers Anonymous meetings in their local communities, as well as a curated list of self-help resources.
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Center Overview
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Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Executives
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Midlife Adults
For adults ages 40+, treatment shifts to focus on the unique challenges, blocks, and risk factors of their age group, and unites peers in a similar community.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Treatment Focus
This center provides behavioral addiction treatment tailored to your unique concerns and symptoms, all in a supportive and compassionate environment.
Treatment
Specializations
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Gambling
Excessive, repetitive gambling causes financial and interpersonal problems. This addiction can interfere with work, friendships, and familial relationships.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Twelve Step
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Treatment Services
Residential
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Twelve Step
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Meditation & Mindfulness
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Twelve Step Facilitation
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Conditions We Treat
Gambling
Excessive, repetitive gambling causes financial and interpersonal problems. This addiction can interfere with work, friendships, and familial relationships.
Substances We Treat
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Aftercare
Experience
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Gender-specific groups
Patients in gender-specific groups gain the opportunity to discuss challenges unique to their gender in a comfortable, safe setting conducive to healing.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Professional Staff
Rick Benson
Founder
ICGC-II, CPGC
Bryan Hullihen
Managing Director
Jody Pegram
Co-Founder & CEO
ICGC-II
Ken Litwak
Executive Director
MS, LCADC, ICGC-II, CCTP, DRCC, IGDC
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Testimonial
My very first group meeting at Algamus, there were about a dozen other men and women from all across the country. And one by one, every single one of them is talking about how they professed gambling emotionally and mentally, and they took every single word verbatim out of my mouth. I didn't think I had a problem. I just thought no one else understood that I was so good at gambling. Now I'm blessed today. I have not wagered in any way, shape, or form in over two years, and I'm proud of that.
Craig Carton
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