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Augusta, Michigan, United States
Skywood Recovery
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Insurance AcceptedInsurance AcceptedProvider's Policy
We are in network with most commercial insurance providers but do not accept Medicaid or Medicare. When you or a loved one needs help, dealing with insurance benefits and travel arrangements may be the last thing you want to worry about. Our admissions coordinators answer a wide range of questions related to addiction and treatment, and they can tell you whether treatment is needed, what kind may be best, and what insurance will cover. Our goal is simple: to provide honest, straightforward, life-changing help.
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Equine Therapy
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Lakeside
About Skywood Recovery
Skywood Recovery is located on 300 acres of woodland, fields, and ponds in beautiful Augusta, Michigan. Skywood Recovery believes that clients are not their diagnosis, and they should not be treated like a condition. Using an integrated, whole-person approach, Skywood Recovery treats addiction and co-occurring disorders with compassion and respect. Their levels of care include residential care with detox, day treatment, an intensive outpatient program (IOP), and general outpatient.
Expert, Integrative Care
A talented and qualified team of clinical and psychological staff helps make treatment both tailored and safe. Each client at Skywood Recovery receives a thorough treatment assessment, which uses a bio-psycho-social model to understand clients’ past, present, and what they want for the future. Using this, Skywood’s professionals craft unique and fully personalized treatment plans that include a blend of evidence-based, holistic, and spiritual therapies to treat the whole person.
Recovery Based on Evidence
Skywood Recovery notably doesn’t make claims or promises regarding recovery. They see addiction as a disease that can be effectively treated, but not cured. Skywood offers encouragement and hope through reality–addiction can be treated. They offer psychoeducation to educate clients and their loved ones on the nature of addiction, medications, and co-occurring conditions. Their therapies include
•Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
•Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
•Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
•Adventure therapy
•Art therapy
•Equine therapy
•Nutrition and wellness
•Family therapy
•Anger management, 12-Step and peer support meetings.
Heal In Luxury And Serenity
Once a 300-acre golf resort, Skywood Recovery has over 5 miles of paths through their beautiful woodland acreage. Every acre flourishes with wildlife and tranquil greenery. Clients can enjoy daily hikes through the woods and take in the peace and privacy of Skywood’s grounds day or night. Inside, clients will enjoy shared living quarters in cottage-like accommodations. On-site chefs prepare healthy and nutritious meals every day of the week. From Skywood’s clinical staff to their housekeeping crew, each member is fully dedicated to the needs and success of each client.
Skywood Recovery is accredited by the Joint Commission. They accept most major insurances (no Medicaid or Medicare) and offer a free online insurance verification.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:We are in network with most commercial insurance providers but do not accept Medicaid or Medicare. When you or a loved one needs help, dealing with insurance benefits and travel arrangements may be the last thing you want to worry about. Our admissions coordinators answer a wide range of questions related to addiction and treatment, and they can tell you whether treatment is needed, what kind may be best, and what insurance will cover. Our goal is simple: to provide honest, straightforward, life-changing help.
Humana
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Optum
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Tricare
Providing health care programs that reinforce, maintain, and sustain good health for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families globally.
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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.
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An Integrated Approach to Recovery
Skywood Recovery knows that treatment must extend past the symptoms of addiction to be successful. They instead treat the mind, body, and spirit, using a variety of evidence-based therapies and holistic approaches to get to the root cause of addiction. Correcting thought patterns, behaviors, and processing trauma are some of the ways Skywood fosters true healing.
Assessment-Based Treatment Plans
Thorough assessments lead each unique treatment plan at Skywood Recovery. Clients will have their pasts and addiction history examined, with Skywood’s professionals seeking to be as well-informed as possible before crafting a treatment plan. Bio-psycho-social assessments make fully personalized treatment a given at Skywood.
Family Program
Healing addiction is a family-wide process. Skywood Recovery involves the family and loved ones of clients during treatment, inviting them to attend family sessions and family weekends. As a group, clients and their families can begin to recover, heal, and find support and education along the way.
A True Recovery Oasis
Skywood Recovery is like no other—on 300 acres, they provide a treatment experience that’s tough to beat. Winding paths and birch tree forests unlock the healing capabilities of nature, morning or night. Ponds and campfires, plus plentiful outdoor seating, give clients the opportunity to enjoy Skywood’s unique Michigan location in each others’ company.
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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.
LGBTQ+
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
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.
Pregnant Women
Addiction and mental health treatment meets the clinical and psychological needs of pregnant women, ensuring they receive optimal care in all areas.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Veterans
Patients who completed active military duty receive specialized treatment focused on trauma, grief, loss, and finding a new work-life balance.
Treatment Focus
This center treats primary substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Care Options
Treatment
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Detox
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Equine Therapy
Guided interactions with trained horses, their handler, and a therapist can help patients improve their self-esteem, trust, empathy, and social skills.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
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.
Online Therapy
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Mindfulness Therapy
This ancient practice can be mental, emotional, and even spiritual. In meditation, you focus your attention on the present moment without judgement.
Adventure Therapy
This experiential approach uses the physical and emotional challenges of outdoor activities as tools for personal growth.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Equine Therapy
Guided interactions with trained horses, their handler, and a therapist can help patients improve their self-esteem, trust, empathy, and social skills.
Experiential Therapy
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
Conditions We Treat
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Codependency
Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Psychedelics
Hallucinogenic drugs—like LSD—cause euphoria and increased sensory experiences. When abused, they can lead to depression and psychosis.
Aftercare
Experience
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Healthy Meals are provided
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Off-Site Activities
Off-Site Amenities
Professional Staff
Chad Koller
CEO
Jeremy Carmean
Senior Assistant Administrator
Ashley Shuster
Director of Operations
Susan Schram
Director of Business Development
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