EM Jellinek Center

About EM Jellinek Center

They operate under the idea that a solid meal, clean sheets, and a safe place to sleep can make a transformative difference in anyone’s life. However, they don’t stop at the bare necessities. Here, clients have access to top of the line amenities, including a well appointed dining facility, workout area, and comfortable, quiet living spaces.

While living at the Center, clients can engage in residential treatment services to help them learn more about their addictions, identify triggers, and work through any underlying psychological conditions, such as depression and anxiety, that might contribute to their substance use. They may also engage in educational programming and life skills training to develop the knowledge and tools they need for long term recovery.

On their website, they’ve shared testimonials from past clients who have gone through the program. Many claim that the treatment they receive completely changed their lives and taught them how to become productive members of society. They explain that while they had the desire to get sober, they didn’t have the real tools to do so until they came here.

Fact checked and written by:

Courtney Myers, MS

Edited by:

Anna Spooner

Latest Reviews

Bethany Cooper

2 months ago on Google

This place is a joke.... you really don't learn anything.... they make you clean the clubhouse and pick up other people's cigarette buds. They kicked me out because of my "mental health" when it was because I filed a complaint with corporate and my health insurance. They bill your insurance in the iop program and then they say no we don't when I can see they are billing my insurance. They also want you to pay 75 dollars a week in rent in iop.... your insurance covers it dingbats so why charge people 75 dollars?!?

Response from the owner1 week ago

Thank you for your feedback. We take your concerns seriously. Please contact us at 865-737-2752 to address your concerns directly. We would love to speak more on the concerns you have identified.

A Williams

3 months ago on Google

Only giving 1 star because my mom went to rehab and overdosed while in transitional living in 2022. Today marks her birthday. Staff was rude while trying to plan how to get and transport all her belongings from Knoxville to Nashville with 48 hours to have it gone. It was 90 degrees if not hotter. Rude and wouldn’t help my elderly grandmother or answer any questions. Please just find another place to get your loved one help.

Response from the owner1 week ago

Thank you for your feedback. We take your concerns seriously. Please contact us at 865-737-2752 to address your concerns directly. We would love to speak more on the concerns you have identified.

Paladin

3 months ago on Google

The reality is far from the marketing and representatives claims. They state they are only required to provide 1 meal per day (lunch) and that has been dry bread with processed turkey slice, may include a small bag of chips if your in line early enough, but never a drink. The rooms are filthy, with gnats flying out of the drains, and sticky floors. Many days they do not even provide cups, cutlery, or napkins. The staff cannot say from day to day if we will have transportation to go to a meeting in the evening, though in groups they extoll the importance of such meetings. Theft of personal items is a real issue with the only preventative measure being to not have them. Residents regularly break rules without consequence, many staff care but are overwhelmed and likely underpaid and trained.

Response from the owner1 week ago

Thank you for your feedback. We take your concerns seriously. Please contact us at 865-737-2752 to address your concerns directly. We would love to speak more on the concerns you have identified.

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Other Forms of Payment

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

Sober Living Houses (SLHs), aka sober homes or halfway houses, are safe, substance-free, supportive living facilities for those recovering from substance abuse. Ideal for those who've just been through inpatient or outpatient treatment, SLHs are supervised environments with rules that support sobriety, such as curfews, shared chores, and therapeutic meetings. Residents are also often trained on life skills and coping skills to make it easier to transition into society. SLHs also provide a strong sense of community that can lead to the kind of deep and lasting connections with other sober individuals that supports a new, healthy lifestyle.

Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Treatments

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

When your day-to-day life is taken over by drug use, this is known as substance use disorder. If you abruptly stop using your drug of choice, you experience withdrawal symptoms. To overcome this cycle, professional drug rehab in Tennessee is usually needed.

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Programs

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.