Hiwassee Mental Health Center

940 South Ocoee Street
Cleveland TN, 37311

Volunteer Behavioral Health - Hiwassee Mental Health Center TN 37311

About Hiwassee Mental Health Center

Volunteer Behavioral Health’s Cleveland Campus is a nonprofit mental health and drug rehab center. Their intensive outpatient programs (IOP), general outpatient programs (OP), and co-occurring disorder treatment are open to clients of all ages. You’ll find ‘em in Cleveland, Tennessee.

IOP gives clients a high level of care in a day treatment setting. IOP typically requires clients to attend several sessions each week, but they get to continue living at home. Services may include individual and group therapy, case management, psychological assessments, psychosexual assessments, and peer support.

Clients typically enter general OP after completing higher levels of care. It’s a day treatment program like IOP, but it meets less often.

There are other services, such as telehealth for general outpatient care. They also operate several community programs, including supervised probation offender treatment and pre arrest diversion programs.

Clients who exhibit a co-occurring disorder, defined as both a mental health disorder and substance abuse. You can receive specialized care in the outpatient programs.

You can also enroll in their supportive housing and rental assistance programs. You’ll have your basic needs met, which can help reduce stress.

They accept many major insurance plans. These may include Optum, Ambetter, United Healthcare, Amerigroup, Cigna, and others. Clients are advised that out of network benefits may vary, so clients are urged to confirm coverage.

Latest Reviews

Vesta Evitt
1 month ago on Google
1
They don't listen if you tell them your medicine is not working I keep getting told to keep taking it after being on it for a year so I stop going
MS. Lady
3 months ago on Google
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This is the worst place if you can avoid DO they drop the ball so much and blame the patient or it's caregiver if I could give 0 starts I would
Amy
4 months ago on Google
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I feel like there are conflict of interests with them not having enough therapists in cases of family abuse and control. I am ready to seek help elsewhere to avoid said conflicts of interests. Unfortunately I may not have anywhere else due to being on TNCare.

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Accepted Insurance

Hiwassee Mental Health Center works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, Please contact to verify your specific insurance provider.

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Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

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.

Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.

Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.

Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

outpatient iconOutpatient
Outpatient programs are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. Services include individual, couples, family and group therapy. Outpatient treatment services address mental health conditions, addiction and co-occurring disorders. These services are available at each location throughout VBHCS.
inpatient iconInpatient
Inpatient rehabs are designed principally for clients who require intensive supervision and support, including clients who have just completed detox, clients in early recovery, and clients at an elevated risk of relapse. Inpatient treatment helps clients stabilize following detox and prepares them to step-down into outpatient and/or community-based care. Clients reside at the facility for the duration of their program and engage in extensive addiction counseling and education. Many programs also offer evidence-based complementary therapies.
intensive-outpatient iconIntensive Outpatient
Clients in intensive outpatient programs (IOP) receive robust, personalized care to support their reintegration into their community. Clients stepping down from inpatient treatment frequently enroll in IOP before entering standard outpatient care or community-based recovery programs, such as AA. Intensive outpatient treatment generally involves between nine and 20 therapeutic hours weekly, with the frequency and duration of sessions decreasing as clients stabilize. IOP services commonly include counseling, recovery education, holistic therapies, and medication assisted treatment (MAT).
aftercare iconAftercare Support
Clients receiving support in a rehab aftercare program typically have abstained from drugs or alcohol for a period of weeks or months and have completed high-level (often inpatient) treatment. Drug rehab aftercare is designed to support clients in maintaining their sobriety as they re-engage with their ordinary lives at home, in the workplace, and in the community. Services are highly individualized and evolve with clients' changing needs, but generally include peer coaching and relapse prevention.
12-step icon12-Step
When enrolld in an addiction recovery program that's based on the 12 step model, clients are able to cultivate recovery-focused life skills emphasizing spiritual, mental, and emotional healing. Participants receive intensive peer support in 12 step meetings, which are anonymous, free, open to the public, and available day and night in most communities. Self-selected sponsors guide sponsees through the recovery journey, cultivating self-awareness, forgiveness, acceptance, and accountability. Though these programs are rooted in spiritual principles, participants aren't required to be religiously affiliated.
heart-hands iconIntervention Services
The goal of a drug intervention in Tennessee is to encourage a person with a substance use disorder to enter treatment. The process also educates family members about addiction, enabling behaviors, and treatment options. The involvement of intervention services can help with this education and provide guidance for the intervention itself and follow-up care. The professional interventionist will work with the entire family to encourage the best outcomes possible from the intervention.
24-hour icon24-Hour Clinical Care
Safe detox requires 24-hour clinical care in Tennessee. This is due to the health risks that are involved during withdrawal. As the brain reacts to the absence of the drug, severe symptoms can occur, depending on the type of drug used. For instance, alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal may result in seizures. Fortunately, supervised care in a clinical setting can provide the necessary treatment to avoid health risks and allow you to complete detox safely.
medically-assisted-detox iconMedically Assisted Detox
To keep you safe and comfortable during the detoxification process, a medically assisted detox provides you with a team of medical professionals who can provide the necessary medications to treat any potential withdrawal symptoms. Suddenly stopping chronic abuse of substances like alcohol, benzodiazepines, or opioids can have uncomfortable and even dangerous side effects.

Treatments

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Addiction Recovery Program provides recovery-oriented support for individuals with addiction or co-occurring disorders. Services include individual and group formats for relapse prevention and recovery skills development.

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Programs

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Teen Program
Teen programs are designed to address the unique pressures teens face, pressures that can drive them to experiment with dangerous, addictive substances. They need programs that meet them exactly where they are and give them tools for long-term recovery. Therapy can help teenagers understand and work through underlying issues so they can reclaim the life ahead of them.
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Adult Program
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.
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Program For Men
Men face specific challenges and concerns when seeking addiction treatment. Gender-specific recovery programs help them tackle these issues head-on in an environment that's focused, targeted, and distraction-free. It also gives them the opportunity to connect with and learn from other men who have been through a similar journey and can offer support for the next step.
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Program For Women
Rehabs for women provide a safe, nurturing space for female clients to heal. These treatment programs consider the specific obstacles that women can face during recovery and place a special emphasis on mental, social, physical, and reproductive health. They explore how each woman's experience has shaped the trajectory of their substance use, addressing issues such as sexual abuse and past trauma.
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Young Adult Program
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.
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Child Program
The providers who specialize in the children's rehab space understand the specialized needs that this population faces. School-based and social services such as tutoring and family counseling are often central to treatment. Child programs may also address the needs of youth experiencing substance abuse in the home, including a parent's or sibling's addiction.
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Hearing Impaired Program
A sensory disability, such as hearing impairment, can compound the challenges of addiction recovery. Drug rehabs that are specially designed to accommodate the needs of persons with hearing impairments will include special accessibility features and accommodations to make treatment as comfortable and effective as possible. This may include access to American Sign Language interpreters.
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LGBTQ Program
Recovery is most successful when clients feel accepted and validated by their peers and treatment providers. Facilities that offer LGBTQ-inclusive programming are committed to creating a safe space where everyone can grow and recover without fear of judgment or discrimination. They will have dedicated policies in place to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters free expression.
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Military Program
Serving in the military is both mentally and physically challenging, and can result in trauma that persists even after combat ends. Military programs are tailored to the specific and often complex needs of active duty personnel, veterans, and military families. Clients often access these programs through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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.

Counseling in Tennessee that takes a dialectical behavior therapy approach can last from six to 12 months. During that time, you'll develop skills in the areas of distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

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.

If you participate in motivational interviewing in Tennessee, your therapist will focus on four key strategies: open questions, affirmation, reflections, and summarizing. Rather than confront or warn you to change, the clinician will allow you to explore your own motivations and decide what changes you may need to make in your life.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Life skills training teaches you how to cope with challenging situations in non destructive ways. This crucial piece of drug rehab in Tennessee gives you tools for decision making, relationship building, and self care.

Amenities

  • home-setting iconResidential Setting
  • private-room iconPrivate Rooms

Accreditations

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.

CARF Accreditation: Yes

Contact Information

Phone icon (423) 479-5454
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940 South Ocoee Street
Cleveland TN, 37311

Fact checked and written by:
Terri Beth Miller, PhD
Edited by:
Peter Lee, PhD

Reviews of Hiwassee Mental Health Center

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Staff is unprofessional, and they don't respect my time because in several situations I've had to wait almost an hour for my "scheduled" appointment.

Reviewed on 1/7/2019
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Vesta Evitt
1 month ago
1

They don't listen if you tell them your medicine is not working I keep getting told to keep taking it after being on it for a year so I stop going

MS. Lady
3 months ago
1

This is the worst place if you can avoid DO they drop the ball so much and blame the patient or it's caregiver if I could give 0 starts I would

Amy
4 months ago
1

I feel like there are conflict of interests with them not having enough therapists in cases of family abuse and control. I am ready to seek help elsewhere to avoid said conflicts of interests. Unfortunately I may not have anywhere else due to being on TNCare.

Jennifer Foley
5 months ago
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If I could give this place 0 stars, I would. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT GO HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rii Alexandra
8 months ago
5

Eloise Russell
9 months ago
5

Jason is very attentive and kind to my doll, Charlotte. I would highly recommend seeing him. The case managers are good as well and very kind. The people at the front desk though could use some work..... Still, I like this place. It beats Joe Johnson.

Jimmy Bowman
9 months ago
1

This place is a joke do not come here the doctors do not care the only medicine that helped me they took me off a year ago and my health has went downhill ever since find another mental health place to go to I am they need to shut this place down I can't even give them a half a star

Brad A.
11 months ago
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If I could give zero I would there s only one good dr there and that s gilson the benzo thing is ridiculous u guys are so scared when ppl are just gonna buy them off the streets and stuff it s ridiculous I m not even a patient and have heard how Awefull u guys are what s wrong with klopin it s a benzo ya but also helps ur busbar is a complete joke I really hope they get real doctors in there then maybe ill go back and if u think ppl are abusing them make them bring in those bottle every month idk just my opinion

Angela Coleman
1 year ago
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It is a valuable service; however the staff jumps to a diagnosis and prescriptions without proper time and evaluation. I sincerely appreciate the personnel as it is a time of crisis for the mental health profession. Mental Health is a case by case basis and deserves either proper time or decline additional patients.Lastly, the billing is a struggle. I received a statement, different total, and no records of payment. Returned for next appointment to find additional unknown charges and those that accept the payments could not advise even the history of charges. Left 3 voicemails and no return calls 14 days later as of the date of this review.

Colt
1 year ago
1

Dr Gilson is a decent guy and Mrs Suzanne is a great help. But honestly Hiwassee doesn't take their patients seriously most of the time. A person could open their soul to the therapists and only bots and pieces are even acknowledged. Also the therapists tend to blame the client for their own trauma. They downplay the seriousness of clients issues and offer very weak ideas for coping skills and when those lame excuses for coping skills fail the client then all of a sudden the client is accused of non compliance and are told their issues are their fault and that the client intentionally chooses to act out or purposely fakes their symptoms just to be a headache and stress to their family. Hiwassee doesn't care

Brooke Sims
1 year ago
1

Place is horrible. They have no idea what they re doing. Some doctor named April will just prescribe you a million different pills to take even after you tell her what has worked for you in the past. They will also cut your medication off cold turkey. They probably got their degrees at a backward school out in Kentucky. Don t waste your time.

William Brogdon
1 year ago
3

I'm grateful for the staff that has been assigned to my case, maybe it's just me, but often feel like retaliation is a bit of a possibility. I used to feel welcome now I feel like I'm slowly being pushed out.

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