Outpatient addiction treatment, 35 minutes from Coral Springs.

For Coral Springs and Parkland families, RECO offers something the closest local options usually can't: specialist-level addiction medicine — ASAM-guided placement, integrated MAT, and concurrent psychiatric care — inside the coastal treatment-community network that has defined South Florida recovery for decades. The 35-minute drive via the Sawgrass and I-95 is the trade. The same primary therapist follows you from PHP through IOP and into aftercare, so the clinical relationship doesn't reset each time the level of care changes.

Coral Springs sits about 25 miles inland from the coast, and for most families here the drive to RECO Intensive in Delray Beach runs roughly 35 minutes — north on the Sawgrass Expressway, then east on I-95. That’s a meaningful distance, and we don’t pretend otherwise. What it buys is access to specialist-level addiction medicine inside the coastal treatment-community network that has shaped South Florida recovery for decades. For households in Eagle Trace, Hidden Hammocks, Parkland Isles, Cypress Run, and Heron Bay, the calculation is usually straightforward: the closest program isn’t always the right program, and outpatient addiction treatment delivered well is worth a half-hour commute.

This page explains what our outpatient continuum actually looks like — the clinical density, the staffing model, the medications and modalities, and the way a Partial Hospitalization or Intensive Outpatient day is structured. If after reading you’d rather talk than scroll, our admissions line is (866) 396-2008.

What outpatient addiction treatment actually means

“Outpatient” is a broad term that covers a wide clinical range. At one end is standard outpatient — an hour of therapy a week, sometimes paired with a medication-management visit. At the other end is Partial Hospitalization (PHP), which runs 30 or more clinical hours per week and looks much closer to residential care minus the overnight stay. In between sits Intensive Outpatient (IOP), typically around 15 hours weekly across three to five days.

For a Coral Springs resident with moderate to severe substance use disorder — particularly someone with co-occurring depression, anxiety, or trauma — standard once-weekly outpatient is rarely enough on its own. The relapse curve in the first 90 days is steep, and the evidence is consistent: clinical density matters early. RECO’s PHP program and IOP program are designed as a stepped continuum, so a client can start at PHP, taper to IOP as stability builds, and continue with the same primary therapist throughout.

Who outpatient is the right fit for

We use the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) placement criteria to determine the appropriate level of care. ASAM assesses six dimensions: acute intoxication and withdrawal potential, biomedical conditions, emotional and behavioral conditions, readiness to change, relapse potential, and recovery environment. No single dimension settles the question; the placement decision is a clinical judgment built from all six.

Outpatient — at the PHP or IOP intensity — is appropriate when withdrawal risk is manageable on an ambulatory basis, when 24-hour medical or nursing oversight isn’t required, and when the home environment can support recovery rather than undermine it. For alcohol use disorder with a history of seizures or DTs, or for opioid use with active fentanyl involvement, we’ll usually recommend a brief medical detox before stepping down. If residential care is clinically indicated, we’ll say so plainly — even if you came in expecting outpatient.

The home environment piece matters more than people expect. A client returning each evening to a household where alcohol is present, or to a roommate situation that triggers use, is fighting an uphill battle no matter how good the clinical hours are. We address this directly during intake.

What a PHP day looks like

PHP at RECO runs Monday through Friday, generally from mid-morning into mid-afternoon. The day is structured — not a string of disconnected appointments. A typical day includes process groups, a skills-based group (often CBT or DBT), an experiential or trauma-focused track (which can include EMDR or Trauma-Focused CBT for clients with relevant histories), an individual session at least weekly with the primary therapist, and psychiatry as clinically indicated.

Medication-assisted treatment is integrated, not bolted on. For alcohol use disorder, that may mean naltrexone (oral or the monthly Vivitrol injection) or acamprosate. For opioid use disorder, buprenorphine maintenance is offered and managed by our psychiatric team. MAT decisions are made jointly with the client; we don’t push medication on people who don’t want it, and we don’t withhold it from people who do.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is woven throughout — ambivalence about recovery is normal, and confronting it head-on rather than pretending it isn’t there tends to produce better outcomes. Family sessions are scheduled as the clinical picture allows, usually beginning in week two or three.

Sober living as part of the treatment plan

For clients whose home situation in Coral Springs or Parkland isn’t yet stable enough to support PHP-level care — whether because of an active-use partner, accessible alcohol, or the simple geographic reality that a daily 35-minute commute each way during early recovery is a heavy lift — RECO operates its own network of sober-living residences in Delray Beach.

These houses are coordinated directly with the clinical team. Curfews, drug screening, and house structure are aligned with the treatment plan rather than run as a separate business. Many clients use sober living for the PHP phase, then return home for IOP, then step into aftercare and alumni programming once they’re stable. It isn’t required — plenty of Coral Springs clients commute throughout — but it’s available when the clinical picture calls for it.

Substance-specific tracks and co-occurring care

Substance use disorder is not a monolith. The clinical approach for alcohol use disorder — where craving management, post-acute withdrawal, and social context loom largest — differs meaningfully from opioid use disorder, where overdose prevention, MAT decisions, and fentanyl risk are central. Stimulant use disorder has its own contingency-management evidence base. Our groups are mixed-substance, but individual treatment plans aren’t.

Roughly two-thirds of clients we admit have at least one co-occurring psychiatric condition — most commonly depression, generalized anxiety, PTSD, or ADHD. These are addressed concurrently rather than deferred until “after the addiction is handled.” Treating one without the other is, in our experience, why people relapse.

Getting started from Coral Springs — insurance and intake

We’re in-network with most major commercial carriers including Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon, Magellan, and several Florida Blue plans. Out-of-network benefits often cover a meaningful portion of PHP and IOP as well; our admissions team will run a full benefits verification before any financial commitment. The insurance page has the carrier list and the verification form, or you can call (866) 396-2008 to start the process by phone.

Intake itself is a 45-to-60-minute clinical assessment — biopsychosocial history, substance-use history, ASAM dimensional review, and a level-of-care recommendation. For Coral Springs families, we can usually schedule the assessment within 24 to 48 hours of first contact. If PHP is the recommendation and you’re ready to start, admission typically follows within a few days.

Serving residents of: Eagle Trace, Hidden Hammocks, Parkland Isles, Cypress Run, Heron Bay.