Substance Abuse Treatment
CONFIDENTIAL AND COMPREHENSIVE ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT IN SMYRNA, GA Substance abuse (including tobacco, prescription and illicit drugs, and alcohol) tops $740 billion every year in the United States. Incredible as this figure is, it pales in comparison to the dire...
Ridgeview Institute – Smyrna Expands to 188 Beds to Assist More Patients
Ridgeview Institute – Smyrna Due to our communities increased need for mental health and chemical dependency services, Ridgeview Institute – Smyrna has expanded its inpatient services from 148 to 188 beds. The additional 40 beds expand the Specialized Women’s Program,...
Ridgeview Institute Announces Our New Alumni and Continuing Care Coordinator
Ridgeview Institute is pleased to announce our new Alumni and Continuing Care Coordinator, Eddie Chinal MS, CACII. Eddie has a longstanding relationship with Ridgeview as a volunteer and employee. Since 2014, he has advanced from a clinical assistant to addiction...
Come Join Us for a Sober New Year’s Eve Party Hosted by the Ridgeview Alumni Association!
Food, DJ, Dance, Balloon drop! Time: 8:00pm-12:30am Cost: $5.00 donation Date: 12/31/17 Location: Ridgeview Institute Gym 3995 S. Cobb Dr. Smyrna, GA 30080
Heroin Summit @ the YMCA in Kennesaw
Ridgeview Institute – Smyrna was pleased to participate in the Heroin Summit @ the YMCA in Kennesaw over the weekend. The Northwest Family YMCA partnered with Georgia Prevention Project (GPP) to help bring more awareness around the growing epidemic of prescription...
Ridgeview Smyrna Expands Inpatient Addiction Services
Ridgeview Institute has opened a 28 bed inpatient program for adult addiction and dual diagnosis patients. The newly remodeled building once served older adult patients, however in 2016 the older adult patients were transferred to a new, state of the art building. The...
Untangling the Web of Anger
By Charles C. Cummins, MS, LPC In our increasingly fast paced world anger afflicts all of us on a personal, communal and world-wide level. Witness the current war on terrorism to see how anger manifested in one person, let alone a group or nation, can affect the...
The Healing Power of Humor
ARTHUR S. TROTZKY, PH.D., RIDGEVIEW INSTITUTE I first came to Atlanta, seventeen years ago to attend the SECAD conference (Southeast Conference on Alcohol and Drugs), an international meeting for addiction professionals. The days were filled with the latest...
Know When To Hold ‘Em: When Falling Out of Love Can be Good for Your Relationship – Part 2 of 2
By Wendy Palmer Patterson LCSW, LMFT and Robert W Patterson LMFT, LPC Last newsletter we shared the idea that being in the long-term committed relationship is like drawing 3 cards in the poker game of five-card draw. In poker, as in life, you often don’t know what...
Know When To Hold ‘Em: When Falling Out of Love Can be Good for Your Relationship – Part 1 of 2
By Wendy Palmer Patterson LCSW, LMFT and Robert W Patterson LMFT, LPC In the world of poker playing and five card draw, the temptation to draw 3 and go for the inside straight or full house is a lingering seductress waiting for the fool hardy to bet large and invite...
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