Substance Abuse Recovery Program

Our Mission: A Healthier Community

The staff at McKenzie are compassionate and dedicated to helping those afflicted with the disease of addiction. This program was developed in collaboration with Ascension Brighton Center for Recovery.

Demonstrating our commitment to clinical excellence and providing high-quality care, our clinical team includes:

• Staff providers with training through the American Society of Addictive Medicine (ASAM) are authorized to prescribe buprenorphine, one of three medications approved by the FDA to treat opioid use disorder.
• Staff advanced practice practitioners with training through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are authorized to prescribe buprenorphine, one of three medications approved by the FDA to treat opioid use disorder.
• Case managers with a master’s degree in social work.
• Medical assistants trained and certified by qualified certification entities within the state of Michigan.
• Registered dietitians will help patients learn basic nutrition. Abuse of alcohol and other chemical substances frequently results in nutritional issues from skipping meals, which leads to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, organ damage, malabsorption, malnutrition, dehydration, and so on. The goal in early recovery is to establish new patterns of behavior related to food and nutrition. Our registered dietitian offers basic nutrition classes weekly. General nutrition-related questions will be answered in class. Individual or specific nutrition-related questions/needs are addressed with a one-on-one consultation with the dietitian. Patient consults also can be ordered based on a patient’s history.
• Individual and group therapists lead therapy sessions as an important part of the success of your treatment plan. McKenzie Health System has collaborated with many professionals to provide you with options locally and via telehealth to meet all your individual and group outpatient therapy needs.
• Family therapists help you cope with addiction as a “family disease,” as every family member tends to be affected by the user’s addiction. Family and other natural supports are pivotal to a recovering person’s success. Family involvement tends to lead to better treatment outcomes because family members become informed supporters in the recovery process, endorsing their loved one’s recovery program and the lifestyle changes that are conducive to sobriety. There is also an increased sense of accountability when a newly recovering person makes recovery commitments with the awareness and participation of close family members. Case Management will assist in finding the appropriate family therapy program.