WhiteSands Alcohol and Drug RehabTherapist in Kissimmee, FL
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WhiteSands Treatment Center operates residential and outpatient addiction treatment programs at locations in Fort Myers and Tampa, Florida. Founded in 2014, the organization emphasizes individualized treatment with expanded one-on-one care. The center provides comprehensive assessment within the first week, during which each patient meets with the medical director, clinical director, psychiatrist, and individual therapist. Patients receive 4-5 individual and/or family therapy sessions per week, with treatment plans tailored to address underlying emotional challenges contributing to addiction. The organization operates multiple levels of care including residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. Facilities feature private rooms, pools, gyms, yoga rooms, and other amenities designed to provide comfort during treatment.
Role
Therapist
What a first session looks like
Virtual & In-PersonWithin the first week of treatment, each patient meets with the medical director, clinical director, psychiatrist, and individual therapist multiple times. A comprehensive assessment determines the best course of treatment, including individual therapy goals, therapy group selection, and medical treatment needs.
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Evidence-based approaches
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Family systems
Family Systems work. Brings the people closest to you into the recovery picture, since urges and relationships rarely live in separate boxes.
Activity therapy
Activity Therapy. Structured therapeutic activities, recreation, movement, hands-on tasks, used as a vehicle for connection and emotional regulation. Often paired with talk therapy in residential and group programs.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
Couples/family therapy
Family Therapy. Brings the people closest to the recovery into the room. Less about blame, more about updating the patterns that fed the cycle so the home becomes part of the recovery.
Dialectical behavior therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Pairs acceptance with change. Especially useful when emotions feel too big to ride out without acting on them.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Integrated mental and substance use disorder treatment
Integrated Treatment. Treats addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions in the same plan, rather than sequentially. Most clinically effective when both are present.
Individual psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy. One-to-one sessions with a licensed clinician. The standard-bearer of mental-health care; most evidence-based plans build around it.
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Telehealth Therapy. Real clinical sessions delivered over video. Same evidence base as in-person care for most conditions; meets you where you actually are instead of where the office is.
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