WhiteSands Alcohol and Drug RehabResidential Treatment in Tampa, 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
Residential Treatment
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.
Anger management
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Brief intervention
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
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.
Contingency management/motivational incentives
Contingency Management. Evidence-based reinforcement approach: small, immediate, tangible rewards for verified abstinence and engagement. Strongest evidence base of any non-medication intervention for stimulant + gambling disorder.
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing. A collaborative conversation that strengthens your own reasons for change rather than arguing you into it.
Matrix model
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Relapse prevention
Relapse Prevention. Identifies your specific high-risk situations, warning signs, and choice points. Then builds a written, rehearsed plan for each so the moment is not the first time you decide.
Substance use disorder counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Trauma-related counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
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.
12-step facilitation
Twelve-Step Facilitation. Helps you engage with mutual-aid fellowships (GA, AA, SMART) as a recovery community rather than a solo grind.
What this facility offers
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