Treatment Words, in Plain Language
The terms you’ll hear from admissions teams, insurers and clinicians, explained simply. Each one links to the page that covers it in full, including what Shepard & Stone offers today.
- Assessment
A clinical evaluation that helps determine the safest and most appropriate next level of care. Assessment guides placement and is part of the admissions conversation.
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- Case Management
The connective layer across treatment, housing, medical, family, and community systems, keeping recovery plans practical with logistics and communication.
Read more about case management →- Christ-Centered Recovery
A recovery approach shaped by Christian faith and community. At Shepard & Stone, spiritual support is offered without pressure and never replaces detox, medical care, psychiatric care, or clinical treatment.
Read more about christ-centered recovery →- Continuing Care
Longer-term check-ins, peer connection, relapse-prevention refreshers, and a clear route back to treatment when more support is needed.
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- Detoxification (Detox)
Medically supervised withdrawal management, typically the highest-acuity entry point into treatment. When withdrawal may involve risk, care should begin with a medical assessment and supervised withdrawal management rather than housing alone.
Read more about detoxification →- Dual-Diagnosis Support
Integrated planning for substance-use concerns alongside anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, and other co-occurring mental-health needs.
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- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
Structured substance-use and behavioral-health treatment several days per week while people live at home or in supportive recovery housing.
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- Levels of Care
The range of treatment intensity from medical detox through residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and continuing care, each matched to clinical need.
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- Outpatient Treatment
Lower-frequency counseling, recovery monitoring, and continuing-care support with greater day-to-day independence and scheduled therapy sessions.
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- Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
A high-frequency daytime treatment schedule for people who need substantial clinical support but do not require overnight residential treatment.
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- Recovery Housing (Sober Living)
Substance-free housing with accountability, routines, peer support, and coordination around treatment transitions. It is not detox, emergency care, or clinical treatment.
Read more about recovery housing →- Referral Partner
An independently operated provider that Shepard & Stone coordinates with. Services marked “Through referral partners” are provided by those partners, not operated directly by Shepard & Stone.
Read more about referral partner →- Relapse Prevention
Recognizing warning signs and having a practical plan to return to recovery after a setback, including the supports and route back that make the plan usable.
Read more about relapse prevention →- Residential Treatment
A clinical level of care with round-the-clock structure for people who need a highly supported treatment environment before stepping down to lower-intensity care or recovery housing. It is clinical care, not simply sober housing.
Read more about residential treatment →
- Withdrawal Management
The clinical process of monitoring and supporting someone through withdrawal, typically within medical detoxification.
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