Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, Inc.

In 1967 we got our start. It was not a fairy tale story about a rich business man whom saw an opportunity to capitalize on the rising concerns of substance abuse. It is a story of a young man who had it all, fame, fortune and an exponential amount of opportunities. But nothing seemed to satisfy him but drinking. He eventually entered priesthood without a drop of alcohol around and eight years later became a highly educated priest. Shortly after he relapsed and began drinking. He was sent away to Guest House a recovery center for priest. He there began his personal recovery. He later on found himself visiting a newly established Sacred Heart in Detroit, Michigan. There were forty men living in this run down old school building. Their spirits were crushed like his had been and they had nothing. The priest now knew he was home. He ate, laughed, shared and cried with these men. It took a few years to transform this facility into a functional residential treatment center.

As you can see since our modest start we have experienced incredible growth. Our staff still eat, laugh, share and cry with the population that we serve. Our population has just grown larger, along with our services and specialty programs. We evolve as our clients needs do. SHRC is now a nationally recognized, non-denominational, behavioral health service provider.

1967 • Founded in Detroit, Michigan.
1972 • Added medical detoxification services.
1976 • Acquired residential facility in Richmond, Michigan and began providing services to women as well as men.
1980 • Began treating additional addictions other than alcohol.
1981 • Achieved national accreditation.
1986 • Began providing outpatient services by opening an office in Detroit.
1996 • Opened an outpatient office in Warren.
1997 • Added an outpatient office in Southgate.
1997 • Sold Detroit residential property to make way for Ford Field and moved our headquarters to the Richmond site.
2003 • Acquired Clearview, a specialty women's and children's residential service located in Port Huron, Michigan.
2004 • Expanded Clearview by adding outpatient services.
2004 • Opened a site in Flint, Michigan providing outpatient services.
2005 • Started an inpatient and outpatient Medication Assisted Treatment program which includes pregnant women.
2006 • Acquired Bay Area Social Intervention Services, Inc. (BASIS), in Bay City.
2007 • Committed to major building renovation and expansion project.
2007 • Opened a site in Algonac and a site in New Haven, Michigan.
2007 • Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center Inc., celebrates its 40th anniversary. We currently operate nine facilities throughout Southeast, Michigan.
2007 • Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center Inc., aquires New Life Home in Detroit, Michigan.

Sacred Heart offers a broad continuum of top quality, evidence-based services to treat behavioral health disorders, provided in a variety of settings. We believe that each of our clients, regardless of financial status, should have the right care, at the right time and in the right setting.

At Sacred Heart we believe that addiction to drugs and/or alcohol is a progressive disease that affects not only the addicted individual but those with whom he or she interacts, particularly friends and family. We believe addictions to be treatable through a comprehensive course of professional therapy, education and support individually tailored to the needs of each client served and his or her family.

All of our services blend professional therapeutic techniques with the principles and practices of the 12 Step self-help movement.

The services of Sacred Heart are rooted in the following principles:
• Sacred Heart is an inclusive provider of services and attempts to remove financial, cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, age, lifestyle or other irrelevant barriers to any individual receiving the treatment he or she needs.
• The principles of honesty and personal responsibility are essential foundations for lasting recovery and must be modeled by staff and accepted by clients.
• The individual path to recovery begins with the acceptance of the disorder and a desire to change the behaviors associated with it.
• Recovery is personal and each client’s personal plan for recovery must reflect his or her individuality.
• The readiness of each client for the changes necessary for lasting recovery must be recognized and become an integral part of his or her personal plan for recovery.
• Addiction is a disease with a variety of symptoms, such as denial, shame, displacement, resistance and relapse, and these symptoms must be managed clinically, not punitively.
• Family members, significant others and/or loved ones should be involved in each client’s personal plan for recovery as appropriate to the client’s specific circumstances.
• Sustained recovery requires a course of therapy that encompasses multiple levels of care provided in a multiple treatment settings.
• Peer support and gratitude are essential parts of sustained recovery and Alumni of Sacred Heart in sustained recovery and their respective family members will be encouraged to provide such support to current clients and family members.

All of our services blend professional therapeutic techniques with the principles and practices of the 12 Step self-help movement. Each client is provided with a comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessment that culminates in the determination of an appropriate level of care, using the American Society of Addictions Medicine Patient Placement Criteria and a multi-axial diagnosis, using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV-R. The assessment also serves as the foundation for assisting the client in developing a Master Treatment Plan which outlines the mutually agreed-upon course of therapy to be provided over the full episode of care, not simply the current level of care. Sacred Heart has adopted framework of the "change readiness" model, attempting to fit the treatment planning to each specific client's readiness to accept them and employing motivational interviewing techniques to raise that readiness level. The treatment plan for each individual client will call for a specific blend of group therapy, individual therapy, specialty groups, didactic educational offerings and peer support matched to his or her needs and change readiness. During the course of treatment the client is provided with frequent dimensional reviews using the ASAM criteria and the Master Treatment Plan is updated accordingly.