"The arts are a critical component of healthcare. Expressive art is a tool to explore, develop and practice creativity as a means to wellness." - Wellarts Association.
At our Residential Addiction Recovery Center (RARC), our CTRS (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist), Monica, and the rest of the RARC team, help the individuals whom we partner with who are moving towards recovery to find the healing inherent in creation and beauty.
Here’s a link to the article about our new outpatient services that appeared in the Ithaca Times, a local/online newspaper:
See transformation at work through the College Initiative Upstate program in this online article.
Please take a few minutes to read this. I hope it informs your perspective about our work and the issues our clients grapple with every hour of every day and have for at least the last four decades. Hope and real human connection are our best tools to overcome shame and isolation
The caring team at Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services uses evidence-based techniques to help people overcome the disease of addiction. The staff, consisting of experienced social workers, nurses, and counselors, build respectful partnerships with patients and their families and work hand-in-hand with them to transform their lives.
Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services offers comprehensive longer-term residential treatment at the 60-bed Residential Addiction Recovery Center in Trumansburg, New York. At this comfortable facility, patients gain the skills they need to resist cravings, cope with difficult times, and fight addiction. Each patient has access to expert clinical services like cognitive behavioral therapy, individual counseling, family counseling, medication-assisted treatment, and more.
Patients can also soon take advantage of the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) and Ancillary Withdrawal Services (AWS) in Ithaca, New York. This program provides intensive support, including individual and group therapy as well as medication-assisted treatment. Participants live at home, but spend a part of their day at the center receiving care.
As patients move forward in recovery and return to a normal schedule, they can still incorporate outpatient services like individual or group counseling into their week. These services provide a touchstone of strength so patients can maintain sobriety and be prepared to face challenges.
Each individualized treatment plan may include some or all of these services with the goal of helping patients and families enjoy better emotional, mental, and physical health. With the right emotional skills and support system, patients can achieve long-term abstinence and enjoy a higher quality of life.
Mission Statement
A professional community resource providing caring and effective recovery services dedicated to improving quality of life by promoting individual dignity and respect for all.
Vision Statement
We are the premier providers of innovative recovery services.
Enduring Purpose
We believe in the capacity of people to transform themselves.
The caring team at Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services uses evidence-based techniques to help people overcome the disease of addiction. The staff, consisting of experienced social workers, nurses, and counselors, build respectful partnerships with patients and their families and work hand-in-hand with them to transform their lives.
Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services offers comprehensive longer-term residential treatment at the 60-bed Residential Addiction Recovery Center in Trumansburg, New York. At this comfortable facility, patients gain the skills they need to resist cravings, cope with difficult times, and fight addiction. Each patient has access to expert clinical services like cognitive behavioral therapy, individual counseling, family counseling, medication-assisted treatment, and more.
Patients can also soon take advantage of the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) and Ancillary Withdrawal Services (AWS) in Ithaca, New York. This program provides intensive support, including individual and group therapy as well as medication-assisted treatment. Participants live at home, but spend a part of their day at the center receiving care.
As patients move forward in recovery and return to a normal schedule, they can still incorporate outpatient services like individual or group counseling into their week. These services provide a touchstone of strength so patients can maintain sobriety and be prepared to face challenges.
Each individualized treatment plan may include some or all of these services with the goal of helping patients and families enjoy better emotional, mental, and physical health. With the right emotional skills and support system, patients can achieve long-term abstinence and enjoy a higher quality of life.
Mission Statement
A professional community resource providing caring and effective recovery services dedicated to improving quality of life by promoting individual dignity and respect for all.
Vision Statement
We are the premier providers of innovative recovery services.
Enduring Purpose
We believe in the capacity of people to transform themselves.
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Our team is committed to your transformation and recovery.
Please click here to learn more about what our staff has to say about the practice.
Our Facilities
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I’m excited to be a part of the CARS family! I am a firm believer that life often points us in the direction of where we can be of service.
I am pleased to inform you, as community partners, that Eleni Murdough, MS, CASAC-2, has been named Outpatient Program Director at CARS’ Outpatient Center in Ithaca. Eleni assumed her new role, transitioning from her previous position as Assistant Clinical
CARS Clinical Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
Therapeutic recreation at Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (CARS) is offered both in our outpatient and residential settings.
During the outpatient rehabilitation program, clients participate in groups such as Healthy Habits to Wellness, Recreation Skills, Social Activities, and Accessing Community Resources. These groups are client-centered and focus on increasing clients’ wellness through leisure activities and learning new skills. Social Activities is a group in which clients are introduced to new games and activities, which increase leisure choices, self-esteem, decision-making skills, healthy interactions with others, and helps clients with impulse control. Clients are also introduced to resources within the community - such as the YMCA, Planned Parenthood, the Cayuga Waterfront Trail, and the Ithaca Children’s Garden – during the group Accessing Community Resources.
