Dual diagnosis treatment fits you if substance use and a mental health condition feed each other. One care team treats both together, under one plan with shared goals. Your anxiety gets attention while you build relapse prevention skills.
Emerge Healing Center provides substance abuse and mental health treatment in Georgia for individuals seeking support. Our team offers structured care for addiction, mental health conditions, and co-occurring disorders in a safe, respectful setting.
Call today to speak with our admissions team and learn how we can support you.
Emerge Healing Center provides addiction treatment in Alpharetta, GA, for adults struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, co-occurring mental health conditions, and trauma. We treat addiction and mental health together because both usually grow from the same ground and each one feeds the other. You get one plan and one team, with no separate counselor for your anxiety or depression. You’ll start with a full assessment of your substance use, your mental health, and your history.
Trauma sits under most of what brings adults to us. Drinking, using, panic, and numbness often start as ways to get through something that happened long ago. Our trauma resolution-focused treatment goes after the root. Your therapist may use Accelerated Resolution Therapy or Rapid Resolution Therapy to work on it directly. Each method helps you process past experiences and build coping skills you can use between sessions.
Many of us have our own recovery history. It changes how we listen. Co-founders Rush Jolly and Joe Difabio also work as admissions coordinators, so you may hear from the people who built this place. If you want addiction treatment in Georgia with trauma work built in, there’s a seat at the table for you.
Emerge Healing Center is made up of clinicians and support staff who are deeply committed to this work. Many of us have personal experience with recovery, which shapes the way we show up for the people we serve. For those seeking substance abuse and mental health treatment in Georgia, including care near the Atlanta area, we offer a place rooted in understanding, consistency, and hope.
Every program at Emerge is outpatient, so you get treatment during the day or evening and still sleep at home.
You may be in your first job, back in your childhood bedroom, or between semesters. Your plan covers alcohol, cannabis, anxiety, and depression together.
You may run a clinic, a classroom, or a team, and nobody around you sees the struggle. Evening IOP places treatment after the workday, so you can keep your job while you get help.
Alcohol, Adderall, and marijuana are common on campus, and some students use them to study. IOP leaves room for classes, and you can step up or down a level when your needs change.
Service can leave you with PTSD, anxiety, and a habit of using to get through the night. We treat the trauma underneath and the substance use alongside it, and you go home each night.
You may worry that asking for help puts your family at risk. Or you may fear no one else can run the house. Family counseling is offered at every level, so your family is part of the work.
Substance use and mental health conditions often show up together, and each can make the other harder to manage. Alcohol may quiet anxiety for an evening and make it louder the next morning. Stimulants can leave depression heavier once the high fades. We’ll treat both at once.
Our drug rehab in Alpharetta, GA treats addiction to alcohol, opioids, stimulants, prescription medications, and kratom. You enter the level of care that fits, from partial hospitalization to outpatient. If you need detox first, we coordinate it with a detox provider and pick up your care when you finish. Therapy goes after the trauma and habits underneath your use. Relapse prevention and a family program sit alongside it.
We treat anxiety, depression, trauma, and related conditions with individual therapy, group sessions, and skills work such as DBT. Your therapist starts by asking what happened to you. Treatment moves at a pace you can sustain, and your plan changes as your symptoms do.
Dual diagnosis treatment fits you if substance use and a mental health condition feed each other. One care team treats both together, under one plan with shared goals. Your anxiety gets attention while you build relapse prevention skills.
Start at the level that fits where you are today, and move up or down as your needs change. Every program is outpatient. You sleep at home, and partial hospitalization runs most of the day, several days a week. Intensive outpatient asks for fewer weekly hours and offers an evening option. Outpatient care keeps you connected to your therapist once the heaviest work is done and you need room in your routine again.
Most major private insurance plans help cover addiction treatment in Alpharetta, GA, as well as mental health care. Your benefits decide how much. Our admissions team verifies them for free and keeps everything confidential, so you know where you stand before you commit.
Our therapists draw on research-backed methods, and each one has its own page where you can read how it works. Ask us which ones fit your plan, and we’ll walk you through what each one involves. Every therapy listed below is one we use at Emerge. Each article goes deep on a single method.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Rapid Resolution Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
EMDR Therapy
12 Step Education
Relapse Prevention
Family Program
Holistic Therapies
You can see the space before you commit to anything. A tour lets you walk through our individual and group therapy rooms and ask how a typical day runs. Bring your questions about schedules, insurance, or your family’s role in your care.
Experienced and Empathetic Team
Structured Daily Activities
Holistic Wellness Services
Evidence Based Therapies
Balanced Daily Structure
Modern Individual & Group Rooms
Calming Living Spaces
Trauma-Informed Support
Your plan for addiction treatment in Alpharetta, GA is written with you, and your voice shapes every goal in it. A therapist sets goals with you and checks them often. When your needs change, the plan changes too, and what you need in week one is rarely what you need in week twelve. Early on, we focus on safety and routine so you can settle in and take part.
Individual therapy and group sessions form the core of your week. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) helps you spot thought patterns that drive use or low mood. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) builds skills to handle intense emotions and get through hard moments without falling back on old habits. EMDR helps you process traumatic memories. Yoga, breathwork, and mindfulness practices complement talk therapy to add variety to your week.
If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, a mental health condition, or both, call today. Ask us what addiction treatment in Alpharetta, GA could look like for you. Our admissions team is here 24/7. Every call is confidential, and we’ll ask what is going on, check your insurance, and walk you through your options at your pace. Emerge Healing Center is here to help.
We treat the trauma underneath addiction and mental illness, and four parts of our care follow from that approach.
Most of what brings someone to treatment started years earlier, often long before the first drink or the first diagnosis. We use trauma-focused methods, including EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy.
Progress starts with a relationship you trust. It starts on your first call with our admissions team.
Your plan starts with a thorough assessment of your history and goals. We revisit it as you change.
Every method we use has research behind it. 12-step facilitation adds a peer-based path alongside therapy.
Yes. Emerge Healing Center is accredited by The Joint Commission, one of the world’s leading healthcare accreditors. We received our latest accreditation in June 2024 as a Behavioral Health Care and Human Services organization. As an accredited addiction treatment center in Alpharetta, we are reviewed against national standards for patient safety and quality of care.
Accreditation is voluntary. The Joint Commission surveys programs on site and measures them against published standards. You can confirm any provider’s status on the Joint Commission’s website. We encourage you to check ours before you call.
The team at Emerge Healing Center is made up of clinical, medical, and recovery professionals who love the work they do. Meet the team below and click on their pictures to learn more about each individual.
How to get started
The first step is a phone call, and the other two follow from it.
Talk with our admissions team about what's going on, and ask anything you want. The call is confidential, free, and carries no obligation.
We review your coverage and walk you through your options, so you know what to expect before you commit.
After a thorough assessment, we build a personalized plan around your substance use, your mental health, and your history.
Our center serves adults and families across North Fulton and Metro Atlanta. For addiction treatment, Alpharetta, GA is our home base for us. Adults also come to us from Atlanta, Roswell, Johns Creek, Cumming, Sandy Springs, and other nearby cities. Ask our admissions team about commute times and schedules before you decide.
Tell us a little about what you're facing. Everything you share stays confidential.
Have your insurance card and a rough list of the substances you use and any medications you take. Our admissions team uses that information to verify your benefits and connect you with an appropriate starting level of care. You don’t need every answer ready.
You remain at home in every Emerge program, and you can keep working with intensive outpatient or outpatient care. Intensive outpatient offers an evening option. Partial hospitalization takes most of the day, several days a week, which leaves little room for a full-time job.
Emerge does not accept Medicaid or Medicare, but you can pay privately. We also work with most major private plans, including Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Magellan, Optum, and United Healthcare. Our admissions team verifies benefits for free, so you know your options before you commit.
Federal privacy law, including HIPAA, limits what we can share about you without your written consent. Our admissions calls are confidential too. If you use someone else’s insurance, that plan’s explanation of benefits may go to the policyholder, so ask us how billing works before you verify.
Yes. You can reach out on behalf of a loved one. Our admissions team will explain the levels of care and how insurance verification works before anyone commits. Emerge also offers a family program for loved ones.
If you want to learn more about our programs and services, contact us today!