A Ray of Hope is Coming to Fayette County
There is a ray of sun on the horizon for those in and around Fayette County who are working to recover from substance use and mental health disorders. SUN Behavioral Health, which operates a psychiatric hospital in Erlanger in partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare, will open an intensive outpatient facility in Lexington. The facility at 2335 Sterlington Road in Alumni Office Park will open July 21 (a ribbon cutting is set for 1 p.m. that day). In addition to Kentucky, SUN Behavioral Health provides mental health and substance use recovery services in Ohio, Texas and Delaware.
The Lexington opening comes at a time when research shows 746,000 adults in Kentucky have a mental illness and 40,000 Kentuckians ages 12-17 have depression (The National Alliance on Mental Illness). “Access to treatment centers like SUN Behavioral Health’s intensive outpatient facility in Lexington is sorely needed,” says Toni Webb, MSW, LCSW. Webb is the Director of Outpatient Services for SUN Behavioral Health in Lexington.
“SUN’s new facility in Lexington has the ability to provide life-saving care, healing and hope to those struggling with mental health and substance use in Central Kentucky.”
In the SUN Behavioral partial hospitalization program, patients may be at the facility for as many as five hours at a time, five days per week. All programming at the facility – which includes cognitive behavioral therapy, coping skills training and a wellness recovery action plan – is conducted by licensed psychotherapists, nurses and ancillary therapists. SUN Behavioral takes pride in offering services to a wide range of people. Regardless of age, treatment history, ethnicity, treatment needs, etc. Webb says it’s in the planning process for the Lexington facility to offer adolescent services.
The services are provided in a highly structured environment that helps patients learn and progress toward their mental health or substance use recovery goals. “This type of outpatient treatment does not require a person to uproot their lives and live full-time at a facility, and it offers the flexibility to attend to responsibilities like work, school, or family. Treatment at SUN’s intensive outpatient facility is individualized to meet the needs of the person seeking recovery - typical services include group and family therapy, stress management, and trauma-informed treatment,” adds Webb.
For more information about SUN Behavioral Health’s intensive outpatient facility in Lexington, which is the first satellite location for SUN, you are invited to call 859.912.7670 and visit https://sunbehavioral.com/kentucky/outpatient-treatment-lexington/. SUN Behavioral Kentucky accepts many major healthcare providers, including Medicare and Medicaid.
About SUN Behavioral Health - SUN Behavioral Health provides mental health and substance use recovery services to clients in Kentucky, Ohio, Texas and Delaware. SUN focuses on individualized, evidence-based treatment that considers the uniqueness of each patient. The mission of SUN Behavioral Health is to partner with communities to solve the unmet needs of those who suffer from mental illness and substance use disorders. To learn more about the services provided by SUN Kentucky or to take the first step on your recovery journey, please visit https://sunbehavioral.com/.