Treatment occurs within a therapeutic community. This involves 5 days/week of intensive group based treatment sessions 7-8 hours each weekday. Evenings and weekends are individually planned and  include an array of group activities and 12-step meetings for those patients with chemical dependency. The therapeutic community extends into evenings and weekends by nature of the shared living space in apartments. It is expected that observations of peer's choices after program hours be brought into treatment each day.

The effectiveness of the therapeutic community lies in the type of culture that is created and maintained by its members, both clients and staff. As a result, the development and maintenance of a healthy, transformative culture is the prime objective of the treatment program. This is accomplished by adherence to the Values Based Model© that guides all interactions in the treatment regardless of  the task of any given therapeutic group or family session. See MODEL