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Drug Treatment Utah, California Rehab and Arizona Rehab

Located in peaceful Highland, Utah, Ascend Recovery can help you overcome your drug and alcohol addictions. We provide individualized treatment plans that are both effective and affordable, to people from all over the country including California, Arizona and Utah. At Ascend Recovery we promise a lifetime of committed care to assist you in the process of drug and alcohol recovery. You can achieve freedom from the disease of addiction and we can help!

Ascend Recovery is a cutting edge residential drug and alcohol treatment center that synthesizes the best medical expertise offered by several different modalities. Ascend Recovery is a dual diagnosis center. specializing in treating the disease of drug and alcohol addiction, as well as any underlying mental health issues. Ascend employs therapeutic techniques that utilize group and individual therapy, experiential therapies, western physical assessment, and medical intervention. In addition, Ascend Recovery uses holistic healing techniques, such as a specialized nutrition program and a core family program that helps families understand the disease of drug addiction.

Ascend Recovery's staff is both caring and extremely experienced. The center's staff has well over 60 years combined experience in the field. Ascend Recovery's is an intimate residential treatment center with 16 beds. Because of our small size, clinicians are able to develop individual treatment plans that benefit each client according to their needs.

Additionally, Ascend Recovery strives to make the gift of recovery affordable by establishing a groundbreaking program that costs 30% less than industry standards.

Dr. Beth Howell, MD

Licensure and Certification

  • Licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina, Georgia, and Utah
  • Board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1985 (lifetime certification)
  • Certificate of Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry, 1993 with Recertification 2003-2013
  • Certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, 1986 with Recertification, 1996, 1998, 2008
  • Certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine, 2009 (lifetime certification)

Fellowships

  • Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 1996
  • Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2003
  • Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine, 1998

Education

  • 1974 – B.S. (Zoology) University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  • 1976 – M.S. (Zoology) University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  • 1980 – M.D. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1980-1984 – Internship in Pediatrics and Residency in Psychiatry, M.D. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1984-1985 – Research Fellowship in Psychiatry, M.D. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Previous Positions

  • 1993-2005 – Private Practice of General Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine and Psychiatry, Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2000-2005 – Medical Director, Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences, Inc., Doraville, Georgia
  • 1993-2005- Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1997-1999 – Single State Agency Director for Substance Abuse and Substance Abuse Program Chief, Program and Policy Development Section, Division of MHMRSA, Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR), Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1993-1996 – Medical Director, Atlanta West Intake and Treatment Center, Atlanta, Georgia 1987-1993: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Director, Addictive Disorders Unit, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1985-1987 – Instructor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1984-1985 – Chief Resident and Research Fellow in Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1983-1987 – Medical Staff member and Assistant Medical Director, Fenwick Hall Hospital, Johns Island, South Carolina

Ascend Recovery's Featured Services

  • Aftercare Program

    Aftercare Program

    Though Ascend has gone to great lengths to provide unparalleled residential treatment to clients suffering from addiction issues, Ascend believes that the true mark of world-class care is the Ascend aftercare program which occurs after the residential portion of treatment. Following the completion of the residential stay recommended by the ...

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  • Individual Therapy

    Individual Therapy

    At Ascend we believe that a certain portion of a client's issues related to addiction are individual to them. Ascend believes that this portion must be addressed through individualized treatment plans. We have set up much of the treatment at Ascend to support this philosophy. At Ascend clients have a ...

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  • Group Therapy

    Group Therapy

    Group Therapy is psychotherapy that involves sessions guided by a therapist, attended by several clients where the interaction among clients is considered to be an integral part of the therapeutic rehabilitation process. Group Therapy is very important to the process of ultimate recovery from substance abuse. Research indicates that group therapy ...

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  • Family Program

    Family Program

    The Ascend Recovery family program is truly one of the unique features at Ascend. At Ascend we follow research that validates that family involvement is key to successful recovery. For this reason we try to involve the family in the treatment process as much as possible. We have a family ...

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  • Dual Diagnosis

    Dual Diagnosis

    Addiction is a disease of the brain. It is also a treatable disease where an individual suffering from this illness can regain a productive and peaceful life. Drug addiction treatment at addiction treatment centers is a proven method for helping an addict to gain drug recovery. Drug Rehab and Dual Diagnosis ...

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  • Alcohol Treatment

    Alcohol Treatment

    Alcohol treatment is a necessary step in overcoming an addiction to alcohol. At Ascend Recovery, we focus on affordable alcohol treatment in Utah such that the patient will live without his or her addiction. The first hurdle in alcohol treatment is withdrawal. This barrier is the first symptom that alcoholics must ...

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  • Drug Treatment

    Drug Treatment

    Many different approaches to drug treatment are available today. A few examples that you may be familiar with include residential in-patient treatment, out-patient treatment, support groups, counseling, or even a hybrid of several different approaches. What approach or combination of approaches is chosen for an individual depends on what will ...

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