WisHope Recovery

Adult Extended Care Addiction Treatment in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Our Extended Care Program in Waukesha and Milwaukee offers evidence-based addiction treatment across Wisconsin. Aligned with SAMHSA’s national standards, we provide expert clinical care, education, and research-driven recovery services to help you or your loved one achieve lasting healing from drug and alcohol addiction.

WisHope Recovery’s Extended Care Program offers a comprehensive, whole-person approach to substance use treatment. We help individuals in Wisconsin not only overcome addiction and co-occurring mental health challenges, but also rebuild their lives through support in employment, housing, healthcare, and relationships. By program completion, clients are sober, stable, and confidently living independently.

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Adult Extended Care Addiction Treatment in Waukesha and Milwaukee, Wisconsin

WisHope Recovery Center’s premier Extended Care Treatment Program is based in Waukesha and Milwaukee and serves all of Wisconsin’s recovery community. Our program is fully aligned with SAMHSA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National Registry of Evidence-based Treatment Programs and Practices. WRC is committed to providing clinical care, education, and research in the field of addiction treatment and recovery so that you or your loved one can receive the most effective drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in Wisconsin. 

Since opening our doors, WisHope Recovery’s Extended Care Substance Use Treatment Program has helped thousands of individuals in Wisconsin to heal and maintain long-term recovery. We tackle alcohol and drug addiction from the ground up — combining innovative and holistic services to address substance use disorders, co-occurring mental health disorders, negative beliefs and behaviors, poor job skills, housing, physical health, rebuilding healthy relationships, and more.  By the time people successfully complete our program, they are not just living a life of sobriety, but they are employed, housed, have access to medical care, and independently living a healthy life.

Is Extended Care Program Right For You? ​

If you’ve been through rehab before but still struggled to stay sober, an extended care program gives you more time to reinforce your recovery skills with professional support.

Key Benefits of Our Extended Care Program:

  • Offers 3–6 months of extended support before transitioning home or to sober living

  • Strengthens relapse prevention through deeper addiction education

  • Adds an extra layer of protection to maintain long-term recovery

  • Includes ongoing support through outpatient care, community groups, and alumni programs

  • Builds emotional resilience, healthy thinking, and strong coping skills

  • Focuses on root causes of addiction while developing life skills and peer support

  • Encourages personal growth through recreational activities and real-life readiness

Our Treatment Modalities

Our Residential Treatment program includes  holistic and therapeutic treatment modalities, which are provided by our well-rounded staff and aim to create a semantic and sensory experience in order to heal the whole person. Our Treatment Modalities include:

Rebuilding Lives Through Whole-Person Recovery for Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

It is very common for adults struggling with substance use to have mental health needs. Our treatment team includes licensed mental health therapists who are specially trained to work with mental health issues like depression, anxiety, mood disorders, antisocial personality disorder, trauma, and more.

WisHope’s adult extended care treatment program in Wisconsin supports people to enhance their communication skills, emotion regulation, and address the negative stigma associated with drug use. Many people feel guilt and shame and have harmed people they love. WRC helps individuals heal and rebuild their healthy support systems, so they can be successful in recovery long-term. We do this by helping our clients to develop and/or enhance:

Speciality Skills

It is essential that people in treatment get all the tools they need to tackle the reasons behind their substance misuse. Living a healthy life is important for staying sober. It is also necessary to develop skills to handle the stresses of everyday life.

Life Skills

Adults support a healthy routine in our residential program. This includes cooking, doing laundry, and maintaining a clean space.

Leadership Skills

Our treatment model provides peer leadership, building self-worth, purpose, and motivation through community.

Recreation

Many people participate in our recreation and cultural events sober for the first time in years. We want to show you can have fun in recovery.

Accountability

Adults learn what it means to be accountable for their actions and how they impact others. This is a very important skill for people working to repair their lives and rebuild their relationships.

Healthy Relationships

Adults rebuild healthy relationships and leave behind those that fueled drug use.

Vocational Skills

Our residential program helps individuals with limited job experience gain skills, employment, housing, and medical care by the time treatment is complete.

Insurance for Extended Care Treatment in Wisconsin

WisHope Recovery Center is covered by most insurances, including United Health Care, UMR, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Anthem, Aetna, Quartz, Forest County Potawatomi, WEA Trust, Cigna, Humana, Exceedent, WPS, and Sanford.

You probably have a ton more questions.

Whether you are a person struggling with addiction or a family member, friend, professional, or ally, we are here for you! Helping our Wisconsin recovery community members to find the support they need to live a healthy and full life is what we’re most passionate about.

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