WisHope Recovery

Recreation Therapy in Waukesha and Milwaukee, Wisconsin

WisHope Recovery Center’s premier Recreation Therapy Program is based in Waukesha and Milwaukee and serves all of Wisconsin’s recovery community members. This program utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to enhance the psychological and physical health of individuals struggling with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. 

WRC recognizes how vital the mind, body, and spirit are in their connection to the whole person. This is why we take a holistic approach to treating our Wisconsin community members who are struggling with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety. Our entire approach is centered around treating the whole person. 

Since opening our doors, WisHope Recovery’s Recreation Therapy Treatment Program has helped thousands of individuals in Wisconsin to heal and live a more satisfactory and independent life.  We offer a deeply comprehensive and individually tailored program that addresses the needs of each client.  Our Wisconsin Recreation Therapy program meets each person where they are at while tending to their physical and psychological needs and thus allowing them to engage more physically, emotionally, and mentally in their personal and professional lives.

Recreation Therapy in Waukesha and Milwaukee, Wisconsin

WisHope Recovery Center’s premier Recreation Therapy Program is based in Waukesha and Milwaukee and serves all of Wisconsin’s recovery community members. This program utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to enhance the psychological and physical health of individuals struggling with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. 

WRC recognizes how vital the mind, body, and spirit are in their connection to the whole person. This is why we take a holistic approach to treating our Wisconsin community members who are struggling with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety. Our entire approach is centered around treating the whole person. 

Since opening our doors, WisHope Recovery’s Recreation Therapy Treatment Program has helped thousands of individuals in Wisconsin to heal and live a more satisfactory and independent life.  We offer a deeply comprehensive and individually tailored program that addresses the needs of each client.  Our Wisconsin Recreation Therapy program meets each person where they are at while tending to their physical and psychological needs and thus allowing them to engage more physically, emotionally, and mentally in their personal and professional lives.

What is Recreation Therapy and Why is it Beneficial for Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders?

Recreation Therapy is a therapeutic treatment method that aims to restore, remediate and rehabilitate an individual’s level of functioning, satisfaction, and independence through activity-based interventions. At WRC, these activities are specifically designed to promote health and wellness for individuals struggling with addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. 

Each activity-based intervention is tailored to a person’s specific needs, circumstances, and lifestyle in order to enhance their quality of life. Our Recreational Therapy Program aims to enhance the whole person, so their physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and leisure development. Recreational therapy has proven to positive effect an individual’s physical and mental health, recovery, relationships, anxiety, and overall independence.

Types of Recreation Therapy Activities for Addiction and Mental Health

At WRC, we offer the following intervention-based recreational activities:

Our Recreation Therapy Treatment Program - What You Can Expect

Our Recreation Therapy Treatment Program is specifically targeted to each patient and aims to help individuals enhance their quality of life by reducing the isolation that patients experience and helping them to participate in leisure activities. 

Specifically, this program is designed to:

  • Reduce depression, stress, and anxiety while building confidence and socialization skills
  • Embraces a whole health approach, which supports all functioning, including physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and leisure so participants can live full and satisfactory lives
  • Incorporate a person’s interests, loved ones, and communities into the therapeutic process
  • Enhance independence and successful involvement in all aspects of life
  • Support skill development in both treatment,  home, and community environments
  • Reduce the desire to misuse substance while healing co-occurring mental health 
  • Enhance independent functioning within physical, social, cognitive, and emotional domains
  • Train individuals to identify and utilize community resources that enable independent functioning
  • Develop life skills that can transform a person’s quality of life

Our Comprehensive and Evidence-Based Treatment Modalities

Our Recreation Therapy Treatment Program includes access to a variety of other 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:

Insurance for Recreation Therapy 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.

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Whether you are a person struggling with addiction and/or co-occurring mental health disorders 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. We look forward to supporting you!

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