Recovery is personal. It is also communal.
Four structured groups a day. Clinician-led. Confidential. Designed so the work of recovery happens both privately with your therapist and openly alongside others who understand.
LegitScriptCertified
Not a sharing circle. A clinical modality.
Group therapy is the backbone of residential addiction treatment. It is evidence-based, reimbursable by every major insurance carrier, and — for many patients — the first place where they have ever heard their own experience described by someone else.
Decades of clinical trials confirm that group therapy produces outcomes comparable to individual therapy for substance use disorder (Weiss et al., 2004), with the additional benefit of peer connection. The SAMHSA TIP-41 guidelines are the national standard for group therapy in SUD settings, and Pines operates within that framework.
Different groups do different work.
Each format is a distinct clinical tool with its own goals, its own ground rules, and its own research base.
Process Group
Interpersonal, here-and-now focus. Patients bring what they are experiencing in real time and work through it with peer reflection and clinician facilitation. Builds the relational muscles recovery requires.
Psycho-Educational
Content-led. The neurobiology of addiction, the pharmacology of your substance, the mechanics of withdrawal, the science of craving, the role of MAT. Evidence-based information reduces shame and enables informed choice.
Skills Group
DBT skills, CBT exercises, craving management, refusal skills, mindfulness practice. Skills are taught, modeled, rehearsed in role-play, and assigned as homework.
Four groups daily, from the homepage schedule.
Every residential day at Pines includes four structured group blocks — a mix of process, psycho-education, and skills, clinician-led, rotating through the core curriculum. Detox patients join groups as medically able.
Groups are facilitated by licensed clinicians including Travis Gray (LMHC, CAP, LPC), Lewis Wright III (Recovery Coach and Group Facilitator), and Cristina Cavallo (Lead Therapist). Recovery coach Lewis Wright provides peer lived-experience grounding that complements clinical facilitation.
See a residential dayThe ground rules that make it safe.
Every patient signs before joining group. What is shared in group stays in group, with standard clinical and legal exceptions.
Every group has a licensed clinician facilitator. Groups are never unsupervised or peer-only without clinical oversight.
You are never required to speak. Listening is legitimate participation. Presence is the contribution.
Groups cap at clinically appropriate size so every voice has space. Not town halls.
During process groups, one person shares at a time. Others listen, then respond with reflection, not advice.
All clinical documentation from group is HIPAA-protected. Your chart stays clinical.
Physician-led, accredited, and built for unhurried care.
The choice of where to receive group therapy matters. Patients and families weigh credentials, environment, and continuity of care alongside cost and coverage. Here is what consistently brings people to our 18,000 sq ft private clinical campus in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Medical Director Sergey Litvinov, MD — a board-certified psychiatrist — directs clinical care. Every patient is reviewed by an attending physician, not a counselor signing off on a protocol.
Independent accreditation by the nation’s most recognized healthcare standards body. Surveyed against rigorous safety and quality standards.
LegitScript certification is the standard required by Google, Microsoft, and Meta to advertise addiction treatment. It signals an audited, transparent operator.
Depression, anxiety, trauma, and ADHD frequently co-occur with substance use. Psychiatric assessment and care run in parallel with detox, not after.
Most commercial and military plans are accepted. Verification is free, confidential, and typically completed in under 60 seconds.
Private bedrooms, dedicated medical detox wing, therapy rooms sized for real clinical work, outdoor grounds. Not a strip-mall storefront.
Authoritative references and related resources.
Clinical authorities & sources. ASAM — Clinical Practice Guidelines · SAMHSA — National Helpline · CDC — Overdose Prevention
Related Pines resources. Medical detox · Residential inpatient · Dual diagnosis · Admissions process · Insurance carriers · For families
Group is covered. Verify in under a minute.
Group therapy within medically necessary detox and residential is covered by every major carrier under Mental Health Parity.
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Reviewed by Sergey Litvinov, MD — Medical Director, board-certified psychiatrist. Updated April 2026.
Citations: SAMHSA TIP-41 · Weiss 2004 (PubMed) · APA
