The Techiya Program at Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches

Rabbi Nahum Simon, Ph.D., C.A.P., Director

The Techiya Program at Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches is a residential substance abuse treatment program designed to meet the specific needs of members of the Jewish community and is located in beautiful Palm Beach County, Florida.

The Program Director, Rabbi Nahum Simon is the founder and co-executive director of Rodfei Shalom Fellowship, an organization that brings Judaism and recovery together through programming and education. He has rallied for the inclusion of spiritual assessments and spiritual tasks in treatment plans for all addicts in treatment and has presented workshops on this topic for the Florida Alcohol & Drug Abuse Association and the Florida State NAADAC conferences.

Techiya, the Hebrew word for resurrection or rebirth, is symbolic of the addiction recovery process for those suffering from alcohol or drug addiction or abuse. In Jewish tradition, certain chronic physical and societal situations are considered forms of death. Those who have lived a life of addiction and have found sustained recovery often consider themselves resurrected from death. The Techiya Program extends the hope of recovery to all Jews suffering from the devastating disease of alcoholism and substance abuse addiction or abuse.

The Techiya Program at Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches is designed to meet the specific needs of members of the Jewish Community who elect to be included in a special program specifically designed for Jewish alcohol rehab or Jewish drug rehab.

The program offers clients the opportunity to consult with a rabbi who will serve as the client’s spiritual counselor as well as meet with other rabbis from the community of all denominations, take classes on Jewish spirituality, and partake in special Shabbat and Holiday observances.

A second aspect of the Techiya Program is designed to meet the special requirements of those individuals who are religiously observant. Provisions in this phase of the program include Glatt Kosher food, the observance of Shabbat and Yom Tov, and the development of a spiritually based recovery program firmly committed to the Torah and mitzvot. During the initial phase of the program, the client will be housed at the intake center and will be provided with Glatt Kosher meals.

Upon moving into the treatment phase of the program, the client will be housed in apartments that have been designated to be Kosher and Shabbat ready. A religious/spiritual counselor will be assigned to each participant in the program, and will work with the client so that the highest standards of need may be addressed.

The Techiya Program for Jewish Alcohol Rehab & Jewish Drug Rehab

Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches' specialized long-term program for Jewish alcohol & drug addiction provides individualized treatment in a time frame that works best for you.

Program participants are enrolled into appropriate focus specific programs based on their own individual needs such as:

• Spirituality Forums
• Individual Counseling Sessions
• Group Therapy
• Gender Specific Groups
• Grief and Loss Groups
• Relapse Prevention Groups
• Relationship Counseling
• Young Adult Program
• Anger Management
• Stress/Anxiety Relief
• Chronic Pain
• Depression Recovery
• Trauma Recovery/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

The Techiya Program is designed to address all of the spiritual, health, and mental health issues that are part of any successful recovery treatment from alcohol and/or drug addiction or abuse.

In addition, Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches can also address any co-occurring chronic pain and mental health issues, such as depressive disorders or Post-Traumatic Stress disorder, if needed by any of our patients.

Techiya Program Aftercare

We continue to care about our patients after they leave treatment by providing follow-up services. Minimally, patients are contacted by us quarterly after they complete treatment. More intensive follow-up services are available.

Local or relocating patients are encouraged to attend aftercare groups at Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches. Out-of-town patients are referred back to the referring agency, EAP or another professional resource. Behavioral Health provides extended therapeutic living in South Florida for patients who are vulnerable to relapse due to toxic living and social environments.

The Techiya Program at Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches has been designed to cater to the specific spiritual needs of any Jewish patient for Jewish alcohol rehab or Jewish drug rehab treatment.

Please call us TOLL-FREE anytime day or night, seven days a week at (888) 432-2467. We will help you establish abstinence from alcohol and drug dependency and return you to the life you once knew, so that you can be healthy spiritually, mentally and physically.