Always striving for excellence and innovation, Freedom Institute is pleased to introduce our new Phased Approach to Recovery and officially launch our new website.

The average tenure of Freedom Institute's clinical staff is over 8 years of service.  Additionally, we believe it is important to cultivate new clinical talent and bring on people who are passionate about our work. 

To accommodate the increasing demand for outpatient group programming for individuals with less than 90 days of sobriety, Freedom Institute is now offering a second Early Recovery Group (ERG)…

New year, new you, right? Maybe not. Quit drinking, go to the gym more, lose weight, binge-watch less, these are just a few of the common and often unrealistic New Year’s resolutions many of us make, and break.

In early March, I attended Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Concert at the Barclay Center. I love Elton John and I love his music. His songs are the sound track of my life. Your Song is the song I sang to my babies every night as I rocked them to sleep. I had the good

So many of us have been touched in some way by the disease of addiction and know that it is a disease of isolation. Overcoming it is no small feat.  Freedom Institute is more than just a treatment program; it’s a place where people learn how to reclaim their lives and connect with others.

From the day that Freedom Institute was founded in 1976 by Mona Mansell, we have led the way in the highest quality and most effective clinical programming for substance use disorders for individuals and families, in staff development, prevention science, continuing education, integrity, and ethics.

Freedom Institute, the longest-standing independent, non-profit, outpatient addiction treatment and recovery center in New York City, is excited to announce the launch of its new Afternoon Intensive Outpatient Program, which will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

Asking for help is no easy task, so when you do, it’s good to know that there is someone who will take you seriously, is professional, thorough, has integrity, and leads with kindness. Freedom Institute‘s Admissions Manager, Caroline Hill, LMHC, is that person on the other end of the call.

Freedom Institute, Academics West, and Therapy West Present on the Relationship Between Executive Functioning Issues and Substance Abuse Thursday, November 14th, 2019 5:30 – 7:30 PM 2 Continuing Education Units Provided by Academics West for LMSW & LCSW at Academics West 37 West 65th Street, 5th floor Refreshments will be served. About this Event Executive functioning refers to the self-regulation

At Freedom Institute, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT-S) and Relational Family Therapy are the foundation of our clinical programming for substance use disorders.  We are proud to be the first in New York City to offer this combination of powerful treatment modalities, and have been doing so for nearly eight years.

A Q & A WITH PLAYWRIGHT, SEAN DANIELS, ON HIS LATEST PLAY, THE WHITE CHIP What it feels like to be controlled by addiction Sean Daniels, playwright, eight years sober today Really? A comedy about drying out? Can we actually have a sense of humor about addiction and recovery?  Sean Daniels thinks so.

Photo by Milan Popovic At Freedom Institute, we often hear clients in treatment confess to feeling discouraged by a lack of support from their family or friends for their recovery efforts.

At Freedom Institute, we do not take a stance on legal or political issues. We have our professional views and opinions about the physical, mental and emotional effects of substance abuse and our mission is to help individuals and families suffering from substance use disorders.

Mark  Sturgeon joined Freedom Institute in 2013, bringing to the team more than 20 years of experience working with individuals and families struggling with the disease of substance abuse and addiction.  Trained in Psychoanalysis, DBT and the field of attachment theory, he understands that chemical dependency is a disease of isolation and that recovery happens

Beginning Tuesday, September 18th, and every Tuesday at 6:30 thereafter, Freedom Institute will host a weekly Alcoholics Anonymous Open Beginners Meeting called ‘Renewed Freedom’.  The meeting is designated as an open meeting, which anyone is welcome to attend.