Siesta Addictions Specialists

About Siesta Addictions Specialists

Sarasota Addiction Specialists (SAS) is an outpatient addiction treatment practice in Sarasota, Florida, built around an intensive outpatient program (IOP) along with individual counseling and psychotherapy for adults and adolescents. Their approach leans on the strength of group and community, helping people do the emotional and cognitive work of recovery while they keep up with jobs, school, and family. The IOP can serve as a first try at treatment or as a step down after residential care. When someone needs detox or inpatient treatment first, the team refers them to partner facilities. Several staff members bring long personal recovery experience to the work, and the program reports Joint Commission accreditation and Florida DCF licensing.

The IOP runs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with an afternoon group from 1:30 to 4:30 PM and an evening group from 5:30 to 8:30 PM, for nine clinical hours a week. Plans are personalized and last anywhere from twelve weeks to six months. A typical session opens with a goal check-in and guided meditation, moves into education on addiction, relapse prevention, and emotional recovery, and closes with peers setting goals they’ll answer for at the next group. Beyond the IOP, SAS offers CBT-informed individual, family, and couples therapy in person, by phone, or by video, along with intervention services, mandatory DUI treatment, and support for co-occurring issues such as trauma, depression, anxiety, and grief.