Volunteer Behavioral Health

About Volunteer Behavioral Health

Volunteer Behavioral Health is a nonprofit, CARF-accredited community behavioral health organization serving more than 50 counties across middle, southeast, and Upper Cumberland Tennessee, including Jasper, where they run The Cottage peer support center. For over 60 years, they have cared for adults, children, and families living with mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring conditions. Their No Wrong Door/Same Day Access model aims to connect people with services within 24 hours of calling intake. Addiction care includes outpatient counseling, medication management, medication-assisted treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and peer support, along with 24/7 medically monitored detox at their Cookeville and Murfreesboro campuses and residential treatment planned for Cookeville.

Outpatient treatment starts with an assessment and an individualized plan, and individual, family, and group counseling are offered at every location and by phone, with families encouraged to take part. The intensive outpatient program meets in groups for at least three hours a day, three days a week, and includes ongoing aftercare support. Mothers can join the Women’s CHOICES Program in Chattanooga or Cookeville, which combines intensive outpatient group therapy, certified peer support, parenting classes, drug testing, care management, and transportation to appointments. They also run court- and probation-referred programs for people involved with the justice system or facing multiple DUIs, plus FindingMyRecovery, an online community with recovery-coach-led chats and meetings.