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A 60-second walkthrough of the Tinton Falls clinic, the space where the program actually runs.
The Archangel Centers treats co-occurring anxiety disorders and substance use disorder in adults, including generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, avoidance, muscle tension, sleep disturbance, and trauma-linked anxiety alongside alcohol, benzodiazepine, cannabis, opioid, or stimulant use. The program serves clients whose anxiety and substance use have become mutually reinforcing and who need integrated care rather than two sequential treatments. Anxiety and SUD are treated together, in the same plan, by the same team, from admission.
The Tinton Falls, New Jersey clinic is licensed by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). The Charlotte, North Carolina clinic operates under the appropriate North Carolina state behavioral health licensure for outpatient SUD and mental health services. Both clinics deliver dual-diagnosis programming on-site.
Clinical approach centers on cognitive behavioral therapy, with exposure work and cognitive restructuring used to challenge catastrophic thinking, behavioral experiments used to test feared predictions, and graded re-engagement used to reverse avoidance. DBT distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy are integrated across group and individual work, and EMDR is available in individual therapy for clients with trauma-linked anxiety. The on-site medical provider manages psychiatric medications for anxiety alongside SUD-focused medication when clinically indicated.
Program tracks are tiered to symptom severity. In Tinton Falls, Partial Care runs Monday through Saturday across six days. In Charlotte, the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) runs Monday through Friday across five days. Intensive Outpatient (IOP) is available at both clinics at three or five days per week of three-hour sessions, and Outpatient (OP) is available for continuing care. New Jersey residents may participate in virtual treatment; virtual is not currently offered to North Carolina residents.
Anxiety frequently drives substance use. SAMHSA's 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported an estimated 21.5 million U.S. adults with co-occurring mental illness and SUD in the prior year, and anxiety disorders remain among the most prevalent mental health conditions in U.S. adults according to NIMH. Alcohol, benzodiazepines, and cannabis are commonly used to self-manage anxiety symptoms; integrated treatment addresses both sides at once.
Admissions are available same-day or next-day in most cases. Tinton Falls serves Monmouth County and the Jersey Shore region; Charlotte serves Mecklenburg County and the Charlotte metropolitan area. To begin an assessment, call (888) 464-2144.
Benefits at a glance
Partial Care in Tinton Falls runs Monday through Saturday and is the highest level of outpatient care at the New Jersey clinic. The Charlotte PHP runs Monday through Friday and is the highest level of outpatient care at the North Carolina clinic. Both tracks fit adults whose anxiety and substance use are producing significant functional impairment, including panic attacks, severe avoidance, disrupted sleep, or co-occurring suicidal ideation without imminent risk requiring inpatient care. Length of stay is determined by clinical response.
Curriculum is anxiety-adapted: exposure work and cognitive restructuring of catastrophic thinking, behavioral experiments, graded re-engagement, DBT distress tolerance and emotion regulation, relaxation and grounding training, SUD relapse prevention, and trauma-informed group work. Individual therapy runs alongside group programming. The on-site medical provider evaluates and adjusts psychiatric medication when clinically indicated, with sleep, panic frequency, avoidance, and any suicidal ideation tracked across sessions. Safety planning is completed on day one and updated as risk changes.
IOP is available at both clinics, three or five days per week, three hours per session. IOP fits clients stepping down from Partial Care or PHP, or presenting with moderate anxiety and SUD symptoms that do not require day-long structure. Programming retains the anxiety-adapted curriculum, with continued exposure and cognitive work, DBT skills, relaxation training, and SUD relapse prevention. Individual therapy continues, and psychiatric medication management remains available.
OP is the continuing-care tier at both clinics, for clients who have completed PHP/Partial Care and IOP and are stable enough to maintain recovery with reduced clinical contact. OP includes ongoing individual therapy, periodic medical follow-up for psychiatric and SUD medications, and access to group programming as indicated. OP is where alumni community involvement begins.
Virtual treatment is offered to New Jersey residents through secure video and is not currently offered to North Carolina residents. It fits clients whose clinical presentation supports remote care and whose home environment supports recovery. Safety planning and crisis access are reviewed before virtual admission, and the team retains the option to step a client up to in-person care if symptom severity changes.
Anxiety maintains itself through avoidance and catastrophic thinking. Programming uses exposure and response prevention to reduce avoidance on a graded plan, cognitive restructuring to challenge catastrophic predictions, and behavioral experiments to test feared outcomes against actual outcomes. Both interventions run in group and individual work.
The GAD-7 is administered at intake and re-administered across programming to track anxiety symptom trajectory. The PHQ-9 is included in the intake battery to screen for co-occurring depressive symptoms. Movement in GAD-7 scores helps the team adjust group intensity, individual therapy focus, exposure planning, and timing of medical provider appointments.
Severe anxiety can co-occur with thoughts of suicide. Safety planning is completed on day one and revisited as risk changes. The plan addresses warning signs, coping strategies, social supports, professional contacts, and crisis-line numbers including 988 and the Crisis Text Line. Safety planning is a clinical process, not a guarantee.
The on-site medical provider evaluates clients for psychiatric medication when clinically indicated. Classes that may be discussed include SSRIs and SNRIs, typical first-line options for chronic anxiety. Benzodiazepine prescribing requires special care in a SUD population because of misuse risk, and the on-site medical provider makes these decisions collaboratively with each client. Medication decisions are individualized.
Anxiety and SUD are treated together in the same plan rather than sequentially. The same primary therapist, medical provider, and group programming address both conditions. This avoids the common failure mode where a client is told to "get sober first, then treat the anxiety," which often produces neither.
The MAT formulary includes Suboxone (primary), Vivitrol, and Sublocade. Methadone is not in our formulary; clients best served by methadone are referred to a federally licensed opioid treatment program.
Programming includes relaxation training, breathwork, and grounding skills, with quiet zones and sensory-grounding spaces available to support nervous system regulation when symptoms spike. The Tinton Falls wellness room supports this work as supplemental, non-billable programming.
Trauma frequently underlies both anxiety and SUD. Programming is trauma-informed, and EMDR is available in individual therapy for clients with trauma-linked anxiety whose presentation supports it. Trauma work is integrated into individual therapy alongside the dual-diagnosis plan, rather than delivered as a separate clinical track.
Group rooms, private therapy offices, the medical office, family programming rooms, and the wellness space, designed for clinical depth and nervous-system regulation.
The admission day includes a clinical assessment with the primary therapist, an intake with the on-site medical provider, and the first safety planning conversation, all completed before the client leaves. The intake battery includes GAD-7, PHQ-9, ASAM, LOCUS, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, biopsychosocial, nutrition, and pain screens. Anxiety history and SUD history (including any prior MAT exposure) are reviewed, and a working treatment plan is built collaboratively. If the client is in active withdrawal or in acute psychiatric crisis that exceeds outpatient scope, the team coordinates with partner hospitals before programming begins.
Across the first weeks, clients engage with CBT exposure work, cognitive restructuring, DBT skills, relaxation and grounding training, relapse prevention, and trauma-informed group work. Individual therapy targets the specific avoidance behaviors and thought patterns that maintain anxiety and substance use for that client. The medical provider monitors sleep, panic frequency, avoidance, and any suicidal ideation and adjusts the medication plan as symptoms evolve. Family sessions begin when clinically appropriate.
As clients move toward step-down, the work shifts to applying skills outside group. Exposure plans are taken home and reported back. GAD-7 scores, panic frequency, avoidance patterns, sleep, and social and work functioning are reviewed. Relapse prevention plans address both anxiety recurrence and substance use recurrence. Pre-discharge coordination connects the client to OP, alumni community, and outside providers where indicated.
Clinical programming is led by Jamie Salsberg, Clinical Director, who oversees the dual-diagnosis curriculum across both clinics. The on-site medical provider manages psychiatric medication for anxiety and SUD-focused medication for clients in the program. Family programming is available under a signed release.
The Archangel Centers operates two physical clinics that deliver dual-diagnosis programming for anxiety and SUD. State licensure is held at each clinic. Partial Care (NJ) or PHP (NC), IOP, and OP are offered at both clinics. Virtual treatment is available to New Jersey residents only. Tinton Falls serves Monmouth County and the broader Jersey Shore region. Charlotte serves Mecklenburg County and the Charlotte metropolitan area.
Each clinic runs an integrated dual-diagnosis track for co-occurring anxiety and substance use: see dual diagnosis treatment in Tinton Falls and dual diagnosis treatment in Charlotte.
Treatment integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, and trauma-informed care with EMDR available in individual therapy. The medical provider manages MAT (Suboxone, Vivitrol, Sublocade) and psychiatric medications when indicated.
Intake uses the full evidence-based battery: ASAM Criteria, LOCUS for mental health acuity, PHQ-9, GAD-7, the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, plus biopsychosocial, nutrition, and pain screens. The assessment drives the treatment plan from day one.
See Our ModalitiesBoth clinics include group rooms used for exposure, cognitive work, DBT, and SUD relapse prevention groups; private individual therapy offices; a medical office for psychiatric and SUD medication appointments; and family programming rooms.
The Tinton Falls clinic also includes a wellness room with anti-gravity chairs and yoga, somatic, and breathwork programming, which supports nervous system regulation alongside clinical care. Wellness programming is supplemental and is not billable. The Charlotte clinic has a simpler facility footprint focused on clinical space and does not include a wellness room.
The dual-diagnosis program covers anxiety alongside SUD, and also covers depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. Related pages include depression-addiction, ptsd-addiction, bipolar-addiction, and adhd-addiction, alongside the substance leaves under /addiction/ covering alcohol, opioid, benzodiazepine, stimulant, and polysubstance use.
Tinton Falls is licensed by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). Charlotte operates under the appropriate North Carolina state behavioral health licensure for outpatient SUD and mental health services. The Archangel Centers does not claim CARF accreditation, Joint Commission accreditation, or any award not held by the organization.
Recovery from anxiety and substance use disorder starts with one decision: to be assessed by a clinical team that treats both conditions in the same plan. The Archangel Centers admissions team conducts that assessment, recommends the appropriate level of care, and admits same-day or next-day in most cases. Call (888) 464-2144.
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Crisis resources: 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, call or text) | Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741) | SAMHSA National Helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
“I came back from rock bottom. I'm here because I want to show others they can too. This isn't just a business. It's my mission.”- Mike Sorrentino, Founder
Mike and Lauren Sorrentino did not set out to build a generic treatment center. They wanted a recovery-grounded program that mixes lived experience, licensed clinical expertise, and family programming that actually moves the needle for the people who love someone in active addiction.
The clinic that resulted is small enough that each client knows their primary therapist by name, but resourced enough to deliver the full ASAM continuum from Partial Care through outpatient continuing care, with MAT and EMDR available when clinically indicated.
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