River Oaks Treatment Center

Individual Therapy

Depending on your level of care, you will participate in individual therapy for 50 minutes once per week or more depending on clinical necessity. A variety of different treatment modalities are used but not limited to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing (MI), psychoeducation, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)

MAT combines pharmacotherapy with counseling and behavioral therapeutic approaches to treat substance use disorders such as alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder. At River Oaks, we are authorized to administer naltrexone and Vivitrol (extended-release naltrexone), and can coordinate with pharmacists if medication is needed during aftercare.

Group Therapy

Group Therapy is offered 7 times per week and includes:

• Cognitive behavioral process groups.
• Therapeutic curriculum-based groups.
• Expressive and experiential therapy groups.
• Wellness education facilitated by nurses.
• Psychoeducational groups.

Alternative Psycho-Educational, Supportive, & Expressive Therapies

Additional therapeutic interventions are offered to complement your overall care and wellbeing. A few of our noteworthy offerings, including:

• Yoga.
• Massage therapy.
• Art therapy.
• Music therapy.
• Biosound chair.

At River Oaks, our treatment team of professionals consists of physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and LPNs, licensed and license-eligible therapists, case managers, behavioral health technicians, and an operations team.

Jeff Turiczek, CEO

For three decades, Jeff Turiczek has dedicated his career to the behavioral healthcare industry working his way up from a mental health technician to key leadership roles in several hospitals and treatment facilities. Prior to joining the American Addiction Centers (AAC) family in 2015, Turiczek served on the Executive Board of the Florida Juvenile Justice Association helping shape behavioral healthcare laws in the state for juveniles in the criminal system. He also assisted in crafting critical administrative rules aimed at protecting children with behavioral healthcare issues.

Struggling with the same addiction issues that plagued his family as a young person, Turiczek realized his passion for behavioral healthcare early on in his life and, as a result, pursued a career in addiction treatment. Since then, he’s worked to break the stigma of addiction in his professional endeavors through sharing his personal experience and educating others about the disease of addiction.

Today, Turiczek serves as the Chief Executive Officer of River Oaks Treatment Center located near Tampa, Florida, where he oversees the facility’s operations and staff ensuring each patient is provided compassionate, high-quality care. When he’s not working to transform lives, Turiczek enjoys spending quality time with his family, which includes a daughter in college and a son in high school.

Dr. Michael Murphy, Medical Director

With over 20 years of clinical experience in psychiatry, Dr. Michael Murphy is a valuable asset to the West Florida community and American Addiction Centers’ (AAC) family. Prior to joining AAC in 2018, Dr. Murphy served as the National Medical Director at Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Behavioral Health Services and, over the course of 12 years, held several leadership positions for a number of psychiatric hospitals and medical centers in Tennessee.

Dr. Murphy is a renowned expert in the diagnosis and treatment of major mental illness and substance abuse disorders with extensive experience leading initiatives in patient safety, violence prevention, integrated care and medical comorbidity. Additionally, Dr. Murphy authored Blueprints in Psychiatry, a textbook for medical students with the 6th edition scheduled to be published in 2018. Dr. Murphy also served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s Consolidated Department of Psychiatry and as the medical director of the Appleton long-term treatment program at Mclean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, for 8 years.

Dr. Murphy’s strong interest in trauma, mood disorders and substance-use disorders is exemplified through his clinical care using a combination of sound psychiatric reasoning and a positive relational spirit. Today, Dr. Murphy oversees the clinical team at River Oaks and ensures each patient is provided compassionate, high-quality care that will help set them on the path to long-term recovery.

Programming

The family program at River Oaks is an educational didactic program on substance abuse, brain interactions with substance abuse and psychosocial disorders with substance abuse. Patients can still attend if their families are unavailable.

The family program is 2 full days twice monthly—held the second and fourth Friday and Saturday. Patients will be able to meet with their families and have lunch during either afternoon session. Following is a family outing, for those patients who qualify. Children are permitted based on age and appropriateness.

Visiting Your Loved One

During your loved one’s treatment, we can work with you to plan a visit. Your loved one’s treatment team will provide you with all of the information you need to schedule your visit.