Admissions

Contact & Assessment

Initial contact with Burning Tree is through Director of Admissions, Bethany Lutz, Admissions Specialist Beth Stainton, or Business Development expert Dirk Lemasters, or Director of Multimedia Marketing Michael Smith by calling the admissions line at 866-287-2877. Referrals to Burning Tree are accepted by telephone seven days per week, and admissions lines are answered between the hours of 8:00 AM and 10:00 PM (Central Time Zone), seven days per week. They determine initial appropriateness for Burning Tree treatment and assist prospective clients and their families with making arrangements for admission. Heidi Smith, LPC and David Houke, LMSW, LCDC make up Burning Tree’s clinical leadership team. They will conduct a thorough assessment with the potential client to assure that we can meet his or her needs for treatment.

Financial/Length of Stay

Sonya Kimbrell, Chief Financial Officer, will oversee the financial process once the individual and family are prepared to commit to treatment at Burning Tree. Our monthly treatment fee varies during the full continuum of care delivered. There are also some ancillary charges for services necessary to the treatment process. If you have any questions regarding the cost of treatment please call us and we’ll happy to answer them. Please don’t let cost be a barrier to treatment. Burning Tree is committed to helping clients and families find the treatment needed, regardless of where that is, and can refer to other programs having different financial requirements. Simply call us at 866-287-2877, we’d like to help.

Length of stay is determined by the client’s progress in treatment and successful completion of our effective Relapse Prevention Milestone Criteria. Call 866-287-2877 to discuss further details of our treatment philosophy or our indeterminate length of stay. We are here to serve and happy to provide answers to your questions about this important life decision. You may also read more about our program and services.

Location Chosen

Treatment setting is chosen between our two facilities, Burning Tree Ranch, near Dallas, or Burning Tree Lodge, near Austin. The decision of which facility will be utilized is made by our admissions department after review of the client’s history, and is based on several important factors. Each facility offers identical programs. Our families sometimes ask us to place their loved one in the facility most convenient to them, however, this is usually not a factor in the determination of which would serve them best. An Admissions Specialist can explain more about this during the pre-admissions process. Note: It is imperative that clients and/or their families do not schedule travel to Burning Tree until the admission is officially approved and all pre-admissions details are finalized. This will occur a bit later in the process and the admissions specialist handling the case will advise when it’s appropriate to arrange transportation to Burning Tree. Our goal is to make the transition into treatment as smooth as possible, and everyone must work as a team to accomplish this goal, as this initial process sets the tone for treatment.

Detox Concerns

It is imperative that our admitting clients be medically stable (detoxed and drug free) prior to admission at Burning Tree. If detox is necessary, we coordinate this brief phase with one of our detox partners prior to admission to our treatment campus. Contact the admissions department for more information

Scheduling Admission

To facilitate ease of transition into the recovery community at Burning Tree, we schedule admissions between 10:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday. We will schedule an admission on Saturday or Sunday between 10:00am and 4:00pm for an additional fee. Please call us at 866-287-2877 and an Admissions Specialist will discuss your options. You may also contact our admissions director by filling out the contact form. Once the admission is scheduled, the team will assign the incoming client to a counselor they feel is the best match for that client, and coordination for transportation to treatment will occur. After travel to Texas and transportation to the facility is complete, the new client will go through an intake process with intake staff. The new client completes the paperwork and personal belongings inventory and is introduced to his or her counselor and peer buddy.

Documentation

If you are considering seeking treatment at Burning Tree, please download the following documents. All of the following documents are Adobe Acrobat PDF files. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, please click here to download a FREE copy.

Unfortunately, we do not accept insurance or assist you with reimbursement.

Forms

► General Information
► Financial Responsibility Disclosure
► Client Rules / Orientation
► Client Schedule
► Intake Inventory
► Visitation Agreement
► Discharge Criteria
► Family Orientation Manual

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