Nashville is a city electric with energy, creativity, and ambition. As a global hub for music and a rapidly growing center for healthcare and tech, “Music City” offers a dynamic and exciting environment. However, the relentless pace, intense competition, and high-pressure social scene can create a perfect storm for mental health challenges, often leading to burnout, anxiety, depression, and unhealthy coping mechanisms.
For Nashville residents seeking a valid path to healing, stepping away from the city’s constant stimulation into a place of dedicated tranquility can be one of the most powerful decisions you make. Summit at Harmony Oaks, situated in the serene landscape of East Tennessee, provides a premier residential sanctuary where you can disconnect from the noise and focus entirely on your recovery.
Our comprehensive, trauma-informed program offers the expert care and immersive environment necessary to establish a foundation for lasting wellness.
The Mental Health Landscape in Nashville: A City of Highs and Lows
Beneath the vibrant surface of Music City lies a community facing significant challenges to its behavioral health. The very culture that makes Nashville a magnet for dreamers and high-achievers can also contribute to a high-stress environment where mental health struggles can easily take root and escalate, often in silence.
A Culture of High Pressure and Unmet Needs
Tennessee has nearly 937,000 adults living with a mental health condition, and Nashville is a major center of this need. The city’s “work hard, play hard” culture can normalize high-risk behaviors, particularly excessive alcohol use.
For creatives in the music industry facing constant rejection and pressure, or healthcare professionals dealing with intense stress, what starts as a way to unwind can become a method of self-medicating underlying conditions like anxiety or depression. This pressure to maintain a successful image often creates a significant barrier to seeking help.
The Shadow of the Opioid Crisis and Polysubstance Use
Like the rest of the state, Davidson County has been deeply affected by the opioid crisis, and the presence of fentanyl in the illicit drug supply creates a constant and lethal danger. This crisis is deeply intertwined with mental health, as many individuals with untreated trauma or severe mood disorders turn to substances for relief.
This often leads to a complex dual diagnosis that requires integrated, specialized care to effectively treat both the mental health condition and the substance use disorder simultaneously.
Why Nashville Residents Choose the Immersive Experience at Summit at Harmony Oaks
Traveling from Nashville to our residential facility in Newport is a strategic and intentional choice for your recovery. Our program offers a level of focus and a therapeutic environment that is simply not possible to achieve while still immersed in the demands of your daily life in a major city.
A Full Continuum of Care in One Location
Summit at Harmony Oaks is unique in that we offer a complete continuum of care on one campus. Your journey can begin with medically supervised detox for co-occurring substance use and transition seamlessly into our residential program. This provides unparalleled stability and consistency of care from a team that understands your journey from the start, eliminating the stress of navigating different facilities for various levels of care.
An Escape to a True Healing Environment
Our serene location in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains provides a complete separation from the triggers and stressors of city life. The natural beauty and tranquility of our facility are an integral part of the therapeutic process, allowing your nervous system to regulate and creating a space for deep healing to occur, away from the noise and demands of Nashville.
Expert Care for Complex Conditions
Our highly skilled, multidisciplinary team specializes in treating complex mental health conditions. We don’t offer a one-size-fits-all program. Instead, we create a personalized treatment plan for each resident, utilizing a powerful combination of evidence-based and holistic therapies to address the root causes of your struggles and empower you with skills for life.
Mental Health Disorders We Treat at Summit at Harmony Oaks
We provide expert residential care for a wide range of mental health conditions affecting residents of Nashville. Our treatment plans are always tailored to your specific diagnosis, medical history, and personal recovery goals.
- Depression: For persistent sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest that disrupt your life.
- Anxiety Disorders: Including generalized anxiety, panic disorder, and social anxiety that create constant fear and worry.
- Bipolar Disorder: Specialized care for managing the cycles of mania and depression to achieve mood stability.
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Trauma-informed therapy to heal from past events that continue to impact your present.
- Personality Disorders: Compassionate care for patterns of behavior and thought that disrupt relationships and emotional regulation.
- Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Long-term treatment and medication support for complex psychotic disorders.
- Co-Occurring Disorders: Our specialty is providing integrated dual diagnosis treatment for mental health conditions that occur alongside substance use.
A Look at Our Therapeutic Approach
Our treatment philosophy is built on a foundation of evidence-based therapies, complemented by holistic practices that heal the whole person. Nashville residents will find a rich and varied therapeutic experience at our facility.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Helps you identify and change the negative thought patterns that fuel mental health conditions.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): A powerful, trauma-informed therapy to help process and heal from traumatic memories.
- Individual Therapy: Confidential one-on-one sessions to address the root causes of your condition and work on coping skills.
- Group and Family Therapy: Sessions that build a strong support system through shared experiences, peer support, and healthier communication.
- Holistic Therapies: Practices like yoga, mindfulness, art, and music therapy that reduce stress and encourage emotional expression.
Most Insurance Accepted
As a member of the Harmony Health Group family of treatment programs, we are able to work with many private insurance plans.
Verify InsurancePlanning Your Journey from Nashville to Newport
Your healing journey begins the moment you decide to seek help. Our facility is conveniently located within a short drive from the Nashville area, providing a seamless transition from your home environment to our sanctuary of recovery.
An Easy Drive to a New Beginning
The drive from Nashville to our Newport campus typically takes around 3.5 hours. Many of our clients find this journey to be a powerful and symbolic part of their commitment to recovery, creating a clear line between their past and their future. Our admissions team can provide detailed directions to make your travel as smooth as possible.
Support for Visiting Family
Family involvement is a cornerstone of lasting recovery. We offer dedicated family therapy and educational programs. For loved ones traveling from Nashville, our team can recommend local accommodations, allowing them to be a supportive part of your healing process.
Take the First Step Toward a More Peaceful Future
If you are a Nashville resident feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of life and struggling with your mental health, a dedicated time and space to heal is within reach. Summit at Harmony Oaks offers a world-class clinical program in a serene and natural environment.
Contact our compassionate admissions team today to learn how our residential program can be the turning point in your journey.
Rediscover Yourself with Individual Therapy at Summit
Contact UsSummit at Harmony Oaks believes individual therapy can provide a path to healing and personal growth.
With one-on-one support, you can confront challenges, become more resilient, and discover your potential.
Contact us today to learn more about individual therapy at Summit at Harmony Oaks. We’re here to offer support and hope on your journey to recovery and well-being.
Insurance Accepted for Mental Health Care in Chattanooga, TN
At Summit at Harmony Oaks, we accept major insurance plans to make treatment more accessible for people in and around the Chattanooga area.
Major insurance providers we accept include:
We’re happy to verify your insurance benefits for you. Just get in touch and our team will help you understand your coverage.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Absolutely. Your privacy is our utmost priority. All aspects of your treatment at Summit at Harmony Oaks are 100% confidential and protected by HIPAA. Our location in East Tennessee also provides an additional layer of discretion, allowing you to focus on your care away from your professional circle in Nashville.
While Nashville has many excellent providers, Summit at Harmony Oaks offers a full continuum of care, from detox to residential, in a single, serene location. Our immersive, long-term residential model provides a level of intensity, structure, and holistic integration that is often necessary for complex conditions and is a distinct alternative to city-based outpatient care.
Yes. This is exactly what we specialize in. As a premier dual diagnosis facility, our program is designed to treat primary mental health conditions like depression or trauma while simultaneously addressing a co-occurring substance use disorder, such as alcohol dependence. We create one unified treatment plan to heal the whole person.