Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare DBA Prairie Ridge

Recovery rarely follows a straight line, and Prairie Ridge's program structure reflects that reality. With residential treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and outpatient services all available within the same organization, people in recovery can move through levels of care without rebuilding trust with an entirely new clinical team at each transition. That continuity — from a structured residential setting into community-based outpatient support — is one of the core strengths of Prairie Ridge's approach to addiction treatment and substance abuse recovery.

The intensive outpatient program (IOP) at Prairie Ridge occupies an important middle ground for those who need more support than standard outpatient can offer but are ready to maintain connections to work, family, or school. Whether someone is stepping down from residential treatment or stepping up from outpatient care, the IOP provides a structured recovery environment that adapts to where a person actually is in their journey.

Prairie Ridge operates as a genuinely integrated behavioral healthcare clinic, which means substance use disorders are treated alongside co-occurring mental health disorders, trauma, and gambling concerns within the same clinical system. For many people seeking addiction treatment, untreated mental health conditions or unresolved trauma are significant factors in relapse and long-term instability. Addressing these issues together — rather than in sequence or at separate facilities — is central to how Prairie Ridge supports lasting recovery.

The clinic's use of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is particularly notable. ACT is a team-based model that brings services directly to individuals in their community settings, rather than requiring people to navigate systems on their own. Paired with an on-site pharmacy and a Drop-In Center, Prairie Ridge has built infrastructure designed to keep people connected to their recovery community and clinical support between formal appointments.

Prairie Ridge provides substance abuse treatment and behavioral health services to adults, adolescents, and children — a range that positions the clinic to engage with entire family systems rather than just the individual seeking treatment. For families in Cerro Gordo County and the surrounding North Iowa region, having a recovery center that can work with multiple generations under one clinical roof reduces the coordination burden that often falls on families navigating multiple providers.

The clinical team includes credentialed addiction and mental health professionals across residential, IOP, and outpatient tracks. Darcy Maiden-Parks serves as Clinical Director with credentials in mental health counseling, social work, and addiction (MA, LMHC, LMSW, CADC), while Dr. Shea Jorgensen, M.D. serves as Chief Medical Officer. Medication assisted therapy is available as part of the treatment toolkit, supported by the facility's on-site pharmacy.

Prairie Ridge is located at 320 N Eisenhower Ave in Mason City, Iowa 50401. The clinic is open Monday through Thursday from 8 AM to 5:30 PM, Friday from 8 AM to 12 PM, and is closed on weekends. For inquiries, Prairie Ridge can be reached by phone at (641) 424-2391 or by email at [email protected].

For those evaluating addiction treatment options in North Iowa, Prairie Ridge's Drop-In Center offers an accessible starting point. Whether someone is exploring residential treatment for the first time or looking to transition into an outpatient program as part of ongoing aftercare, the Drop-In Center provides a low-barrier way to connect with the clinical community at Prairie Ridge.