Renewal Lodge by Burning Tree

Burning Tree Lodge provides residential treatment and an outpatient program from its Elgin, Texas campus in Bastrop County. The residential program runs 30 to 90 days — a range that gives the treatment team and the client time to work through the layers of addiction, co-occurring mental health conditions, and trauma that often arrive together. Residential care at this depth is a different proposition than a brief stabilization stay; it is designed for people who are ready to commit to longer-term recovery work.

The outpatient program extends that commitment beyond the residential phase. For adults stepping down from residential treatment or entering structured programming while living at home, the outpatient track provides continuity — keeping the recovery community and clinical support active during one of the most vulnerable transitions in the process. Both levels of care are available at a facility that operates around the clock, seven days a week.

Burning Tree Lodge frames addiction as a three-fold illness — one that affects mind, body, and spirit simultaneously. That framework shapes how clinical work is delivered. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) gives clients practical tools to examine thought patterns that drive addictive behavior. Twelve Step Facilitation connects individuals to a peer-based recovery community with roots that extend well beyond any single treatment program. Seeking Safety, the third core method, was developed specifically for people carrying trauma or PTSD alongside a substance use disorder — a population Burning Tree Lodge explicitly serves.

The family program brings an often-overlooked dimension into the treatment model. Addiction rarely touches only one person, and structured family involvement during the residential phase can reshape the dynamics that clients return to after discharge. Aftercare and discharge planning — including a long-term aftercare plan — are built into every client's experience, not offered as optional add-ons. That continuity is what separates a treatment episode from a sustained recovery.

The facility's population list is broad by design. Burning Tree Lodge accepts men and women, young adults between 18 and 25, seniors, pregnant women, individuals with HIV/AIDS support needs, and court-ordered clients. Veterans are a specific focus, reflected in the facility's acceptance of TRICARE coverage — a payment option not available at every residential treatment center in Texas.

Co-occurring disorders and dual diagnosis are treated directly rather than referred out. Clients managing trauma or PTSD alongside alcohol or drug addiction will find that the Seeking Safety curriculum is already embedded in the program. For families trying to identify a recovery center that can serve a loved one with a complicated clinical picture, that breadth of capacity matters.

What happens after residential treatment is as important as what happens during it. Burning Tree Lodge builds aftercare directly into its model: every client leaves with a discharge plan and a long-term aftercare plan that extends the structure of treatment into the months that follow. That kind of post-discharge scaffolding is central to what the recovery community — and the research behind it — understands about sustained sobriety.

The family program gives loved ones a structured role in the process. Families supporting someone through addiction often need their own guidance on how to engage, set boundaries, and participate in recovery without enabling. By including family programming as a documented feature of the facility, Burning Tree Lodge acknowledges that recovery is rarely a solo undertaking. For community-oriented audiences evaluating long-term recovery partners, that investment in the surrounding system is a meaningful differentiator.