Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community offers licensed residential treatment and a variety of transitional options in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Since its founding in 1932, Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community has offered a healing community for people with mental illness, substance abuse issues, or dual diagnosis. At the core of the Ranch is the belief that recovery can best begin in a community where each person is respected and contributes. At the Ranch, people are treated as individuals, not as patients or cases.
Spring Lake Ranch is a working community in which all members contribute in their own unique ways. In taking an active role in the work and life of the community, people can regain the sense of self often forgotten in the course of a long illness or addiction. The core of day-to-day life at the Ranch is work. Many people who come to Spring Lake Ranch have lost the spirit and the stamina for work. When working together on a common task, it is much easier to make friends and focus on what one can do, rather than what one can’t.