Aurora Behavioral Health Tempe

Aurora Behavioral Health - Tempe, often called Aurora East, is an independent psychiatric hospital that serves people, families, and the broader community. The hospital describes its model as covering prevention, early intervention, and clinical treatment, provided in a safe environment it describes as supportive. The emphasis is on the individual, not one fixed route.

Psychiatric and emotional concerns are treated here, and so are substance use disorders. Adults and adolescents have their own programming. Detox is one of the listed care options for this Tempe location, and a typical program lasts 28 days or longer. How long any one person stays depends on clinical need and on how that person responds during the first weeks.

Because Aurora East works alongside a sister location in Tempe, you may hear about services at either site. When you call, ask which building and program your situation would route to, and confirm the address before driving.

Aurora Behavioral Health Tempe programs

This location lists detox among its care options, next to inpatient and outpatient programming described in its materials. Detox is the medically monitored stretch when a substance leaves the body, and it is a separate phase from the counseling that comes after. Detox at this Tempe center is one part of a 28-plus day program, not the entire plan.

Therapy offerings include one-on-one counseling, family therapy, expressive arts, recreation therapy, equine therapy, relapse prevention counseling, spiritual care, stress management, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. The hospital also describes bio-medical and personalized treatment approaches. Families can join therapy sessions at the Tempe hospital when the program allows it. Ask which therapies apply to your age group and diagnosis, since not every service runs for every patient at every time.

1. 1-on-1 Counseling
2. Equine Therapy
3. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
4. Spiritual Care
5. Expressive Arts
6. Relapse Prevention Counseling
7. Recreation Therapy
8. Stress Management
9. Personalized Treatment
10. Bio-Medical

Who Aurora East in Tempe serves

1. Adolescents, including boys and girls
2. Children
3. Adult men and women
4. People with alcohol, benzodiazepine, or opioid use concerns
5. People dealing with mental health and substance use conditions simultaneously
6. People dealing with trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, anger, or gambling

What the Tempe setting is like in Tempe

At 6350 S Maple Ave in Tempe, Arizona, 85283, the hospital sits in a secure building designed for psychiatric and withdrawal care. Amenities listed include air-conditioned rooms, a lounge, outdoor space, and a recreation room, with rooms either private or shared. It is a clinical environment, not a resort-style one, which matters if you are comparing a hospital program with a smaller residential house. If a locked unit feels frightening, ask the Tempe staff how visitation and phone access work.

1. Air-Conditioned Rooms
2. Lounge
3. Outdoor Space
4. Recreation Room

Paying for care at Aurora Tempe

The center says it takes major private insurance plans, Medicare, and AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid program, and it publishes cash pay rates for people without coverage. If you have AHCCCS or Medicare, confirm the specific Tempe program is in network before you go. Coverage hinges on the sort out the level of care and whether the admission counts as medically necessary, so ask for the answer in writing when you can. The Joint Commission accredits the hospital, and you can check its standing with the Commission's quality check tool.

Questions to ask Aurora Tempe

1. Which programs run at the Maple Avenue address, and which run at the sister site?
2. Does my insurance or AHCCCS plan cover detox and the days that follow it here?
3. What does a typical 28-plus day stay include for someone my age?
4. How is family therapy scheduled, and can relatives join from out of town?
5. How is continuing care set up, and what occurs at discharge?