Root Center Opens New Branford Clinic in New Haven County.

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Root Center Hosts First Residential Treatment Facility Ribbon Cutting In New Britain

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Root Center Hosts First Golf Tournament!

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  • Advanced Recovery  Institute 

    Awards First  Research Grant

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  • Root Center’s First Residential

    Treatment Facility Under Construction

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  • Root Center Breaks Ground On 

    First Methadone Clinic In Middlesex County

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  • Advanced Recovery  Institute 

    Awards First  Research Grant

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  • Root Center’s First Residential

    Treatment Facility Under Construction

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  • Root Center Breaks Ground On 

    First Methadone Clinic In Middlesex County

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    Root Center Opens New Branford

    Clinic in New Haven County

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    Root Center Hosts First Residential Treatment Facility Ribbon Cutting In New Britain


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    Root Center Host First Ever

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root center for

advanced recovery

is a holistic behavioral health center that serves over 5,500 patients across Connecticut each day.


We focus on the whole person, compassionately delivering comprehensive mental health and substance use treatments. Using proven, evidence-based methods of treatment, we meet clients where they are and guide them to where they want to be. 

We focus on the whole person, compassionately delivering comprehensive mental health and substance use treatments. Using proven, evidence-based methods of treatment, we meet patients where they are and guide them to where they want to be. 

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EVENING IOP COUNSELOR

Under the supervision of the clinic supervisory staff, performs full range of counseling and clinical duties including but not limited to assessment, education and treatment of clients experiencing substance abuse addiction and/or related behavioral health disorders.

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BRISTOL CLINIC SUPERVISOR

Under the supervision of the Director of Operations, the Clinic Supervisor provides program management and oversight for the clinic. The Supervisor also works to ensure proper care is being provided in accordance with program standards, develops and provides ongoing clinical and administrative development for staff and program planning, and more. This role will be based at our Bristol Clinic.

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DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Under the supervision of the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Director of Operations is responsible for developing, managing and directing the operations, programs and activities of clinical programs across multiple locations; Oversees implementation of new programs and services, serves as a liaison with external agencies, oversees education and training of clinical staff, and serves as a member of the Corporate Compliance Committee.

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JOIN OUR TEAM | FEATURED OPPORTUNITIES

EVENING IOP COUNSELOR

Under the supervision of the clinic supervisory staff, performs full range of counseling and clinical duties including but not limited to assessment, education and treatment of clients experiencing substance abuse addiction and/or related behavioral health disorders.

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BRISTOL CLINIC SUPERVISOR

Under the supervision of the Director of Operations, the Clinic Supervisor provides program management and oversight for the clinic. The Supervisor also works to ensure proper care is being provided in accordance with program standards, develops and provides ongoing clinical and administrative development for staff and program planning, and more. This role will be based at our Bristol Clinic.

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DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Under the supervision of the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Director of Operations is responsible for developing, managing and directing the operations, programs and activities of clinical programs across multiple locations; Oversees implementation of new programs and services, serves as a liaison with external agencies, oversees education and training of clinical staff, and serves as a member of the Corporate Compliance Committee.

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Featured News & Events

October 1, 2025
Summer seemingly flew by for us here at the Root Center. From events to new projects, we were busy!  Since our last newsletter, we welcomed a new cohort of Fall Semester interns, spruced up our Weston Street facilities, and had our annual Overdose Awareness Day Event, among so much more! We just successfully held our first ever Root center Charity Golf Tournament to benefit St. Vincent de Paul Middletown at Lyman Orchards Golf Club, and we were able to donate $25,000 to help them continue to do amazing work for our communities! Keep reading for more details and exciting updates!
September 30, 2025
Our FIRST EVER Charity Golf Tournament was a Hole in One! This event was so special to us, and we are so thrilled to have been able to host such a successful day for all of our golfers and guests! We're also excited to be able to donate 100% of proceeds from this fundraiser to Executive Director Maryellen Shuckerow and St. Vincent de Paul Middletown to help them continue their amazing and crucial community work.
August 29, 2025
International Overdose Awareness Day is recognized yearly on August 31st. This year, the Root Center for Advanced Recovery hosted our Annual International Overdose Awareness Day Remembrance Ceremony in our Manchester Memorial Garden. This year, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported 929 overdose deaths. This number was down more than 20% from the year prior, but there is still a lot of work that remains to be done so that no other family has to endure a such a loss. Every year, during Overdose Awareness Week, Root invites the community to join us as we come together to honor and remember those lost to overdose, and support those still struggling. The event was held in our Memorial Garden, w e began with some brief remarks from Root Leadership, Community Leaders, like Senator Saud Anwar, Senator MD Rahman, and State Representative Geoff Luxenberg. We also heard from a Root Center patient! Like last year, we put out a handmade box gifted to us by a patient at our Torrington Clinic, who is celebrating two years in recovery. The box is meant to encourage the community to write notes with the provided paper, and leave them in between the stones of our Remembrance Wall. This year, we included a Burning Ceremony in the garden, burning the notes collected last year and allowing the wind to take the ashes and wishes wherever they're meant to be. It was a beautiful display of hope, with the warmth of the fire offering comfort to those impacted by the disease of addiction. The box will remain out in the garden until 9/2. The public is welcome to stop by to visit, leave a note, and enjoy the serene beautiful sanctuary.