Journey House Behavioral Health RVA

Last week, we hosted First Aid, CPR, and AED training sessions at the Journey House Recovery Center. 💚

We had a great time learning life-saving skills, including how to respond during an emergency, perform CPR, and properly use an AED. It was a valuable opportunity to build skills that can make a real difference in an emergency.

These sessions were a great success, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to provide this important training to our team and community members.

We had a wonderful time welcoming to the Journey House Recovery Center last week. 💚

As a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 72nd District, it was a pleasure to show him around our center, share more about our mission, and highlight the work being done every day to support recovery throughout Central Virginia.

We always enjoy the opportunity to connect with community leaders, partners, and supporters who want to learn more about what we do.

If you've never visited Journey House, we'd love to show you around. Whether you're interested in our programs, recovery services, or simply want to learn more about our mission, our doors are always open.

"I really hope the first time someone walks through the doors that they feel like they're walking back into a family. We hire from the heart and we hire those who have the passion to serve others. When someone walks in the door, we want them to feel that we are there to serve them, to love them through whatever they're walking through."
— Kimberly Braine-Tillem, Co-Founder & COO, Journey House Recovery Center

At Journey House Behavioral Health, clinical excellence and genuine compassion live in the same building. You will be met where you are, not where we think you should be.
Take the step. We will take it with you.

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📞 (804) 604-1644

There is a moment in every recovery journey when something shifts. For Michael Tillem, Co-Founder and CEO, it arrived in the rain, on his knees, feeling more alone than he ever had in his life.

"I hit my knees crying like I had never cried before," Michael shares. "It was a soulful cry. And I said, 'God, if you just keep me clean, I will spend the rest of my life being of service to others.' At that moment, I bought into it a hundred percent."

That moment became the foundation for everything Journey House Recovery Center was built to be.

This May, as we recognize Mental Health Awareness Month, we are reminded that healing is rarely just one thing. For most of the people we serve, it is substance use and mental health and trauma and family, all at once. They deserve care that sees the whole picture.

As Michael describes it: "My disease lives in my head. My recovery lives in my heart. And that is what I pull from when my head starts telling me things."

Co-Founder and COO Kimberly Braine-Tillem puts it this way: "Everyone has value and everyone wants to be accepted, loved, seen, and cherished. When someone walks through that door, that is what we want them to feel."

That is the standard Journey House Recovery Center holds itself to every single day, from clinical excellence at Journey House Behavioral Health to genuine compassion across all of our services, together, for every person who walks through the door.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, you do not have to choose between getting help for your mental health and getting help for your substance use. You deserve care that addresses both.

Mental health looks different for everyone. So does recovery.
💚 Some days it looks like showing up to a group session when you would rather stay home.
💚Some days it looks like asking for help for the first time.
💚Some days it looks like simply getting out of bed and choosing to keep going.

At Journey House Behavioral Health, we honor every version of progress.
Our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) offer structured, compassionate care designed to meet you where you are, with clinical support, peer connection, and a team that genuinely believes in your ability to heal.

This May, take one step toward support. We will walk the rest of the journey with you.
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📞 (804) 604-1644
💫 Referrals accepted from providers, hospitals, court systems, churches, and loved ones.

Compassionate Care. Lasting Change.
Our team at Journey House Behavioral Health is here to meet you where you are and support your path to recovery with high quality care for substance use disorder.

Start your journey today at jhbehavioralhealth.com

This week we are saying goodbye to Lance Otis. Lance has served the Journey House mission faithfully for 7 years and helped Journey House get to where we are today.

We wish him much success and happiness, and know that we will stay in touch, and forever consider him a part of the Journey House family.

Thank you, Lance, for your passion, dedication, and service since 2019. We love you! 💚

“When someone stumbles, it’s not about failure...
it’s about asking, ‘What’s our next action plan to get back on track?’”
- - Kaeler McCollough, Program Director at Journey House Behavioral Health

Journey House provides:
💫Professional clinical care
💫Multiple levels of support (IOP & PHP)
💫Accountability, community, and compassion
💫Recovery that meets you where you are

Every attempt at recovery is progress. You don’t have to hit rock bottom, and you don’t have to do this alone.

Visit jhbehavioralhealth.com to learn more about our treatment options.
Journey House Behavioral Health | Richmond, VA