Spring Lake Ranch

Founded in 1932 by Wayne Sarcka and Elizabeth Man, Spring Lake Ranch is an accredited treatment center that uses a unique method of work-centered therapy to support and empower people with mental health and substance abuse issues. At the core of day-to-day life at the Ranch is meaningful work that adds depth of meaning to living in a sustainable way. This includes tasks such as feeding and caring for animals, building barns and constructing furniture, and tapping trees and splitting firewood. Through these activities, clients can build and foster confidence and self-efficacy by seeing projects to completion while receiving therapeutic conversations with staff and other residents. Additionally, clients receive wrap-around support through individual therapy, group therapy, psychiatry, medication management, case-management, and substance-abuse programming. Those who have gone through the program have given numerous positive reviews and success stories due to the life experience and caring support that Spring Lake Ranch offers.