About Us

A unique, hospital-based substance abuse facility in Lincoln, Nebraska

Since 1971, Bryan Independence Center has helped clients and families from southeast Nebraska and many other states struggling with addiction to drugs and alcohol.

Bryan Independence Center is the only provider to offer complete levels of care for clients; nursing coverage 24-hours a day, seven-days a week; direct access to full medical care; a separate short-term residential program for adolescents and adults.

Collaborative Care

Bryan Independence Center is unique in that we have the involvement of a chaplain, a teacher, dietary and lab services, and we offer distinct and separate services for our adolescent, adult, male and female clients. 

A Unique Treatment Center

  • There are no alternative providers in our service area that offer detoxification, inpatient, residential and partial care services
  • If we did not exist, many people would seek treatment outside of the community or would continue their substance abuse and not seek treatment at all
  • No other provider of substance abuse services in Lincoln provides hospital-based residential treatment without public assistance funding through contracts with Region V. Bryan Independence Center services are designed for private pay clients, either through insurance coverage or self pay

Some people call Bryan Independence Center "The Miracle Factory". We think that is pretty accurate.

Quick Facts

At Bryan Independence Center,

  • We have 21 clinicians licensed as alcohol and drug counselors and/or mental health practitioners.
  • We offer 26 short-term residential beds available for adults, adolescents, males and females, and three detox/inpatient beds
  • There are between 120-170 active clients in all of our services
  • We conduct about 2,000 drug and alcohol evaluations annually
  • We adhere to a "Drop Down" de-intensifying care philosophy. Our levels of care are: detox, inpatient, short-term residential (STR), day treatment/partial care (PC), intensive outpatient (IOP), outpatient (OP)
  • Our interdisciplinary support staff includes physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, dietitians, a spiritual counselor, a teacher and mental health techs
  • Each client receives an individualized treatment plan, which determines the length of stay. Our individualized approach includes biopsychosocial, developmental, disease concept, heredity, medications, co-occurring conditions, family/significant others, 12 Step, AA/NA, sponsor, relapse prevention, supportive-expressive, individual and group therapy, motivational enhancement, behavioral care and more.
  • Our two driving philosophies are: 1) to provide transitional care, involving decreasing levels of care for three-six months, to promote client success following treatment, and 2) to involve the family and significant others in the treatment process as much as possible.