11/04/2026
Dear Colleagues and Partners,
At Encompassed Purpose and Pavilion Place, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we believe recovery should be more than a temporary intervention. It should be the beginning of a fundamentally better life. We provide a year-long, faith-based Integrative Therapeutic Community (ITC) approach to substance use recovery, followed by structured sober living. We are now expanding our continuum of care to include Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Outpatient (OP), and Aftercare services.
I am sharing an important white paper introducing Integrative Neurobehavioral and Neurological Care Theory (INNCT) and its application through the Integrative Therapeutic Community model. It explores a more comprehensive approach to care integrating neurological, neurobehavioral, cognitive, lifestyle, trauma-informed, and whole-person principles rather than treating individuals through disconnected services and isolated interventions.
I encourage you to go to https://encompassedpurpose.com/innct%2C-itc-white-paper , and read the white paper. It represents more than a treatment philosophy; it is an invitation to reconsider how we approach recovery, behavioral health, and lasting change.
For decades, we have often expected 21 days of treatment to address years of substance use, trauma, and recurring challenges, or 72 hours of stabilization to resolve complex mental health crises. This is not a criticism of dedicated providers, but a question of whether the timeframes and fragmented structures within which they operate give individuals a genuine opportunity for lasting change.
Too often, people fall between providers, organizations, public departments, and funding systems. We should never become so accustomed to repeated cycles of treatment, relapse, homelessness, and crisis that we accept them as inevitable.
We believe it is time to put the individual back at the center of care.
Our approach emphasizes cognitive and behavioral change, emotional regulation, personal accountability, recovery capital, individualized care, and building a sustainable life beyond treatment. We have seen encouraging results and believe the field needs continued innovation, collaboration, and honest evaluation of outcomes.
Our invitation is: collaborate, not compete.
We are looking to build relationships with nonprofits, treatment providers, clinicians, courts, public agencies, researchers, and community leaders. Specifically, we welcome opportunities to: Establish reciprocal referrals and stronger continuity of care.
Share professional networks, resources, and expertise.
Develop joint recovery initiatives and community outreach.
Exchange research, curriculum, and evidence-based practices.
Strengthen partnerships between treatment, courts, corrections, and community services.
With respect and appreciation,
Bradley C. Berg, PhD
CEO | Encompassed Purpose & Pavilion Place
www.encompassedpurpose.com
www.pavilionplace.org
573-286-5625
[email protected]
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