About
About ARC Counseling Centers Karens Place
Karen’s Place is one of Addiction Recovery Care (ARC)’s residential treatment sites in Eastern Kentucky, with a specific focus on serving pregnant and postpartum women alongside its broader female adult population. Operating as part of ARC’s Maternity Center programming, Karen’s Place addresses the clinical, emotional, and social complexity that substance use disorders bring to pregnancy and early motherhood — a population that often struggles to find appropriate, judgment-free residential treatment elsewhere.
Clinical care at Karen’s Place sits within ARC’s four-pillar model of clinical services, medical care, spiritual emphasis through 12-step and chaplaincy, and vocational pathways. Medication-assisted treatment is offered for women whose recovery is supported by pharmacotherapy, which is particularly relevant in maternity care where opioid use disorder and pregnancy require careful medical coordination. The program is CARF accredited and integrates evidence-based practices throughout its residential curriculum.
Karen’s Place is part of a broader ARC continuum that includes the Bellefonte Psychiatric Hospital and Detox Unit, multiple residential sites, outpatient counseling, and ARC Anywhere telehealth. Stepped care matters in maternity treatment because clinical needs change quickly through pregnancy and postpartum — a resident might require detox stabilization at Bellefonte, then transition into residential maternity care at Karen’s Place, and then move into outpatient services as she rebuilds family life.
Medical oversight for ARC residential sites flows through clinicians like Chris Jude, DO, Associate Medical Director for Rural Health, and Arun Kaithi, MD, Medical Director for Bellefonte. The organization’s lived-experience workforce — roughly half of staff are themselves in recovery — informs peer support and mentorship that often resonates more powerfully with maternity clients than a purely clinical setting. Karen’s Place accepts Kentucky Medicaid, Ohio Medicaid, Aetna, Anthem, United Healthcare Community Plan, and WellCare, and admissions can be initiated through ARC’s central network including Casey’s Law civil-commitment referrals.
- CARF-accredited outpatient medical detox with specialized maternity programming
- Medically supervised withdrawal management for opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamines
- MAT protocols overseen by board-certified Medical Directors
- Dedicated programming for pregnant women requiring detox services
- Accepts multiple Medicaid plans and major insurance carriers