CooperRiis residential treatment community in North Carolina, near Asheville, helps adults with serious mental illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, PTSD, major depression and anxiety, achieve their highest levels of functioning and fulfillment. Our personalized recovery approach combines evidence-based clinical interventions, integrative wellness, substance use recovery, individual and group therapy, and relapse prevention treatment.
Multiple locations available. See CooperRiis's website for more information.
Whole-Person Mental Health Care in a Community Setting
At CooperRiis, we approach mental illness intending to heal the whole person. This powerful, person-centered, strength-based recovery method of addressing challenging mental health issues combines evidence-based clinical interventions (DBT, CBT, EMDR, and trauma-informed treatment), community work & service, education, and integrative wellness practices.
CooperRiis also supports individuals in substance use recovery through Daily 12-step SMART recovery groups, daily co-dependency support groups, and individual and group relapse prevention treatment. Our goal is reintegration: enabling adults with psychiatric disorders to lead fulfilling, independent lives.
We understand that effective mental health treatment does not mean quick fixes or easy solutions. Everything we do is grounded in the fundamental science of mental health treatment, focusing on the community.


Powerful Mental Health Treatment for Adults in a Peaceful Country Setting Near Asheville
Mill Spring Campus: Peaceful Country Setting Near Asheville
Known affectionately as “The Farm,” our Mill Spring, NC, Campus offers residential mental health treatment to 36 residents on a 94-acre working farm. Residents live in one of three lodges; each resident has a private room and bath. The Farm also includes:
- Staff housing
- An art barn and woodshop
- Animal barn
- Organic gardens and greenhouses
- A four-acre pond with a beach, kayaks, stand-up paddle boards
- Trailheads for hiking on the property.




A Focus on Community Engagement
A return to mental health does not happen in isolation. At CooperRiis, social engagement through community work and service plays a key role in mental health recovery.
Each resident spends up to 20 hours a week working on a vital for the community, building skills, and self-esteem while also improving their mental health. Work opportunities include growing plants and vegetables, caring for animals, gardening, woodworking, creating art and community enhancements, and developing culinary arts.
Holistic Clinical Treatment
CooperRiis’ mental health services and treatments are evidenced-based and include individual and group therapy, psychiatry, individual and group wellness activities, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Our approach includes integrative practices and interventions such as targeted nutrition, exercise, and mindfulness-based practices. This holistic approach to psychiatric care is powerful and effective for adults with mental illness.
Moving Toward Recovery and Independent Living
We believe that recovery from mental illness is a unique process, with each step forward building on the last. After treatment at our residential programs, most residents often move to our transitional living program, The Asheville Community Program.
CooperRiis offers four levels of care in a full continuum of residential treatment programs focusing on increased independence with structured support, allowing residents to put the skills they’ve learned into daily practice and continue moving forward. A typical stay for Residents who continue in the Asheville Community Program is six to twelve months.
Residential Treatment Costs and Scholarships
Residential mental health care at the Mill Spring Campus is $21,000 per month for the first two months. This fee includes everything except psychiatry, outside physician fees, medications, supplements, transportation fees, and spending money. As of the third month, a request for a fee reduction based on finances is possible.
CooperRiis at Asheville’s Program accepts out-of-network insurance benefits, and our discounted daily rate is $900 per day or $27,000 per month. This fee includes everything except outside physician fees, medications, supplements, transportation fees, and spending money.
Monthly fees for residents in our Asheville Community Program range from $2,500-$10,000 per month, depending upon the level of support.
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