Jeffrey Simon MD provides addiction medicine & psychiatric care to patients throughout New Jersey, Philadelphia & Delaware. Dr. Simon has affiliations with multiple treatment centers throughout the region. JHS MD provides advanced addiction psychiatry and mental health services under the leadership of Jeffrey Simon MD, a physician with specialized expertise in Addiction Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and Adult Psychiatry. The practice delivers evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric conditions using individualized, patient-centered care.
When you’re struggling with your mental health, where you live matters. A home full of tension, an unstable living arrangement, or a long commute to treatment can all make it harder to get better. For some people, housing is the single biggest thing keeping them from starting care.
At Peak Mental Health & Wellness, we don’t want housing to be the reason you put off treatment. If you need a safe, stable place to live while you get help, our team can work with you to find and arrange supportive housing so your energy can go toward healing.
Peak Mental Health & Wellness is an outpatient center in Marlton, New Jersey, serving adults throughout South Jersey and the Philadelphia area. We offer a partial hospitalization program, an intensive outpatient program, and an outpatient program for adults managing depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and other serious mental health challenges.
What Is Supportive Housing?
Supportive housing gives you a secure place to live while you’re actively in treatment. It isn’t a program of its own. It’s there to support the care you’re receiving, so you can attend consistently and come home each day to somewhere calm and safe.
That’s what sets it apart from a traditional sober living home. Instead of moving into a crowded house with strangers, strict house rules, and a schedule that applies to everyone, supportive housing is shaped around your needs and your treatment plan.
How Housing Affects Mental Health
Stress at home doesn’t stay at home. Unstable or chaotic living conditions can intensify depression, anxiety, and trauma symptoms, and those symptoms can make it harder to hold onto stable housing. A steady, peaceful place to live interrupts that pattern and makes the progress you make in treatment easier to keep.
Reach Out to Peak Wellness Today!
If housing is getting in the way of treatment, let us know. Our admissions team can talk through your options and help you take the next step.
Who Supportive Housing Can Help
Supportive housing may be right for you if you are:
Living Somewhere That Makes Your Symptoms Worse If home is full of conflict, pressure, or instability, it can undo the work you do in therapy each day. Supportive housing gives you a calmer setting to focus on getting well.
Transitioning Out of Inpatient or Residential Care Leaving a hospital or residential program is a big adjustment. Supportive housing gives you a stable base while you continue treatment in PHP or IOP, rather than going straight back into the environment you left.
Facing a Major Life Change Divorce, a lost job, or leaving an unhealthy relationship can leave you without a stable place to stay at exactly the wrong time. Treatment shouldn’t have to wait until that’s resolved.
Coming From Outside the Marlton Area If the drive to Marlton several days a week isn’t realistic, supportive housing can put consistent PHP or IOP attendance within reach.
Looking for Something Different Than Sober Living Many people want a supportive place to live but don’t want the crowded, rule-heavy environment of a typical sober living house. Supportive housing offers a different kind of support.
Supportive Housing vs. Sober Living: Understanding the Difference
The two terms get mixed up often, but they describe very different living situations.
Sober living refers to shared residences for people recovering from substance use. Homes usually house a large group of residents in shared bedrooms and common areas, enforce rules such as curfews and required house meetings, and run on a single routine for everyone. Many have no direct tie to a treatment provider. That setup suits some people. For someone whose primary focus is their mental health, though, it can feel overwhelming or uncomfortable, especially without any say over who your housemates are.
Supportive housing is about stability during treatment. Your care team at Peak remains the center of your recovery, and housing exists to make that care easier to receive, not to replace it.
| Sober Living | Supportive Housing | |
|---|---|---|
| Main goal | Provide a substance-free group home | Provide stable housing during active treatment |
| Designed for | People recovering from substance use | Adults in mental health treatment, including co-occurring concerns |
| Setting | Often many residents sharing rooms and spaces | A quieter, more stable environment |
| Rules and routine | Same house rules and schedule for all | Shaped around your individual treatment plan |
| Link to your care | Frequently independent of any provider | Coordinated with your treatment at Peak |
In short: if you need somewhere safe to live during treatment and sober living isn’t the right fit, supportive housing is another option.
How Peak Helps You Arrange Housing
If housing is a concern, mention it when you first contact our admissions team. Here’s what happens next:
We Learn About Your Situation As part of your intake, we’ll ask about where you’re living now, what’s making it hard, and what kind of setting would help you feel secure.
We Help You Find and Arrange Housing Our team works with you to connect with supportive housing that matches your needs and your treatment schedule.
We Keep Housing and Treatment Aligned Through case management, we help make sure your living arrangement supports your progress in PHP, IOP, or outpatient care.
We Help You Plan Ahead As your treatment progresses and you step down in care, we’ll help you prepare for what’s next, whether that means returning home or moving into a place of your own.
Why Supportive Housing Helps During Treatment
You Can Show Up Consistently Stable housing makes it far easier to attend every session and stay engaged.
You Get Space From What’s Weighing on You Stepping away from a stressful home gives you room to focus on yourself.
You Have Somewhere to Practice What You Learn Skills from CBT and DBT take practice. A calm place to live gives you the chance to use them every day.
You Can Stop Worrying About Where You’ll Live With housing handled, more of your energy goes toward getting better.
Supportive Housing at Peak Mental Health & Wellness
No one should have to choose between a safe place to live and getting mental health care. If housing is holding you back, tell us. Our team will work with you to find a stable, supportive living arrangement so you can focus on treatment. Contact us or call 609-740-0717 to speak with our admissions team.
Frequently Asked Questions About Supportive Housing
How is supportive housing different from sober living? Sober living homes are shared residences for people recovering from substance use, with house-wide rules and routines. Supportive housing provides stable housing that supports your mental health treatment, without the crowded, rule-heavy setting many people would rather avoid.
Is supportive housing only for Peak clients? Housing support is designed for clients receiving treatment with us, so your living arrangement and your care work together. Our admissions team can explain your options.
What level of care do I need to qualify? Supportive housing is meant to help you attend PHP, IOP, or outpatient treatment consistently. Your clinician will recommend the right level of care for you, and that may change over time.
Can I keep working or attending school? Often, yes. Your schedule will depend on your level of care, but we encourage clients to maintain work, school, and family commitments when it supports their recovery.
How do I start? Call 609-740-0717 or reach out to our admissions team and let us know housing is a concern. We’ll guide you from there.
Keep the existing “Medically Reviewed By: Dr. Jeffrey Simon” section at the bottom of the page.
Editorial Notes
- Same positioning as the Clear Direction and Holgate pages, rewritten with different wording and headings throughout so the three sites don’t share duplicate content. This matters most here, since Peak and Clear Direction are both in Marlton.
- Location references use Marlton, South Jersey, and the Philadelphia area to match Peak’s Areas We Serve pages.
- The sober living comparison stays factual rather than criticizing residents; the core objection comes through in the crowded, rule-heavy, no-say-over-housemates language.
- Internal links point to existing Peak pages: PHP, IOP, outpatient, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, case management, CBT, DBT, contact, and admissions.
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At Peak, we are dedicated to providing compassionate care that helps our clients heal, recover, and thrive. Contact us today to learn more about our treatment options and how we can help you or your loved one start the journey toward lasting recovery.
MEDICALLY REVIEWED BY:
Dr. Jeffrey Simon
