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Comfort and Care Setting
At The Dunes, clients enter an environment in which they are immediately put at ease by the very comfortable and luxurious environment that characterizes our Hamptons Estate. Upon entering the grounds and buildings of The Dunes, clients are warmly welcomed…
World Renowned Hamptons
Long the destination for those seeking grandeur in setting, nature’s beauty, and excellence in hospitality and accommodations, The Hamptons is known for its singular ability to provide an abundance of richness in living experiences. Located between The Atlantic Ocean, on…
Dunes Cuisine and the Importance of Healthful Dining
Sunshine, Water, Rest, Sea Air, Exercise & Diet — The Best Six Doctors Anywhere. Sunshine, Sunshine, Water, Rest, Sea Air, Exercise, and Diet are combined in a manner to support our clients’ journeys back to health. Water is both salt…
Bed, Bath & More
In the living quarters of The Dunes East Hampton clients find large sized bedrooms, with luxury size bathrooms. Sheets, pillows, duvets, towels, soaps, shampoo, creams, and other amenities of high quality are available in abundance. With our own in-house laundry…
How We Help Get You to The Dunes
Prospective clients often wonder what arrangements they have to make to get to The Dunes in East Hampton. With the levels of anxiety, confusion and fear that so often attend those who have made the decision to enter a recovery…
Program Highlights
Recovery planning and education at The Dunes is collaborative and comprehensive. Collaborative, because at The Dunes, clients are involved every step of the way, in designing their own individualized recovery plans and structured post-Dunes continuing recovery plans. Our approach gets…
Case Management Highlights
Support and Accountability—words that define The Dunes difference and explain how our clinical team guides The Dunes Case Management (DCM) Program and its attendant work with clients. We know clients will be more likely to achieve long term recovery when…
Spirituality and Recovery
“First of all we had to quit playing God.”1 Despair is the defining characteristic of alcoholics or addicts who have “hit bottom”. Their best intentions and efforts are insufficient in breaking the devastating grip in which their disease has them….
Faculty Highlights
Filling a great need called for a unique program implemented by an outstanding staff. There has been a great need for The Dunes witnessed by New Yorkers’ and Mid-Atlantic residents’ inability to receive individualized comprehensive recovery care in an estate-like…
Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D., LCSW, Clinical Director
Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D., LCSW-R is an addictions specialist and clinical professor at Stony Brook University’s Health Sciences Center where he teaches graduate level course-work on the treatment of addiction. He is a licensed NY State psychotherapist and a clinical…
