Freedom Recovery was founded to help people break free from addiction and build healthier, more fulfilling lives. Our approach combines compassionate, evidence-based outpatient care with the support of people who understand recovery firsthand and a Christian faith foundation centered on hope, grace, and restoration.
We believe every person who comes to us deserves to be treated with dignity, honesty, and respect as they take their next steps toward recovery.
Christian faith has been part of Freedom Recovery since the beginning. We combine spiritual support with evidence-based addiction treatment, and we welcome people from different faith backgrounds as well as those who are still exploring what they believe.
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We know firsthand the toll that addiction can take because we are in recovery, too. We have experienced the pain, loneliness, guilt, and shame that come with addiction, and the freedom and hope that come with recovery. We are free from the grasp of addiction thanks to treatment, ongoing support, and the grace of God. Now, we seek to help as many people as possible experience that freedom. Our outpatient program has touched the lives of individuals throughout Columbus and beyond. With five convenient locations, we see individuals from Bexley, Canal Winchester, Dayton, Grove City, Hilliard, London, Marysville, New Albany, Upper Arlington, and more.
Freedom Recovery provides outpatient addiction treatment designed around each person’s needs, circumstances, and recovery goals. Our services combine evidence-based clinical care, practical recovery support, and our faith-based approach.
Explore our programs and levels of care to learn more about treatment at Freedom Recovery.
Individual and group counseling give you space to work through trauma, grief, relationships, and the triggers behind substance use, and to build healthier ways of coping.
Our recovery program pairs an evidence-based curriculum and a 12-step process with a personalized recovery plan and relapse prevention services.
We provide outpatient treatment for a range of drug addictions, including heroin, meth, and opioid addiction. Day and evening sessions let you keep living at home and going to work.
Our outpatient program for alcohol addiction helps you learn about addiction and work to overcome it, with day and evening sessions to fit your schedule. It is best suited to people with a strong support system and a home environment that supports recovery.
Our intensive outpatient program offers a higher level of support, with three-hour meetings three times per week that take a closer look at your struggles, feelings, attitudes, and habits.
All of our treatment services are outpatient, which gives you more flexibility than inpatient care while you keep up with work and home responsibilities. Treatment is tailored to your needs and includes individual and group counseling, a 12-step program, and relapse prevention.
Our leaders have recovered from addiction and are dedicated to helping you do the same. We’re here to give you hope for a better future.
Chad Kelly is the Executive Director & Co-Founder of Freedom Recovery. The thing he enjoys most in life is sharing his faith in Jesus. A close second is spending time with his three children—Brady, Hudson, and Arrington.
As someone in long-term recovery himself, Chad is passionate about helping others overcome life’s challenges, including addiction. God has faithfully carried him through his own addiction to drugs and alcohol and through the unexpected loss of his younger sister, Chelsea. These experiences ultimately led him to transition from the corporate financial world into helping lead a CARF-accredited, Medicaid-approved faith-based treatment organization licensed by the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health and dedicated to helping individuals and families find hope and healing.
Outside of Freedom Recovery, Chad enjoys serving in his church, supporting others in recovery through Celebrate Recovery, swimming, working out, playing games, and talking about (and eating) great food. He is also a devoted fan of THE Ohio State Buckeyes and rarely misses a chance to cheer them on.
Adam’s passion for helping those in need is deeply rooted. He came to Freedom Recovery after serving as an advocate for public charter schools and working professionally as the business manager for 3 campuses. During his 14 years in education finance, his name was synonymous with diligence, integrity and passion. He made a name for himself as a professional who would find solutions, stay positive and keep love as the foundation in all his interactions. It was during this time that he re-committed his life to his savior, Jesus Christ and was eventually led to pursue another path. Adam met the other “soon to be” co-founders of Freedom Recovery during his own personal recovery journey while working with Celebrate Recovery at his local church. His passion for helping others, meeting people where they are and having his own personal recovery story allows him to have empathy for those he serves. He attributes his gifts and successes to his Lord Jesus Christ. Adam knows first-hand how difficult breaking free from addiction can be and is committed to helping others experience the joys that sober living can offer. His greatest personal accomplishment is having a strong, Godly marriage to a wonderful wife and the mother to his 2 boys. In his free time he can be seen riding his motorcycle, working on cars/trucks, exercising, being outdoors, spending time with his family and attending church.
Nick is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Freedom Recovery. While leading Celebrate Recovery, Nick saw the need for a faith-based treatment option in his community. After praying with his wife, he felt led to fill the gap. As a Christian in long-term recovery himself, Nick recognizes the impact that faith has on the journey. Nick has three sons of his own and continues to believe in the necessity of sharing his testimony to impact the lives of others. Nick feels blessed to witness the life change that Freedom Recovery has on the community, while working behind the scenes to ensure effective and efficient operations.
Rob Schilder currently serves as the CEO of Freedom Recovery. With a deep passion for helping those impacted by the disease of substance use disorder, Rob finds joy in ensuring those struggling get the support they need and cherishes time spent with his family. Married to Justine, they are soon-to-be first-time parents to their first son. After graduating with his bachelor’s in psychology from The Ohio State University, Rob was driven by his personal recovery journey to enter into the behavioral health space and help those who have lived through similar experiences to him, aiming to always remember that recovery is evenly distributed to those who seek it. In his free time, he enjoys watching sports, playing video games, eating pizza, and being a new homeowner.
With over 6 years working in this field, Rob’s commitment to helping those experience the beauty of recovery is evident through his work at Freedom Recovery, where he plays a key role in ensuring the overall experience of their clients is at the forefront of every decision they make all while being dedicated to his “why”. My ‘why’ is and has always been ensuring that every individual seeking treatment gets treated the way they deserve. These are our brothers & sisters, mothers & fathers, friends, coworkers, and our neighbors, and they deserve to be treated as such.”
