ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT

Our experienced clinical team can help you create a customized path to recovery with the various evidence-based and holistic therapies we provide. You can expect the following therapeutic services during your time in outpatient treatment: Group and individual sessions Case management Mindfulness-based and experiential therapies Coping skills building Art therapy Nutrition education Mental health care Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) groups Family systems work

Strategies for Self Improvement and Change (SSIC) is a program for self improvement and change for the person who has past criminal conduct together with alcohol and other drug use problems. This program is built on a cognitive behavioral approach. This program is 48-50 weeks in length and has a comprehensive participant manual, which outlines the goal, objective and activities for each session. Phase I is entitled "Challenge to Change" and is 18 sessions in length. Phase II is entitled "Commitment to Change" and is 22 sessions in length. Phase III is "Taking Ownership of Change" and is approximately 10-12 sessions in length.

Holistic therapies are treatments that treat the “whole person.” These types of therapies involve treating an individual’s emotional, physical, and spiritual parts to ensure the whole person is healing. Holistic therapy is often used to complement traditional treatment practices found in treatment programs of all types. Holistic therapy aims to bring the mind, body, and spirit into alignment during one’s recovery journey. Holistic therapy focuses on the individual’s overall well-being while treating the physical symptoms often found alongside substance use disorders, including withdrawal symptoms and medical conditions that may develop while using a substance. Treatment centers offering holistic therapy use physical exercise, mindfulness-based meditation, spiritual services, and nutrition services to help people enter a recovery journey filled with strong coping strategies to maintain long-term success. Holistic therapies may include: Yoga Tai chi Guided meditation Acupuncture Massage therapy Spiritual therapy/services Proper nutrition Mindfulness-based therapies Art therapy Animal-assisted therapy Breathing exercises Life skills development

The virtual group and individual therapy model removes barriers, such as needing to travel a long distance from home multiple times per week, and increases access to what can be life-saving treatments, especially in rural parts of the state where therapy gaps exist. The benefits of outpatient substance use disorder treatment programs are well documented. It’s important for people in recovery to have continued access to support as they battle addiction.

The coping skills taught in this addiction therapy are skills that a person can use throughout his or her recovery journey. These skills – healthy and positive for mind, body, and soul – can be used to get through the bad days, the stressful days, and the days when a person just wants to take a sip or a hit. In many ways, coping skills for substance abuse are a saving grace for those navigating the recovery process.

Cognitive behavioral therapy shows that many harmful actions and emotions are not logical or rational. These feelings and behaviors may come from past experiences or environmental factors. When an addicted person understands why they feel or act a certain way — and how those feelings and actions lead to substance use — they are better equipped to overcome their addiction. Cognitive behavioral therapists help those in recovery to identify their negative “automatic thoughts.” An automatic thought is based on impulse and often comes from misconceptions and internalized feelings of self-doubt and fear. Often, people try to self-medicate these painful thoughts and feelings by drinking alcohol or abusing drugs. By continually revisiting painful memories, those in treatment can reduce the pain caused by them. They can then learn new, positive behaviors to replace their drug or alcohol use. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy And Addiction Treatment Automatic negative thoughts are often a root cause of depression and anxiety disorders, which are common co-occurring disorders with addiction. This means automatic thoughts can make someone more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol as well.

Each persons progression into and maintenance of recovery is unique. Therefore, it is important to facilitate the patients looking inward to determine the changes that would be important to the successful maintenance of recovery. The process of recovery (and relapse) is often influenced by several relapse risk factors, including: The severity and consequences of addiction; Co-occurring mental or medical conditions; and The individuals coping skills, motivation, and support system.

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing is a form of healing proven effective for treating traumatic experiences. During EMDR the client has both sides of the body contacted alternatively to increase processing of old trauma in the brain. This is often done through the movement of the eyes side to side, the client tapping legs alternatively or listening to sounds moving from one ear to the other while processing deep or intense information. The process has been researched and revised over many years and turned into a protocol. This protocol has been shown to be most helpful in creating accelerated and lasting changes for trauma processing. We suggest and use EMDR when trauma is impeding health or goals. The process is remarkable as it produces quick change, sometimes even in the course of one treatment.

Cognitive behavioral therapy shows that many harmful actions and emotions are not logical or rational. These feelings and behaviors may come from past experiences or environmental factors. When an addicted person understands why they feel or act a certain way — and how those feelings and actions lead to substance use — they are better equipped to overcome their addiction. Cognitive behavioral therapists help those in recovery to identify their negative “automatic thoughts.” An automatic thought is based on impulse and often comes from misconceptions and internalized feelings of self-doubt and fear. Often, people try to self-medicate these painful thoughts and feelings by drinking alcohol or abusing drugs. By continually revisiting painful memories, those in treatment can reduce the pain caused by them. They can then learn new, positive behaviors to replace their drug or alcohol use. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy And Addiction Treatment Automatic negative thoughts are often a root cause of depression and anxiety disorders, which are common co-occurring disorders with addiction. This means automatic thoughts can make someone more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol as well.