Addiction
Therapy For Addiction (Substance Use Disorder)
People experience:
- intense cravings
- distorted behaviors
- changes in personality
- relationship problems
How Addiction Affects You & Your Loved Ones
Symptoms of Substance Use Disorder include:
- Feeling that you have to use regularly or many times a day
- Sever urges to use the substance
- Building tolerance; need to use more to feel the same effect over the time
- Involving in risky behaviors; driving under the influence (DUI)
- Not meeting obligations at home and work
- Doing things to get the substance that you usually don’t do
- Experiencing withdrawal symptoms
How Our Addiction Treatment Program Can Help
Substance abuse (alcohol abuse, drug abuse) is a disease that affects the brain and the behavior of the abuser. Abuse leads to family dysfunctions and the family members take on many roles to keep up with the mess and problems.
Abuse of a family member may lead to codependency for the partner. In the case of children, it may lead to behaviors of avoidance, shyness, enabling, or acting out to protect the family from problems.
Individual and family counseling is highly recommended during the road to recovery by attending other programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous groups or Narcotics Anonymous groups.In addition, most people suffer from co-occurring disorders that need special counseling for both mental health problems and addiction problems.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, comprehensive assessment and psychotherapy treatments are significant components of substance abuse treatment.
For substance abuse treatment we provide:
- cognitive behavioral therapies
- relapse prevention
- social skills training
- motivational enhancement therapy
- brief intervention
- behavioral therapies
- 12-step facilitation
- psychodynamic therapies
- group therapy
- couples and family counseling
