Substance Abuse Counseling Options

We offer multiple different counseling options for substance abuse. We work with you to find out what option will work best for you.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Substance Abuse

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches you how to recognize moods, thoughts, and situations that fire up drug cravings. Our counselors teach you how to avoid these triggers. You’ll learn to replace negative thoughts and feelings with healthy ones that will help you stay clean. The skills you’ll learn can last a lifetime, so this is a powerful treatment method.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy For Substance Abusers

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) focuses on acceptance and change. Started in the 1970s to treat people who were suicidal, DBT has been adapted for other uses, including substance use disorders. In treating substance abuse, the emphasis is on curbing the cravings for substance use and behaviors that lead to it while boosting healthy behaviors (like starting positive relationships) that help the person avoid using.

Contingency Management Therapy For Substance Abuse And Addiction

Contingency management is a behavioral therapy that uses motivational incentives and tangible rewards to help a person become abstinent from drugs or alcohol. To encourage sobriety and behaviors that support healthy living, clients receive rewards when they obtain positive goals and make lifestyle changes within their day-to-day lives. Examples include drug-free urine specimens or consistent treatment attendance.

Motivational Interviewing

In this method, our counselor helps guide you to find what motivates you to maintain your abstinence from drugs or alcohol. If you’re prompted by love of family or returning to work, these issues may become the focus of your treatment.

Couples and Family Group Therapy

An addiction doesn’t only affect your life; your whole family is transformed. Successful treatment requires strong relationships with family and friends. Various counseling methods include your spouse and other family members.

Why try family or couples therapy?

  • Family members and partners can be a powerful force for change in your life.
  • They can help support you in which you will be more likely to stay in therapy.
  • With family and partnership support, you can begin to heal the damage your addiction has caused in the relationship.

Studies show family therapy results in lower relapse rates, increased happiness in the family, and helps children of addicted parents manage their situation.

12-Step And Community Programs

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is an international network of community- based meetings for people recovering from drug addiction. It’s modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), so it’s a 12-step program with a defined process for overcoming addiction. Other popular recovery meetings include SMART Recovery and Celebrate Recovery.

We offer post treatment counseling for the individual in recovery looking to add more support while building a strong sober support network that will help aid in preventing relapse and encourage healthy living.

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Therapists

These are our therapists who are experienced in working with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialect Behavioral Therapy, Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapy, Substance Abuse and Addiction.

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