Substance Abuse Therapy

Is there something in your life that you just can’t go a day without?

Perhaps it’s substance like a drug or alcohol that you just can’t imagine how you’d get through a day without it?

Or maybe that something is a more personal need, such as shopping, sex or social media that you just need on a daily basis in order to survive.

Additions take on many shapes and forms and often lead to problems in people’s lives. They takeover a person’s life, impacting their mind, body and spirit. In most cases, addiction is used as an unhealthy coping mechanism for something else that is going on in the person’s life, such as, trauma, stress, emotional distress, depression, anxiety, etc.

Individuals who struggle with addiction often experience an intense need to escape and avoid difficult experiences and painful emotions. The addition often eats away at a person’s time and finances.

Two Types Of Addiction­­­

• Process Addiction
• Substance Addiction

Process addiction is related to the “high” or feeling a person gets from being involved in an activity. Common activities associated with process addition include, gambling, sex, shopping, video games, social media, over-working, etc…

Substance addiction is related to a substance or something tangible that is taking over a person’s life. Common substances people are addicted to include, alcohol, cocaine, opiates, food, drugs, sleeping pills, etc…

Signs You Should Consider Addiction Therapy

• You have trouble stopping something once you start it
• You find yourself arguing with people about your addition
• You’re not doing things you used to do because something is consuming your time
• You find yourself relying on substances to get through your day – drugs and alcohol
• You think or worry about your addiction on a regular basis
• You fight with family or loved ones

Addiction Therapy Can Help You

• Identifying and manage triggers in your life that lead to your addictive behaviour
• Understand the process involved in overcoming your addiction
• Learn how to manage your emotions and replace unhealthy responses with healthy ones
• Support you with multi-level and community based intervention
• Help rediscover your identity and sense of self-worth
• Help you work through the stages of change to your life as a result of overcoming your addiction
• Give you a sense of personal power and control over your life
• Learn more about your addiction and how it impacts you and others

Addiction Therapy Can Help Loved Ones

• Learn how they can help the addict in their life recover and stay on the right path
• Learn about the steps on an addict’s road to recovery
• Develop healthy boundaries and lifestyle choices to remain a part of an addict’s life

How We Approach Addiction Therapy

Our staff understand just how strong addiction’s grip can be on people and that no two people’s recovery process is the same; there is no time frame, schedule or rules that work for everyone.

We take a client-centered-approach to care, focusing on each addiction as its own unique case. We understand overcoming addition is difficult and the process to overcoming and managing addition is different for everyone.

Therapy Styles & Techniques Our Staff Are Familiar With Include:

• • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Insight Oriented Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Goal Setting
  • Play Therapy
  • Interventions
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Family Systems Models

To find out more about addiction therapy and determine if it’s right for you and/or your loved one, contact us to make an appointment.