Understanding addiction therapy

With many individuals who are suffering with addiction, the key to achieving a substance-free life and enjoying if for many years to come is addiction therapy. No longer being dependent on alcohol or drugs means that you now have hope for a brighter future, and counseling and therapy are the means to achieve that goal. Counseling and therapy are the foundation of long-term recovery and the tools that you need to live the rest of your life without the need for alcohol or drugs.

Group and individual counseling is typically the second stage of the addiction treatment and recovery process in most rehab programs, the first being detox and withdrawal. Once the counseling stage has been completed, it is time to return home to society and enter the aftercare stage where you continue recovering with the help of local area support groups. In order to determine what addiction therapy is going to address your personal needs, you need to understand the way in which the process works.

Addiction counseling

Programs which have been designed and developed to uncover the possible cause of a person’s dependence on alcohol or drugs is referred to as addiction therapy and counseling. These get at the true cause of the person’s addiction to or dependency on alcohol or drugs by utilizing both group and individual counseling/therapy sessions. In the group setting, the individual works with their fellow peers and their counselors, physicians, and therapists. The individual setting is a one-on-one, more personal method of counseling and therapy.

By employing group and individual addiction therapy techniques, the individual has a forum that enables them to open up about their addiction and dependency while at the same time learning how to respond to the addiction “triggers” in both healthier and positive fashion. These triggers are the pressures and stress of everyday life as well as certain environmental factors around them that trigger that addictive behavior and results in the person drinking excessively or abusing drugs.

Getting the addiction therapy you need

When it comes to addiction therapy and counseling in the better addiction rehab facilities, there are typically three options that can be pursued in conjunction with one another as the person proceeds through the program – group, individual, and family counseling. They are what their name implies and have proven to be extremely effective when they are part of an addiction treatment and recovery program.

The Freedom Center offers addicted individuals customizable programs that include these three counseling methods during addiction therapy. A simple assessment interview that is conducted when the individual is admitted to our facility enables us to determine what treatment and recovery method will work for you. Please call us today at the toll-free phone number listed above for more information.