Delray Beach 1/5/2012 5:37:28 AM
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Programs offered in Chemical Dependency Treatment

It may be hard for others to understand how hard it is to fight addiction, but at Delray Recovery Center we understand and have been helping rebuild lives that have become dependent on substances for many years. We are well-respected among chemical dependency treatment centers and offer all the medical and transitional help that an individual suffering from substance addition may need.

We understand that everyone is different and has a unique set of circumstances. At our recovery center we do not use a ‘one size fits all’ plan for our patients. Each patient has their treatment plan personally customized for their specific needs. The first step in all of these plans is detoxification. This process is safe and completely supervised in a clinical setting. Every detoxification experience is different and how long it lasts will depend on the individual.

Our medical staff is always prepared to help and make changes to treatments plans if necessary. After the detoxification process come the treatments necessary to stabilize and transition into healthy habits. This process is gradual and helps open up minds to different concepts. Patients who are undergoing the recovery treatment process should expect frequent and unannounced drug testing to make sure that they are successful.

The treatments that we offer at Delray Recovery Center is focused around holistic approaches in order to keep the environment as drug free as possible and to introduce new concepts to individuals enrolled in the program. At our chemical dependency treatment centers there are always educated clinical specialists present for the entire process to help people identify the negative thoughts and behaviors that aided their substance addictions and to help them overcome them. This can be achieved in either individual or group counseling.

There are several different kinds of treatment that may be used to treat specific needs in both group and individual therapy. We use existential, gestalt, narrative and person-centered, rational emotive behavior therapy as well as psychoanalytic theory and reality objectification. These methods of approaching the transition from chemical dependence to sobriety will be applied in case-specific circumstances to help individuals become successful.

Chemical dependency treatment centers have had great success with these treatments:

  • Existential therapy is based on the concept that existence is always evolving. This kind of therapy helps people take personal responsibility, become aware of who they are and their personal freedoms and walk away with a sense purpose.
  • Gestalt therapy promotes self-awareness by revealing and working with all aspects of the patient’s personality and helping them develop healthy habits for coping with stress.
  • Narrative therapy takes the perspective that the individual’s past experience unfolds their identity before them like a story. It tries to correct negative perceptions and put a positive spin on the road ahead.
  • Psychoanalytic theory is similar in that it examines the past and its influence on present behaviors.
  • In Person-Centered Therapy the individual is challenged to explore healthy new ways to live life.
  • Reality Objectification analyzes the views of the outside world and promotes positive reactions towards them that are productive.
  • REBT  (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy)- attempts to replace preexisting irrational thought patterns with positive and rational patterns that are conducive to better living.