Individual Focus

There are many benefits to an individual treatment focus, the most prevalent being:

• A closer look at underlying issues – Individualized treatment offers a higher staff-to-client ratio, meaning that clients have a greater opportunity to delve into the underlying issues that lead to the development of substance abuse and dependence in the first place. Uncovering  and working through these underlying issues, which might include unresolved trauma, untreated mental health conditions, environmental factors or repetitive exposure to high-stress situations, can mean the difference between relapse and continued recovery.
• Improving self-exploration – In order for clients to heal on a thorough and lasting level, they must get familiar with self-exploration. This is important to the addiction treatment process and to the recovery process. In addiction treatment, clients explore their personal relapse triggers and discover which methods of emotional regulation work best for them. They learn a unique set of skills and coping mechanisms that ultimately help them stay sober long-term. During the recovery process, self-exploration allows clients to identify their personal likes and dislikes, while actively pursuing personal goals they develop while in treatment.
• Improving upon personal communication skills – Healthy communication is one of the vital life skills we focus on in individual and group therapy sessions. However, the process of developing and improving upon communication skills is different for every client. This specific life skill is focused on during therapy sessions, as clients learn to express themselves in healthy and productive ways under the guidance of a licensed therapist in a safe and supportive setting.
• Working to cultivate a higher level of self-awareness – Self-awareness helps clients become fully aware of their own behaviors and emotions, and the ways in which their emotions might impact their thought processes and behaviors. To be self-aware means having a greater understanding of the motivation behind substance use, the root causes of addiction and personal relapse triggers. We help clients cultivate a high level of self-awareness by using numerous therapeutic and holistic treatment methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, yoga and mindfulness meditation.
• Developing healthy coping mechanisms – Individual therapy focuses on highlighting the connection between the thoughts, emotions and behaviors of each client. Clients learn how they are programmed to react to certain situations based on negative thought patterns, and they focus on replacing negative thoughts and knee-jerk reactions with a range of healthy and productive coping mechanisms.
• Focusing on the development of important life skills – Communication is only one of the life skills we help clients develop over the course of the treatment process. Depending on the individualized needs of each client, we provide comprehensive life skills training, which could include financial literacy, vocational training, education assistance, nutrition or any number of appropriate topics.
• Working through any personal trauma in a one-on-one setting – Many of our clients have undergone some degree of personal trauma earlier on in their lives. A focus on individualized therapy allows for clients to work through this trauma in a safe, one-on-one setting with a licensed trauma therapist.