• What is Medication-Assisted Treatment and How Can It Help Me?

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    Medication-assisted treatment, commonly abbreviated MAT, is an important tool that has helped countless people achieve sobriety. When you’re first thinking about seeking treatment for alcohol [...]

  • Knowing When to Seek PTSD Treatment

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    Like other mental health disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) looks different from person to person. Many may experience the same traumatic situation, but many might [...]

  • Utilizing Yoga as Supplemental Addiction Treatment

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    Yoga, derived from the Sanskrit word yog, translates to union, and appropriately so, as yoga is all about connecting the mind, body and spirit. Yoga, [...]

  • How to Take Mental Health Into Your Hands

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    Frequently, a lot of emphases is put on people’s physical health and the importance of eating well, exercising often and getting enough sleep to prevent [...]

  • Does Mental Health Counseling Work?

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    You’ve likely heard of mental health counseling, but might not be sure of what it entails or whether it actually works. Mental health counseling is [...]

  • What Happens During Recreational Therapy?

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    What is the definition of recreational therapy? Recreational therapy, or therapeutic recreation, is a systematic therapy technique that addresses physical and mental health challenges through [...]

  • What Can I Expect from Cocaine Addiction Treatment?

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    Making the active decision to undergo cocaine addiction treatment is a courageous commitment that deserves respect. Not only is addiction a difficult disease to overcome; [...]

  • How Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Can Help You to Overcome Addiction

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    You may have noticed in any therapy session that all treatment operates under certain frameworks. Certain organizations and individual counselors and therapists use evidence-based theories [...]

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Mindful, Non-Judgemental Approach to Therapy

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    When a person experiences a negative, traumatic or hurtful event, the gut reaction is to put up an emotional buffer, in order to limit the [...]

  • How BioSound Healing Therapy Helps Heal Negative Emotions

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    A holistic approach to therapy includes healing of the whole person - body, mind and spirit. As research continues to emerge stressing the importance of [...]

  • Art Therapy: Non-Verbal Treatment at its Best

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    If you’ve hit a plateau in conventional therapy or you’re ready for the benefits of a strong alternative treatment method, or are just looking to [...]

  • 6 Tips to Meal Plan Like a Pro

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    The wide and delicious world of meal planning looks overwhelming from the outside. It seems to require an organized personality and a culinary degree to [...]

  • What is Nature Therapy?

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    Close your eyes and picture yourself sitting in the woods near a babbling brook, scaling a mountain or enjoying the warm sand under your feet [...]

  • 17 Addiction Journal Prompts that Encourage Recovery & Sobriety

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    There has been a vast movement toward mindfulness in our current culture, especially with the onset of a pandemic. People around the world are looking [...]

  • How Will COVID-19 Affect My Rehab?

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    As if working to achieve sobriety isn’t enough of a challenge, tack on a pandemic. Rehab in itself is a major life change, and although [...]

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    When Is Outpatient Drug Rehab the Best Choice?

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    Outpatient drug and alcohol rehab enables you to work on recovery while still being part of the outside world. If you’ve attended inpatient addiction treatment, where you [...]