Alcoholism Addiction Treatment

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: the most basic and simple approach to therapy is where the therapist and individual meet together and figure out how the interaction of thoughts, behaviors, and emotions are playing out in life and effecting personal success. CBT works on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that may be stopping progress in life.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: An approach that uses CBT methods and steps it forward breaking it down to four areas:

·Mindfulness Meditation Skills. A term called “Radical Acceptance” – It’s all ok for the moment – the practice of individuals accepting themselves, and the things that feel “wrong” or need “changed” all at the same time.  It is tough to pull off but DBT teaches core skills that allow individuals to become both the observer and participant in all that is happening in and around them. It’s a great technique to learn for life in general.
·Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills. A focus on the people around us and how we interact with them. It allows for boundaries, ask for what is needed and manage conflict and communication in all relationships.
·Distress Tolerance Skills.  “I am frightened and feel worthless so I will binge eat, or cut, or use drugs” – those were old “distress skills” ~ this new way lets individuals accept and tolerate distress without doing anything that will make the whole situation worse.
·Emotion Regulation Skills. This helps individuals no longer get “hijacked” by emotions. Instead, recognize what’s going on, what is being felt, and no matter how big and overwhelming the emotion might seem to be, having the ability to identify it and manage it.