Rehab is the first step in recovery when someone wants to beat addiction. After a person leaves a rehab facility, additional treatment is helpful. However, participating in therapy during rehab also helps prepare a person for treatment. Individual therapy during addiction treatment is especially important. It focuses on how addiction affects a person individually.
There are several forms of individual therapy during addiction treatment. These are some effective individual therapy approaches:
CBT helps give people clarity and understand themselves better. They learn about triggers that may influence their urges to use a substance. Not all triggers or individuals are avoidable. In such cases, CBT helps people learn how to deal with triggers, people, and situations. Also, CBT can help uncover self-destructive behavior patterns. When people realize those behaviors and learn strategies to change them, they are equipped to make better decisions.
In individual therapy, therapists also help people understand that addiction is a brain disease that causes cravings. Those cravings persist even after the body is free from the substance. Because of this, therapists use CBT to teach people strategies to resist cravings as well.
Many people who struggle with addiction have past trauma or mental health issue. Both can influence how a person responds to different situations. Whether a person has a known or an unknown mental health need related to trauma, therapy can help address it. EMDR helps remove mental barriers that may hinder healing.
Emotional trauma can be like a physical wound. When a wound is continually irritated, it cannot heal. EMDR is a unique approach that helps teach the brain to heal from trauma. If the trauma leads a person to use a substance, healing from that trauma is essential for staying in recovery. Trauma may be tied to a single event, a difficult period in a person’s life, an entire lifetime of abuse, or something else.
This alternative individual therapy approach can help people by effecting change at a subconscious level. Therapists specially trained to perform hypnotherapy help clients reach an altered state of consciousness. Using special techniques, they try to help clients change behaviors, feelings, or attitudes during that time.
At Colorado Addiction Recovery Services, our goal is to help people experience the benefits of individual therapy during addiction treatment. What they learn helps prepare them for ongoing support and care when they leave. These are the main benefits of individual therapy for addiction in our facility:
At Colorado Addiction Recovery Services, our team members work together to help each client set individual goals. We help them focus on long-term sobriety and learn the keys to overcoming addiction. Clients participate in individual therapy with licensed therapists who use therapy models with a proven record of success. If you or a loved one need help to overcome addiction in Aurora, we are here to answer your questions. Our facility accepts Medicaid and works with Colorado Health First. Please contact us to learn more about individual therapy during rehab.
