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How Can Creative Expression Be Used in Recovery?
Humans are born with a creative expression, regardless if it is tapped into or not. All around the world, creativity has made our environment a different place. Creative expression enriches our lives every day. Because of the impression that it leaves on us, using...
The Importance of Meditation in Recovery
Addiction can affect you physically, mentally, and spiritually. As you continue to use drugs, you may experience an impact on the physical body, including damage to major organs, cardiovascular system, skin, teeth, and more. Addiction can even lead to dangerous...
The Difference Between Individual Therapy and Group Therapy
When you seek treatment for addiction or a mental health disorder, you will most likely experience individual therapy and group therapy. While both have similar qualities, the two therapies are different. However, participating in both individual and group therapy can...
Why Is Substance Abuse Psychoeducation Important to My Treatment?
Learning more about yourself and the relationship between science and substance use is acquired in recovery through psychoeducation. Psychoeducation is used with multiple approaches of therapeutic group-based therapies and behavioral treatments. The overall...
The Possibilities of Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology is the study of how drugs affect behavior. If a drug changes how you feel or think, the drug affects your brain and nervous system. Psychopharmacology allows insight into how the use of medications can help treat mental health disorders. There are...
How to Move Past Automatic Trauma Responses
When you experience a traumatic event, your body will have an automatic reaction, known as the fight-flight-freeze response. You cannot control this reaction; it is your body’s way of surviving. However, even after a traumatic event has already happened, your body can...
An In-Depth Look at Somatic Experiencing
The mind-body connection is stronger than we think. When a person experiences a traumatic event, both their mind and body are affected. Trauma can have a lasting impact on a person, even years after the event. It can also contribute to other conditions, such as mental...
What Is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy?
Dialectical behavioral therapy, also known as DBT, is a form of treatment to help you manage emotional conflicts and build new skills. DBT focuses on mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation strategies. The techniques are effective with DBT because it...
The Benefits of Group Therapy
In most treatment centers for substance abuse, clients will, at some point, engage in group therapy. At first, group therapy may seem intimidating -- opening up to strangers can be frightening. However, group therapy during treatment is beneficial to you as a person...
What Is Holistic Treatment?
Holistic treatment is an alternative form of care in substance use recovery, often used in conjunction with traditional forms of therapy. Substance use experiences alternate differently from person to person, and there are often co-occurring health disorders that...