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Addiction Counseling

Experience clinician-run addiction treatment at Red Oak Recovery® in the pristine Blue Ridge Mountains

a group participates in addiction counselingAddiction counseling helps you understand why you started abusing drugs or alcohol. It also helps you learn how to prevent relapse and cope with stress, instead of turning back to your used substances. Your therapist motivates you, helps you develop skills and improve relationships for well-supported, healthy recovery.

Why You Need Addiction Counseling

You need addiction counseling when you go through drug or alcohol rehab. This guidance helps you understand the causes of your substance use, as well as your genetic and environmental triggers to addiction. In this therapy, you explore past trauma, stress, and other vulnerabilities. You work through these issues to understand them and move beyond their life control. You also need counseling in rehab because your addiction causes mental and physical side effects. Physical side effects tend to include cravings and withdrawal. Psychological side effects can include depression, stress, anxiety, and social isolation. Your treatment provides help for these side effects. In the past few decades, evidence-based therapies have advanced for better counseling during rehab and recovery. These behavioral treatments prove useful in treating addiction and co-occurring mental health problems. Therapy during rehab prepares you for life after your program ends. You gain skills you need for long-lasting recovery and can return to counseling when you need it.

Behavioral Therapies as Addiction Counseling

Many types of counseling for addiction exist. These include addiction education groups, career counseling, and other forms of counseling you need for goal achievement. Behavioral therapies include some of the most effective types of addiction counseling. These treatments help you understand high-risk behavior and how to avoid it. One of the most widely used forms of behavioral therapy is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT helps you predict risky outcomes in your daily life to apply coping strategies and prevent relapse. In CBT you also learn how negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect toward relapse. By changing how you think, you experience a more positive outlook and stronger recovery. CBT proves effective in the treatment of a wide variety of addictions. Another type of therapy widely used in rehab is dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). DBT helps you regulate your emotions and overcome negative thoughts, like those of self-harm or suicide. Instead of treating the addiction behaviors, DBT treats co-occurring conditions of addiction. Conditions treated using DBT include:

  • Mood disorders
  • Personality disorders
  • Eating disorders
  • Self-destructive behavior

DBT uses relaxation methods like yoga, controlled breathing, muscle relaxation, and meditation. These techniques help you gain greater awareness of your thoughts and emotions. You learn how to tolerate negative thoughts or urges for healthy change.

Individual and Group Therapy

Addiction therapy services in rehab include a mix of counseling types. They also include mixed settings, where these therapies take place. One of the most effective settings for addiction treatment is group therapy. Group therapy includes peers in recovery meeting together to learn about their addiction and associated problems. In group therapy, your peers challenge and support you, just as you do for them. A trained therapist guides these sessions and sets goals for the group’s achievement. Individual counseling proves very helpful for treatment of co-occurring conditions with addiction. Commonly co-occurring conditions include depression, anxiety, trauma, eating disorders, or other mental illness. Many people call this counseling psychotherapy.

NC Treatment for Addiction

The counseling you need for your addiction takes place at Red Oak Recovery® in Asheville, North Carolina. Red Oak Recovery® provides rehab treatment for young adults in gender-specific programs. These programs combine wilderness and adventure-based therapies in a clinical setting. Programs and services of Red Oak Recovery® include:

  • Trauma-informed focus
  • Nutritional, physical and mental evaluation
  • Eco-therapies, including experiential, clinical and organic methods
  • Dual diagnosis treatment
  • LGBTQ-friendly environment
  • Out-of-network insurance acceptance

If you or someone you love are suffering from addiction, Red Oak Recovery® provides the therapies you need for lasting recovery. Call Red Oak Recovery® now at 866-457-7590 for more information about available programs.