Drug Rehab and Therapy

At our most basic level as human beings we are wired to seek pleasure over pain. Whenever we make a choice, even if it’s what to eat for dinner, we choose what we think will give us more pleasure and less pain. When you engage in alcohol or drug abuse, you are choosing what you think will give you more pleasure and less pain. This is why drug rehab and therapy have become such an important coupling in the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction.

Many people who end up in drug rehab are seeking to alleviate emotional pain which could be a result of childhood or adult trauma, abuse, chemical imbalance or mood disorder. Alcohol and drugs then become a means to an end, a means with which to self-medicate and level out the highs and lows. At SouthCoast Recovery, we offer drug rehab and therapy as a part of our comprehensive drug and alcohol treatment program. Our clinical therapist can give you specific evaluative tests to determine whether you meet the criteria for dual diagnosis, which is the term for two co-occurring disorders such as alcoholism and drug addiction coupled with a mood disorder such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Results lead to an individual plan tailored specifically for you. This may or may not include prescription anti-depressants.

Drug rehab and therapy provide a means with which to address the underlying symptoms, not just the problem. Just like a holistic practitioner, the goal of a clinical therapist is not to mask the symptoms but to help you uncover and work through underlying issues that may be contributing to your drug and alcohol dependency. It’s the process of restoring balance on a psychological level. A clinical therapist is a therapist who has received a doctorate degree (PhD) in clinical psychology to evaluate, diagnose and treat mental disorders. Attaining this level of expertise requires several years of academic training, interning at an established practice, over 3,000 hours of supervised experience and the successful completion of state license exams. At SouthCoast Recovery’s drug rehab center, our clinical therapist has 47 years experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating clients with trauma, abuse and dependency issues.

As children we learn patterns of survival within our family of origin that may not transfer successfully to relationships we establish in adulthood. Our attempt to make these patterns work sets us up to create the same situations we were trying to escape without the tools to change them. This results in frustration, an inability to adapt to our current circumstances, mood swings, anxiety and a general feeling of powerlessness. Drug and alcohol dependency can be a result of trying to escape these feelings that create pain. Drug rehab offers the opportunity to feel that pain and move through it with therapy in order to heal. As the reasons for drinking and taking drugs are exposed and released, so is the need for turning to drugs and alcohol to cope.

There is an anticipated mood fluctuation that evens out with time in sobriety. Up to 95% of depression is situational. The good news is that we can resolve situational depression through drug rehab and therapy as well as sobriety.

SouthCoast Recovery in Dana Point, California, offers clinical therapy during inpatient alcohol and drug rehab treatment. We have 30, 60, 90 day and 6 month residential programs that combine clinical therapy with holistic treatments of acupuncture and massage as well as innovative workshops on the mind, body and spirit connection. For more information, please contact one of our intake coordinators today. We can help you heal your emotional pain and find the happiness in sobriety you’ve been looking for!