Meditation is often used as a component of addiction treatment. It’s a type of therapy that offers many benefits, including the reduction of stress and the healing of negative emotions. As a result, many drug and alcohol addiction treatment centers include meditation therapy in their programs of recovery. Rockland Recovery may be the solution if…
You may have heard of residential treatment and outpatient treatment. You may even have an understanding of how these programs can effectively treat addiction. But are you familiar with that period of recovery called aftercare? An aftercare recovery program can be just as vital as residential treatment in the recovery process. In fact, the role…
Addiction recovery takes time and rarely follows a simple, straight path. Rather, many people face obstacles, including relapse, along this journey. A core component of a successful addiction treatment program is to reduce the risk of relapse occurring. Relapse prevention therapy is one of the most effective ways to prevent a relapse. At Rockland Recovery,…
Acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, is a type of psychotherapy that encourages clients to accept and move through difficulties instead of trying to control their outcome. It’s based on the realization that everybody has limitations. Everyone will go through bad times in life, and it’s okay to accept what you can’t change and move…
What you eat has a significant impact on how you feel. Most clients who enter drug or alcohol addiction treatment are suffering from poor nutrition as well as substance use disorder. Unfortunately, feeling run-down and depleted makes the work associated with recovery seem overwhelming. For this reason, nutrition education plays a critical role in addiction…
An intensive outpatient program, also known as an IOP, provides a middle-level of support for those in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. This program is less supervised and formal than residential care. But an intensive outpatient program offers more structure than outpatient services. It’s also an excellent choice for clients who want to recover…
Motivational interviewing is a form of addiction treatment in which the therapist acts as the interviewer, and the client becomes the interviewee. The purpose of this type of treatment is to prompt a change in the client’s life. For instance, people who struggle with alcohol use disorder may find motivational interviewing helpful because it helps…
Partial hospitalization for addiction treatment may be an option for clients who meet certain criteria. In a partial hospitalization program, also known as a PHP, clients receive more treatment and supervision than they would in outpatient care, but less than they would in a residential program. As a result, PHP is often used as a…