Alternative Counseling
Drug Rehab Center in Spanaway, Washington
Alternative Counseling offers a range of treatment options tailored to individual needs, including extensive aftercare, intensive and outpatient levels of care, accepted insurance, evidence-based interventions, and dual diagnosis treatment to help individuals successfully achieve lasting sobriety from substance abuse.
About This Washington Facility
Alternative Counseling is a full-service addiction treatment facility located in Spanaway, Washington. They specialize in providing comprehensive and personalized counseling and treatment for those struggling with alcoholism, opioid addiction, substance abuse, mental health issues, and dual diagnosis. Alternative Counseling offers a comprehensive and progressive range of addiction treatment services and aftercare support to help individuals suffering from substance abuse. Their services include a drug rehab program, dual-diagnosis treatment, intensive outpatient, and outpatient levels of care that assist individuals in navigating their recovery journey and experiencing long-term success. Alternative Counseling is committed to providing high-quality care and compassionate support and accepts private health insurance.
Alternative Counseling’s team of experienced and professional staff strives to customize treatment plans tailored to each client’s individual needs. The goal of their services is to help their clients become drug free and/or abstain from alcohol and enabling a lifestyle of recovery. They provide evidence-based addiction therapy, including individual and group counseling, as well as relapse prevention and anger management. The team of experienced clinicians at Alternative Counseling also provide family therapy, trauma-informed care, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. The facility is licensed and accredited by the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Health Care Authority. They promote evidence-based practices, such as Medication Assisted Treatment and Methadone Maintenance Treatment, to treat opioid addiction.
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Substance abuse typically leads to addiction, which requires specialized treatment programs at Alternative Counseling to address. Many people benefit from inpatient drug rehabilitation, which includes inpatient acute care and residential rehabilitation. Other levels of care include intensive outpatient therapy, individual counseling, and support groups. Family therapy is also an essential part of treatment for substance abuse.
A combination of treatments is often needed to treat drug abuse issues effectively. In the case of drug abuse, there is no easy answer or one-size-fits-all cure.
Opioids are a series of medicines that are used for pain relief. Opioid addiction refers to the compulsive pursuit of opioids, even though they are not medically needed. Medication-assisted therapy at Alternative Counseling in Spanaway, WA requires care in which both medications, medication, and behavioral treatments are used.
Substance use disorder falls under two categories: Alcohol or Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence. An individual suffering from a substance use disorder and mental health disorders is said to have a co-occurring disorder or a dual disorder.
Individuals with substance use disorders and mental health problems are said to suffer from a ‘dual diagnosis’. The most frequently identified mental health issues found in individuals with substance use disorders include anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder.
Levels of Care Offered at Alternative Counseling
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An Intensive Outpatient Program like what’s offered at Alternative Counseling, targets those who need intensive treatment but would rather get it in the comfort of their homes. The treatment programs vary in duration and intensity. They can be tailored to suit the patient’s needs.
When remaining at their job in Spanaway, or continuing their studies, the individual may live with their family while utilizing Alternative Counseling‘s outpatient services. Treatment requires counseling the patient at the individual level, in a group setting, about substance addiction, drugs, and therapy sessions.
Aftercare support involves the support given to a Spanaway, Washington patient after they complete treatment. It helps them adjust to normal life. It may include setting them up in a halfway house and enrolling them in programs like Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Alternative Counseling‘s patients may also be provided with career training to help them get back into the job force.
Therapies & Programs
Family therapy is a set of therapeutic approaches that assumes that the entire family is a system. It utilizes the strengths and resources of the family to help the patient refrain from resorting to substance abuse. The impact of substance abuse is not just on the patient but on the entire family. Family therapy ensures that the patient gets adequate support from the family members after the treatment making the recovery process sustainable
- Family therapy guides all the members of the family to help the patient.
- It helps to repair relationships and improve communication between family members.
- It helps to keep the patient engaged and motivated throughout the treatment.
Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Finding a peer group in Spanaway, WA and others who relate to your situation is a fundamental tool for recovery at Alternative Counseling. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. The accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. This is generally introduced early in recovery and is recommended as a lifetime treatment habit.
Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. This may involve Alternative Counseling managing individual or group counseling or both. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
A type of cognitive-behavioral therapy is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. It is intended for those who are vulnerable to self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Alternative Counseling aims to help patients understand the connection between their feelings, emotions, and behaviors and provide them with the tools to make a difference in Spanaway, WA. For those whose addictions and habits originate from severe mental health problems, it is beneficial.
Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders. If not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders. CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern. It can be administered as a monotherapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) is a variation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that helps people understand how maladaptive, negative, and habitual thoughts and feelings lead to bad life choices. REBT is based on the idea that people operate under many irrational but habitual patterns of thought that fuel harmful practices.
The first three steps depend on the patient, so they are more specific and situational. The succeeding four steps center on practical issues brought on by substance abuse. Steps 8 and 9 deal with the social and emotional repercussions of addiction, encouraging patients to make amends to people they have wronged. These are followed by two steps revolving around the further exploration and reinforcement of Steps 1 to 9.
The last step requires an individual to extend a helping hand to people who are still in the early stages of their recovery.
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Spanaway, Washington 98387 Phone Number(253) 538-2323 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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17002 Pacific Ave S
Spanaway, WA 98387
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Spanaway, Washington Addiction Information
Washington's substance use, abuse, and addiction rates have followed the trends of the rest of the over the past years. Methamphetamine abuse is the biggest threat to Washington. Heroin-related overdoses increased by almost 450% from 2006 to 2016. 20% of all annual deaths in Washington are somehow drug and/or alcohol-related. Drugs are widely abused in Washington because they are easily trafficked in and out of the state.
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