House at 20 Mile Stream
Drug Rehab Center in Proctorsville, Vermont
House at 20 Mile Stream is a Proctorsville, VT addiction treatment facility providing personalized care and dual diagnosis services to help individuals struggling with addiction achieve long-term sobriety.
About This Vermont Facility
House at 20 Mile Stream is an inpatient residential treatment facility located in Proctorsville, Vermont. It is designed to provide the highest level of care to those struggling with substance use disorder, addiction, and mental health issues. Staff consists of an interdisciplinary team of qualified professionals and clinicians, providing individualized care based on each person’s needs.
The center offers a mix of evidence-based therapies that are tailored to the individual’s needs, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical-behavioral therapy, family systems therapy, art therapy, trauma therapy, guilt and grief therapy. They also offer a number of alternative therapies such as yoga, acupuncture, equine-assisted therapy, and meditation. In addition, the center helps individuals build life skills, such as developing the ability to make meaningful connections with others, identifying triggers and developing healthier coping strategies, and developing a sense of self-control.
The center is accredited by the Joint Commission and is a member of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers. The staff also specializes in treating co-occurring mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and mood disorders. Individuals struggling with addiction can also benefit from one-on-one care with clinicians, as well as weekly family therapy sessions. House at 20 Mile Stream is committed to providing integrated, comprehensive, and compassionate care that helps individuals in their journey to live a healthier and happier life.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
Dual Diagnosis refers to someone who is both dealing with addiction and another mental health issue.
There are different kinds of Dual Diagnosis: A person who simultaneously experiences both a mental illness and an addiction disorder. Or, a person who experiences one or more coexisting (simultaneous) mental health conditions in addition to a primary substance use disorder.
Some conditions that commonly co-occur with addiction include:
- Personality Disorders (Borderline, Narcissistic)
- Mood Disorders (Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety Disorder)
- PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Hallucinations, Delusions
Levels of Care Offered at House at 20 Mile Stream
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Individuals who are suffering from severe addiction or have a high risk for dangerous health concerns are often recommended to receive inpatient treatment.
Choosing to enter an inpatient treatment program is beneficial for people who are suffering from severe addiction, or who have a high risk for dangerous health concerns.
Inpatient treatment is beneficial for:
- People who have a history of severe withdrawal.
- People who have attempted to overcome addiction on their own without success.
- People who have a history of relapse, or have recently relapsed.
- People at risk for drug overdose or withdrawal-related complications.
- People with medical conditions that are worsened by drug or alcohol use.
Therapies & Programs
Therapy sessions focused on the individual addict can provide much-needed guidance as they work toward overcoming their addiction. These types of sessions typically involve guidance from a therapist, who will help addicts identify and process their feelings and cravings.
During these sessions, addicts may develop plans for coping with the triggers that typically lead to relapse and learn how to avoid those triggers during their recovery process.
If you are looking for drug recovery, couples therapy can be a great option. This type of therapy can help rebuild trust and joy in relationships that may have been damaged by addiction. It can also help reduce the dysfunctional behavior in a relationship that may trigger addiction. A patient’s partner will be involved in the process. They can also benefit from therapy, especially if they are trying to live with an addict.
The main goal of family therapy for drug addiction is to create an environment where communication can occur without judgment, hostility, or blame that often occurs within a family.
Family therapy is a type of group problem-solving that aims to improve communication and relationships between the patient, their family, and sometimes friends. The therapist is with the family as they learn to communicate with each other differently, especially with the addict when s/he is using.
The family can learn to reduce their enabling behavior or rally together and support each other during tough times. The patient also learns how to deal with their addiction and maintain sobriety while interacting with the family.
Different types of addiction treatment services are available. Within this article, group therapy is of interest due to its high success rate compared to individual therapy. Group therapy settings are beneficial because they allow recovering addicts to build a strong support network.
Benefits of group therapy are:
- Reduces feelings of isolation
- Immediate access to social support in the form of fellow addicts in recovery
- Lowers risk of relapse
- Increases rate of sobriety
- Builds coping skills that can be applied to everyday life
Trauma Therapy is a form of therapy that involves working with a patient to help them process and understand the past trauma(s) in their life. The idea behind it is that while some people can experience traumatic events and not have lasting psychiatric symptoms, many others will. In these cases, memories of the event get hidden from consciousness but continue to influence how the person processes and copes with things in their life. They may avoid situations that resemble what happened or become suddenly angry or irritated to a situation that reminds them of a past event.
With the help of a therapist, people can go back over memories and experiences. This helps them understand why they are having problems coping with certain situations and how they can change how they think and react to things. This therapy is typically done using techniques such as visualization, discussion, and writing down thoughts and feelings.
Trauma therapists will work with clients to help them understand their past and present relationships. Many times, patients may believe that something is inherently wrong with them or that they are unworthy of love. A therapist aims to correct these negative feelings and behaviors by helping the person realize that their actions do not reflect who they truly are.
One of the main goals of trauma therapy is to help clients express their emotions and talk about what they are feeling. This benefits both to increase awareness of how certain events have impacted them in the past and enables patients to realize that they can make changes in their lives.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a cognitive-behavioral therapy that helps addicts balance their thoughts and emotions to change their behavior. It was designed for those vulnerable to self-harm and suicidal thoughts and aims to help patients understand the connection between their feelings, emotions, and behaviors. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from severe mental health issues.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used by drug treatment centers to help addicts comprehend the causes of their substance abuse and the consequences that follow. Through CBT, clients learn to recognize and avoid high-risk situations and cope with challenging situations when they arise.
CBT treatment often includes a combination of individual therapy, group therapy, lectures, and other activities. The treatment’s goal is to help addicts gain self-control and maintain abstinence from drugs and alcohol over the long term so that an addict can get sober and lead a more productive life.
CBT is particularly effective in helping people overcome their drug problems, especially people whose drug abuse is motivated by self-defeating beliefs and emotions.
Patient Experience
Experiential Therapy at House at 20 Mile Stream
Experiential therapy is a form of psychotherapy where patients are asked to engage in activities such as role-play, poetry writing, music composition, exercising, or journaling to help process intense feelings. The aim of the therapy is to help patients access deeper, often hidden emotions by helping them explore their own body and mind.
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Proctorsville, Vermont 5153 Phone Number(802) 226-7500 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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756 Main street
Proctorsville, VT 5153
(802) 226-7500
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Proctorsville, Vermont Addiction Information
Vermont has the highest rate of illicit drug abuse in the nation. A third of all Vermonters who are addicted to drugs admit to first having abused prescription drugs. The largest drug threat in Vermont is opioids. Fentanyl, dubbed the most dangerous drug in America, is responsible for more than half of all opioid-related deaths in Vermont. A third of all residents aged 12 and older who are addicted to drugs admit to first having abused prescription drugs. In many overdose cases, cocaine is also a contributing factor.
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