Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle
Drug Rehab Center in Seattle, Washington
Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle is an outpatient treatment program for substance abuse, addiction, and related mental health disorders that uses evidence-based practices to develop individualized treatment plans to empower individuals and their families in their recovery journey.
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About This Seattle, WA Facility
Island Assessment and Counseling – Seattle is a comprehensive outpatient treatment program located in Seattle, Washington dedicated to providing innovative care for individuals and families impacted by substance abuse, addiction, and related mental health disorders. Founded in 2004, the experienced and compassionate therapists, psychiatrists, and counselors at Island Assessment and Counseling – Seattle utilize evidence-based practices to develop individualized treatment plans to empower individuals and their families in their recovery journey.
At Island Assessment and Counseling – Seattle, clients can receive a variety of evidence-based addiction treatment services, ranging from drug and alcohol detoxification and relapse prevention to intensive outpatient programs and individual, group, and family counseling designed to help clients identify and address the causes of addictive behaviors. Additionally, medication management and medication-assisted treatment is available to those battling opioid and alcohol use disorders.
In addition to its superior services, Island Assessment and Counseling – Seattle is accredited by the Joint Commission, licensed by the State of Washington, and has been recognized as a WARM Site, or Washington Access to Recovery Mentorship site, to support those in recovery through mentoring, education and coaching. Island Assessment and Counseling – Seattle strives to provide an empathetic, compassionate, and safe environment to support its clients in their recovery journey.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance abuse refers to the intensive and inappropriate use of psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are those that affect brain function. These include illegal drugs, alcohol, and even the excessive use of prescription drugs. The overuse of psychoactive substances leads to severe physical or psychological dependence. It also affects the social life and relationships of the affected individual. Substance abuse is treatable.
The duration of treatment at Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle in Seattle can require weeks or even months depending on the severity of the condition as there is a risk of relapse. Treatment options include medications, counseling sessions, various types of behavioral therapy, and group therapy in different combinations.
Addiction to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit opioids such as heroin, leads to potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when discontinued. Opioid addiction treatment typically involves an inpatient stay at facilities like Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in Washington is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the Washington patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.
Treatment is just a first step in sustaining sobriety. After rehabilitation, counseling for aftercare helps the person adapt to a life without drugs. A sober living facility in Seattle, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.
Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle‘s Therapies & Programs
In addiction recovery at Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.
Addiction and alcoholism affect the entire family. For this reason, family therapy is vital to a person’s recovery from addiction. In contrast to couples counseling, family therapy at Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle may include siblings, children, parents, and other significant people in the recovering person’s life. Family support is one of the most important pillars of recovery.
Many people turn to drugs and alcohol as a way of processing trauma that has affected them in the past. Trauma can include abuse, neglect, the loss of a loved one and other unpleasant incidents. Trauma therapy at Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that focuses on eliminating specific negative thoughts such as suicidal thoughts that can potentially lead to an individual inflicting self-harm. It is useful in the treatment of patients exhibiting uncontrollable emotions, intense mood swings, and borderline personality disorders.
The term “Dialectic” means the integration of opposites. In the substance abuse context, DBT refers to accepting the patient’s addiction and working to change their thoughts and behavior. It improves life skills such as controlling the intense emotions without reacting impulsively, resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively, and promoting awareness about self and others.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a type of cognitive therapy. It is based on the principle that irrational thoughts are responsible for the emotional and behavioral changes in addiction. So, the therapy starts with identifying the underlying irrational thoughts. These thoughts are then challenged and opposed logically and then replaced with positive thoughts. It also helps to change unwanted behavior with techniques such as meditation.
By imparting positive thoughts and emotions, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) makes the individual self-reliant with a capacity to handle the emotional and behavioral issues in future by themselves without professional help. This self-dependence benefits the patients and prevent relapses.
Life skills pertain to the skill sets a person should possess to become successful in life. Examples are time management, budgeting, and social abilities. Life skills therapy highlights the fact that addiction recovery is more than just a person’s ability to go through their day-to-day without resorting to substance use in Seattle, WA once they leave the facility.
Contingency Management (CM), also called motivational incentives, is a type of pure behavioral therapy. It’s based on the idea that behavior is shaped, motivated, or controlled by its outcomes. CM is a clinical application at Island Assessment and Counseling - Seattle of operant conditioning, which helps clients eliminate unwanted behaviors by the use of positive and negative reinforcement.
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4250 Aurora Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
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Seattle, 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.
In Seattle, Washington, drug addiction is a big problem. In 2016, there were nearly 500 drug overdose deaths in Seattle, with opioids responsible for most of those deaths. 4.5% of people aged 12 or older reported using psychotherapeutic drugs for nonmedical purposes. Some of the most common treatments include inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, and detox centers.
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