La Cheim
Drug Rehab Center in Oakland, California
- Mental Health
- Dual Diagnosis
La Cheim is an Oakland-based rehabilitation facility founded in 1993 that provides an evidence-based outpatient and dual-diagnosis treatment program for individuals struggling with addiction and mental health issues. It is an accessible option thanks to its acceptance of private health insurance and offers a safe, supportive environment with ongoing counseling, therapy and educational sessions to help individuals build better lives.
About This California Facility
La Cheim is an addiction treatment facility located in Oakland, California, founded in 1993. This facility specializes in treating individuals who suffer from dual diagnosis, which includes both substance abuse and mental health issues. La Cheim offers outpatient levels of care for their patients, allowing individuals to receive proper treatment while still being able to fulfill their everyday responsibilities. They also accept private health insurance, making their services accessible for those with coverage.
La Cheim provides a range of services and treatment methods to address addiction and substance abuse. Their focus is on dual diagnosis, ensuring that patients receive treatment for both their mental health issues and substance abuse problems simultaneously. Through individual therapy sessions, patients have the opportunity to explore the underlying causes of their addiction as well as develop coping mechanisms to maintain their sobriety. Group therapy sessions are also offered, allowing individuals to connect with peers who may be facing similar challenges. Additionally, La Cheim provides education on relapse prevention strategies and encourages family involvement in the recovery process to promote greater support systems for patients seeking long-term sobriety.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at La Cheim is essential to understand the addiction better.
Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Mental Health
Levels of Care Offered at La Cheim
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, La Cheim offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the California 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.
Therapies & Programs
Therapy plays a major role in addiction recovery. It encourages patients to get to the root of their addiction and learn how to better handle the issues that led to using. Therapy can be conducted in group and one on one settings. In La Cheim‘s individual therapy, the patient meets with the therapist in a one on one setting. This allows them to focus on the underlying issues of addiction and come up with solutions to prevent future abuse.
One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Addiction involves everyone in a family, not only the addict. Couples therapy can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged.
When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.
Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at La Cheim in Oakland, CA move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
Addiction commonly results in malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence. La Cheim will help you get back on track.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low-dose nicotine drugs to eliminate tobacco addiction from smokers. Without smoking, the treatment at La Cheim in Oakland, CA brings nicotine into the bloodstream to minimize dependence on the physical habit, while detoxing the body from the attachment. To alleviate withdrawal symptoms, it also helps abusers to adapt to lower doses over time.
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Dual-Diagnosis, Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), Nutrition Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Trauma Therapy
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Experiential Therapy at La Cheim
This is a type of therapy that involves activity to recreate situations that may have caused trauma or negative emotions. Experiential therapy at La Cheim in Oakland, CA can involve acting, props, arts and crafts, animal care or other tools that may be effective.
This therapy is done on an individual basis and can help revisit and heal from past traumas. Trust between the therapist and individual is important for success. Experiential therapy can help you more closely become you and move through life in a positive and authentic manner.
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Oakland, California 94609 Phone Number(510) 596-8125 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Oakland, California Addiction Information
More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.
Drug addiction is a serious problem in Oakland, California. There were over 1,000 drug-related arrests in Oakland in 2016. Additionally, over 9,000 people were admitted to local hospitals for drug abuse in 2016. Drug overdose is the leading cause of death for people under the age of 50 in the city. The most common type of drug treatment in Oakland is an outpatient program.
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