Life Practice Counseling - Oakland
Drug Rehab Center in Oakland, California
Oakland Drug Rehab is an addiction treatment facility that offers various levels of care, including aftercare support, drug rehab, dual-diagnosis, and intensive outpatient care, to individuals battling alcohol, opioid and drug addiction, which can be paid for via private health insurance.
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About This Oakland, CA Facility
Life Practice Counseling - Oakland, located in Oakland, California, is a reputable drug treatment center that specializes in alcoholism, opioid addiction, dual diagnosis, and drug addiction. This facility aims to provide individuals suffering from substance abuse issues with comprehensive and personalized support as they work towards sobriety. With a range of treatment options available for different levels of care including aftercare support, outpatient programs and intensive outpatient programs (IOP), Life Practice Counseling - Oakland caters to the unique needs of each individual seeking help.
At Life Practice Counseling - Oakland in California's Bay Area region, individuals struggling with addiction can access a variety of services and treatment methods designed to facilitate recovery. Through their aftercare support program and outpatient levels of care such as drug rehab and dual-diagnosis treatment approaches are employed. The facility offers intensive outpatient programs (IOP) for those who require more structure or specialized attention during their recovery journey. At Life Practice Counseling - Oakland in California’s Bay Area region counseling professionals utilize evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or motivational interviewing to address the root causes behind addictive behaviors while providing essential coping skills for long-term success on the path towards sobriety.
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Opioid addiction involves addiction to legal or illegal opioids. It may happen very quickly with any opioid use. Sometimes within a matter of days. Opioid addiction is a known as a high-risk factor for future heroin addiction.
Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable and lead the user to continue to use even if they want to quit. Stopping using an opioid requires careful medical observation. Sometimes the withdrawal can persist for many weeks, which can put the user at a high risk for relapse.
It is recommended to receive inpatient treatment and a medically supervised detox like those offered at Life Practice Counseling - Oakland in Oakland, CA, CA, to manage the withdrawal process while learning lasting tools to maintain recovery. In some circumstances medications can be used to manage opioid addiction.
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 in Oakland, CA 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
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.
Intensive outpatient programs are an integral part of the continuum of care for people addicted to drugs and alcohol. Most intensive outpatient programs in Oakland, CA comprise a 3-hour session three times a week. Usually, the intensity of these programs diminishes over time. These programs offer a range of services, including counselling, medical treatment, and monitoring alcohol and drug use. The programs are ideal for people who do not need treatment at an inpatient or residential facility and continue to need extended care and support.
Outpatient treatment is treatment that occurs when a patient is not checked into a rehab facility. The patient may show up for therapy sessions, go through detox and engage in other therapies to help them recover. However, they will do so while they live at home in California.
Outpatient therapy provided by Life Practice Counseling - Oakland is usually recommended as a follow up to inpatient therapy. It helps patients adapt to their normal lives after treatment. In some cases, it can also be an alternative to inpatient treatment. People may choose this route if they are unable to leave their jobs, children or if they don’t have the money for inpatient treatment. However, inpatient treatment is the best way to recover from addiction.
Aftercare support involves the support given to a Oakland, California 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). Life Practice Counseling - Oakland‘s patients may also be provided with career training to help them get back into the job force.
Life Practice Counseling - Oakland‘s Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. Patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group.
Couples therapy is an approach wherein the patients and their partners are engaged together as a part of the treatment process. When a person becomes a victim of substance abuse, it affects the patient and the people around him, particularly his partner. Their relationship can become strained due to lack of communication, financial issues, loss of trust, lack of intimacy, and physical abuse in more severe cases.
Couples therapy addresses these issues and tries to rebuild the trust between the partners. The partner’s involvement in the process will result in greater chances of treatment success and sustained recovery.
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. It helps to repair relationships and improve communication between family members.
Group therapy happens at Life Practice Counseling - Oakland in a controlled group environment, as opposed to a one-on-one setting. It supports Oakland, CA patients’ recovery by offering a sense of comfort and letting them know that they are not alone. Through shared conversations, patients also learn to develop faith and understanding and gain insight on their addictions.
Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma therapy refers to treatment wherein specialist therapists help the patients to resolve the trauma that led the patients to substance abuse. The trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. Thinking of these traumatic events causes emotional disturbances like anxiety, depression and results in addiction. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed. Otherwise, there is a risk of relapse. Trauma therapy also improves the cognitive functions and provides long term benefits.
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510 49th St
Oakland, CA 94609
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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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