Lutheran Social Services - Mankato
Drug Rehab Center in Mankato, Minnesota
Lutheran Social Services - Mankato, located in Mankato, Minnesota, offers comprehensive counseling and social services, including addiction and substance abuse treatment, through licensed professionals to individuals and families in need, regardless of age, income, religion, race, and ethnicity.
About Lutheran Social Services - Mankato in Minnesota
Lutheran Social Services - Mankato is a nonprofit organization located in Mankato, Minnesota that provides comprehensive counseling and social services for individuals and families in need. Founded in 1927, the organization is committed to helping those in need through counseling, substance abuse treatment, parenting support, crisis intervention, housing, and more. Their services are available to everyone regardless of age, income, religion, race, and ethnicity. They strive to provide quality services to their community, backed by their state and national accreditations and licenses.
Lutheran Social Services - Mankato provides an array of services for addiction and substance abuse, including inpatient detox treatment, residential and outpatient treatment programs, medication assisted treatment (MAT), family therapy, and relapse prevention. They offer these services in the form of group, family, and individual sessions. Furthermore, they have special programs tailored for pregnant women and those who are justice-involved. All of their counselors and therapists are licensed, experienced professionals with specialized training in the field of addiction and substance abuse.
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This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Outpatient treatment is often used for drug addicts in drug rehab. Outpatient treatment consists of counseling and therapy sessions. This form of treatment is also called ‘day-treatment’. The outpatient treatment process begins with the addict’s initial detox period, lasting about ten days.
Outpatient treatment is used for those who are at moderate risk for ‘slipping back’ into the addiction, for those who:
- Are not currently experiencing any side effects from withdrawal and can handle social pressure
- Can handle stressors that might trigger relapse
- Have a stable living environment or have moved out of their previous environment, which was not conducive to being sober
- Have a support system that allows them to go to a facility a few times a week while still keeping their current responsibilities
- Have no legal obligations, being either on parole or probation, that require them to seek treatment at a mandatory facility
- Are not currently experiencing any side effects from withdrawal and can handle social pressure
- Have a stable living environment or have moved out of their previous environment, which was not conducive to being sober
Therapies & Programs
Because no single treatment is effective for all addicts, the goal of treatment and therapy should be to figure out what works best for each individual. Tolerance and withdrawal levels differ from person to person, affecting the treatment intensity required. Addiction treatment should aim to help addicts develop healthy coping mechanisms for dealing with their addiction and its underlying causes.
Couples therapy works with clients and significant others in a professional capacity to improve relationship dynamics. This can be helpful for addicts who are trying to marry the idea of recovery into their work, family, social lives – any aspect that has to do with relationships. Through counseling sessions, addicts will have an opportunity to talk about their addiction with professional partners.
Family therapy is beneficial for people who are in addiction treatment services because it offers addicts the opportunity to work with their family members to better understand what led them to make choices that contributed to their addiction.
This type of therapy helps family members reach a deeper understanding of how they can best support their loved one during recovery. It also helps the addict better understand their own motivations and triggers that led them to turn to substance abuse.
Family therapy can help addicts in the following ways:
- Assists family members in processing difficult feelings so they don’t blame or resent recovering addicts
- Assists family members in understanding how addiction has impacted the addict and everyone who is involved with them
- Allows the addict to take responsibility for their actions, while encouraging improved communication skills
- Helps family members understand how to best support an individual in recovery so addicts don’t relapse again.
Group therapy can help build a stronger support system and give addicts in Mankato, MN insight into their addiction that they gain through shared conversations. Group therapy occurs in a controlled group environment, exclusive of one on one meetings. This makes it safer for patients to feel comfortable sharing the struggles they’re going through and gaining perspective.
Trauma therapy is beneficial for people who are recovering from drug addiction because it helps them heal from past traumas that may have caused them to turn to harmful substances or led them to experience negative emotions that contributed to their destructive behaviors.
This type of treatment works by processing difficult experiences so individuals can learn how to process these events without having to turn to substances for coping.
Trauma therapy can help addicts in the following ways:
- Helps individuals understand their experiences and emotional responses to difficult events, including why they turned to drugs or alcohol
- Provides them with comfort and support while working through difficult emotions related to these traumatic experiences
- Offers an opportunity for addicts to have a voice and be heard, which can improve their self-esteem
- Can help them develop coping skills so they can better respond to triggers instead of turning to substance abuse.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a technique that is used to help people with addiction. Specifically, it is a way of identifying thoughts and behaviors that cause the addiction. It is typically used in an individual counseling session.
The content explains cognitive behavioral therapy and how it works to address some behaviors that may be leading to unintended consequences in their life, as well as its benefits for those seeking sobriety.
It works by helping people to talk through their issues and addressing the thoughts that cause said behaviors. It is an excellent way of learning about oneself and one’s perception of the world.
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Mankato, Minnesota 56001 Phone Number(507) 625-7660 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Mankato, Minnesota Addiction Information
Minnesota is fighting an opioid epidemic that is leaving hundreds of its residents dead each year. Both prescription opioids and illicit opioids are widely abused in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Heroin continues to be one of the most commonly abused drugs in the state, if not the most common illicit drug. Over 10% of all treatment admissions in Minnesota list heroin as their drug of choice.
Marijuana and alcohol are the most commonly used drugs in Mankato, Minnesota. 18.9% of Mankato residents reported past-month illicit drug use in 2016. Most drug overdose deaths (64%) involved an opioid. Between 2002 and 2016, the number of people admitted to treatment for heroin addiction increased by 538%. Treatment programs typically last 30-90 days, but some patients may require longer or shorter stays depending on their individual needs.
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