
Sandhills Alternative Academy
Drug Rehab Center in Rockingham, North Carolina
About This North Carolina Facility
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Sandhills Alternative Academy’s location in Rockingham, North Carolina, offers multiple levels of care, a variety individualized treatment options, and accepts most health insurance.
We suggest researching drug treatment at certified or accredited facilities. We also discovered an additional certification by CARF.
Sandhills Alternative Academy’s Rockingham location accepts most private health insurance. Please call us to verify your insurance coverage and help to find a center that accepts it. Individuals can also self-pay.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
A detailed list of the primary issues commonly treated.
Drug Rehabilitation
Getting sober on your own is not only dangerous during the initial detox, it is also more likely to result in a relapse later on. Addiction treatment centers provide a monitored environment where you will get the medical attention you need, as well as the emotional support to overcome drug or alcohol abuse.
Dual-Diagnosis
Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Sandhills Alternative Academy in North Carolina knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.
Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Mental Health
Levels of Care Offered at Sandhills Alternative Academy
This Facility offers a variety of treatment.
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Rockingham, NC Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) comprise regular visits to the North Carolina facility that provides the therapy. IOP is suitable for patients who have been treated in residential treatment programs. Sandhills Alternative Academy‘s patients gradually get back to their routine life.
Outpatient Program
Outpatient programs are the standard for addiction treatment. About 9 in 10 U.S. adolescents entering addiction treatment enroll in these programs, so you’re not alone in North Carolina. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.Facilities like Sandhills Alternative Academy offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.
Therapies & Programs
The methods used to care for each individual at Sandhills Alternative Academy.
Individual Therapy
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 Sandhills Alternative Academy‘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.
Couples Therapy
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.
Family Counseling + Therapy
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 Sandhills Alternative Academy in Rockingham, NC move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
REBT stands for rational emotional behavior therapy. This is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, that combines images with thoughts and behaviors. It allows for deeper education and understanding of what one can do to help themselves with recovery. It is a deep sense of self-help education managed by Sandhills Alternative Academy that lets someone recovering work through issues on their own, knowing they have the support of people around them if they need it.
Training someone on improved life skills allows for someone recovering from an addiction to feel more capable at taking care of him or herself. The skills taught at Sandhills Alternative Academy in Rockingham, NC are daily skills that give a better recovery foundation by simply giving someone the tools they need to survive. They include communicating, time and money management, career guidance, and more.
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Dual-Diagnosis, Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Life Skills, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Trauma Therapy
Patient Experience
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Experiential Therapy at Sandhills Alternative Academy
This is a type of therapy that involves activity to recreate situations that may have caused trauma or negative emotions. Experiential therapy at Sandhills Alternative Academy in Rockingham, NC 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.
Payment Options Accepted
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Additional Details
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Rockingham, North Carolina 28379 Phone Number(910) 417-4922 Meta DetailsUpdated February 21, 2023
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Rockingham, North Carolina Addiction Information
North Carolina ranks 29th in the nation for overall substance abuse. Many of the drugs abused in the state are illicit, and many of these are opioids. Prescription opioids are readily available due to the high rates of medical workers prescribing them. The number of prescriptions has increased tenfold since the 1980's. Opioid overdoses are the most common type of death in North Carolina.
Rockingham, North Carolina has one of the highest rates of drug-related deaths in the country. One in four high school students reports binge drinking, and almost one in five reports current use of alcohol. In 2015, there were 898 drug overdose incidents in Rockingham. Rockingham's most commonly abused drugs include opioids, methamphetamine, and cocaine. Various rehabilitation programs are available in Rockingham. Some common treatment options include detoxification, inpatient rehabilitation, and outpatient rehabilitation.
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