Mid Columbia Center for Living
Mid-Columbia Center for Living, situated in The Dalles, Oregon, focuses on providing outpatient treatment services for individuals with mental health issues and substance abuse disorders. Serving Wasco, Hood River, and Sherman counties, MCCFL is known for its recovery-oriented and trauma-informed care, targeting diverse age groups from children to adults.
MCCFL aims to offer recovery-oriented and trauma-informed services, enhancing mental health and sobriety. Operating under the Oregon Health Authority's licensing, the center serves the tri-county area without any noted awards or recognitions.
- Specializes in both mental health and addiction treatment, catering to adults, adolescents, and children with diverse needs.
- Provides comprehensive outpatient services, including therapy, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management.
- Utilizes evidence-based practices such as Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Early Assessment and Support Alliance (EASA) for effective interventions.
- Offers vital crisis intervention and peer support services, ensuring immediate and ongoing aid to those in need.
Mid-Columbia Center for Living addresses mental health issues and substance abuse disorders, benefiting adults, adolescents, and children, ensuring comprehensive care for the entire community.
- 2+ Accreditations
- SAMHSA Listed
- 5 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English, Spanish
- 24 Therapies & Programs
Accreditations
State License
SAMHSA
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Fortunately facilities like Mid Columbia Center for Living in The Dalles, OR are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment facilities in Oregon, like Mid Columbia Center for Living cover both illegal and prescription opioids abuse. Most plans include detoxification and subsequent medications to ease the process. Behavioral therapies and counseling are also necessary to resolve the root cause of addiction.
Dual-Diagnosis
When someone in Oregon struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.
Levels of Care
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.
An intensive outpatient treatment program is set up for those struggling with an addiction to begin the recovery process. Patients come to The Dalles, OR to Mid Columbia Center for Living for therapy, support, programs, and medical supervision. Intensive outpatient treatment is often very tightly scheduled and heavily structured.
Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Mid Columbia Center for Living in Oregon after they attain initial sobriety.
Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.
Mid Columbia Center for Living‘s Therapies & Programs
Treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success. Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your Mid Columbia Center for Living counselor. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction.
Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. It becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Some facilities like Mid Columbia Center for Living in The Dalles, OR offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal.
When family members are more proactive and involved in the treatment procedure, it encourages the patient to advance his or her progress. Moreover, it shouldn’t be ignored that genetics play a role when it comes to addiction, so it’s better to approach the problem as a unit. Also, with proper education, family members can help an individual avoid addiction triggers and guide him or her in making lifestyle changes necessary for his or her sobriety.
It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a The Dalles, OR facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend Mid Columbia Center for Living understand how their feelings, beliefs, and thoughts affect their behaviors. DBT is particularly useful for people with self-harming behaviors, as well as those with substance abuse disorders. DBT teaches people how to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and how to become mindful.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.
CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
In the midst of an addiction certain healthy habits and behaviors can be forgotten or discarded altogether. While in treatment you will learn life skills that will help you successfully maintain sobriety and rebuild your life in The Dalles, OR. Some examples of this are time management, social skills, nutrition, hygiene, stress management and taking care of yourself.
The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment. In this program, peers help each other to achieve the goal of abstinence. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Due to its huge success, the 12-step program is included as a part of other substance abuse treatments.
The 12 steps guide at an individual level. It begins with the individuals accepting that they are addicts, and they understand its consequences. It is followed by focusing on the recovery process and making amends for hurting others. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring, which refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.
Addiction commonly results in varying levels of malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities and damage to multiple internal body functions. While in active addiction meals can be skipped or replaced by drugs or alcohol. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence while restoring your health from the inside out.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) helps smokers get nicotine into their system without resorting to smoking. It’s a way to help people quit smoking without going cold turkey and experience aggressive withdrawal symptoms. The products (in the form of gums, sprays, patches, inhales, or lozenges) used in NRT provide the body with nicotine, excluding the toxic substances found in tobacco.
NRT treatment at Mid Columbia Center for Living in The Dalles, Oregon lowers down nicotine cravings, so the patient does not go through physical weakness while dealing with the emotional and mental stress of quitting smoking. Coupling NRT with counseling and other means of support gives long-term smokers a better chance of removing their unhealthy habit.Patient Experience
Fitness Therapy
Recovery from addiction involves recovering the body and mind. Learning how to take care of yourself includes physical fitness. Studies have shown that exercise increases abstinence rates and ease withdrawal symptoms.
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Location & Contact
419 E 7th St
The Dalles, OR 97058
Phone Number
(541) 296-5452
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Location
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419 E 7th St
The Dalles, OR 97058 -
(541) 296-5452
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
The Dalles, Oregon Addiction and Treatment
Oregon’s drug abuse rates are higher when compared to other states in the country, and currently ranks 5th in the nation for drug-related health issues. Marijuana and prescription opioids are among the top drugs most often abused by teenagers in Oregon. Alcohol abuse in the state is also higher than average; over 6.25% of residents abuse alcohol every year.
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