Helping Hand Home for Children
Helping Hand Home for Children is an Austin, TX based licensed inpatient mental health provider. Helping Hand Home has been providing care to children and adolescents since 1984. They provide a range of services including Couples Therapy, Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Nutrition Therapy, Trauma Therapy, Inpatient Treatment, and Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT).
Helping Hand Home is strongly committed to providing the highest level of care and services to children and adolescents facing mental and behavioral health concerns. Their staff is made up of experienced, highly skilled, and compassionate professionals who are committed to providing a supportive and individualized program to help each patient and their family work through any issues and achieve improved mental health and behavioral health goals. Helping Hand Home is determined to provide the tools and resources necessary for individuals to develop knowledge and understanding of themselves and their surroundings in order to lead healthy and successful lives.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Inpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Inpatient rehab programs like what’s offered at Helping Hand Home for Children in Austin, TX are ideal for covering all the bases that surround one’s addiction. It’s considered the most comprehensive approach to care for people afflicted with addiction. Patients live in a facility where they have access to therapy and medical care 24/7.
Helping Hand Home for Children‘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 Helping Hand Home for Children in a controlled group environment, as opposed to a one-on-one setting. It supports Austin, TX 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.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a way of addressing concerns through talking. It can be used in individual counseling sessions. Talking through issues with professionals at Helping Hand Home for Children can identify sources of discomfort or unhealthy thoughts. It is a way of learning about yourself and your individual perceptions. CBT is a healthy way of addressing some behaviors which may be bringing unintended consequences in your life.
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a treatment that helps people to quit smoking. NRT reduces the withdrawal symptoms by giving nicotine in low doses. It is safe for most adults, teens and pregnant women should not undergo NRT. Research shows that the use of NRT doubles the chances of quitting smoking.
Patient Experience
Experiential Therapy at Helping Hand Home for Children
Experiential therapy works on the principle that the perception of individuals determines their behavior. It is different from medication and talk therapy and suits those who have difficulty in expressing themselves and interact. Experiential therapy works by using tools and activities to recreate past experiences and encourages the release of suppressed thoughts that were responsible for the negative feelings and drug addiction.
Role-playing, arts and crafts, music, animal care, rock climbing, etc. are some of the activities used in this therapy. Gradually the individual will experience calmness and love and change their perception positively. Other than drug addiction, Experiential therapy is useful in various behavioral and eating disorders.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
3804 Ave B
Austin, TX 78751
Phone Number
(512) 459-3353
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Location
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3804 Ave B
Austin, TX 78751 -
(512) 459-3353
Accepts
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AgeChildren (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Listed June 9, 2021
Updated July 25, 2024
Austin, Texas Addiction and Treatment
Texas is one of the primary hubs for drug smuggling into the country. The border between Texas and Mexico is more than 1,000 miles long. More than 10 million residents use alcohol every year and more than 25% of those are minors. Alcohol and drug use has become so common in Texas that almost 15% of all deaths can be attributed to these substances.
Austin, the vibrant capital of Texas, is a city that embraces the great outdoors and boasts a thriving live music scene. With a diverse array of cultural offerings, including world-class museums and numerous festivals, Austin provides a welcoming environment for those seeking personal growth and well-being. However, the city has been grappling with a concerning rise in drug-related issues, with Travis County leading Texas in fentanyl-related deaths and experiencing a devastating overdose outbreak in 2024.
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