At Pacific Sands Recovery Center, we treat our clients like people—not numbers. Our small setting allows us to offer personalized care and attention that is hard to achieve at larger facilities. Combining the best of outpatient therapy with inpatient treatment, our drug rehab center provides the highest level of care available.
By following an individualized plan, we move at a pace that is both comfortable and appropriate for the individual, offering integrated treatment that allows our clients to focus on their healing and progress.
Treatment Options Offered by Pacific Sands Recovery Center
Your treatment plan may include the following:
Medical Detox
Medically supervised detoxification (Detox) is the process of flushing drug toxins and other present substances from the body to begin recovery. Medically Assisted Detox is a series of steps that occur over days or weeks to protect the individual from dangerous complications or even death. MAT treatment also helps ease the onset of uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms as quickly as possible, significantly improving the odds of successful recovery.
Medical detox is one option, which provides medical supervision throughout the process; this can help to reduce uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms while providing support while the client acclimates back into regular life without drugs in their system. The process takes place under medical supervision and is designed to minimize withdrawal symptoms while getting the person readjusted to life without drugs.
Inpatient Treatment with Pacific Sands Recovery Center
Inpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that includes living in a treatment center while receiving care from a professional team of doctors and therapists. You live at the facility while receiving counseling, therapy, and assistance with any underlying or co-occurring mental health, medical, physical, or developmental disorders as well. Inpatient rehab is intensive on many levels–emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually, and it is often the first step to recovery after detoxification.
Inpatient treatment can help those with substance use disorders by removing users from environments that trigger drug cravings, providing individualized treatment plans to address specific psychological concerns, and devising strategies that prevent relapse when users return to their homes. Inpatient treatment benefits people who cannot control their drug intake; it is for those who require total sobriety and are willing to submit themselves to whatever treatments are necessary.
Group Therapy
Group therapy is often used to treat addiction; it may be based in a hospital or in an outpatient setting with trained counselors. The person participates in counseling visits regularly for about six weeks — typically one to two hours per visit. In mentoring sessions, clients are led by a professional counselor trained in addiction and group process skills. Participants are encouraged to voice their feelings, emotions, and concerns in a safe environment.
Everybody in recovery shares their stories, interacts, and discusses each member’s unique experience while simultaneously learning and understanding how others overcome their addictions. In addition, some have found the behavioral therapy aspects of group therapy helpful in better understanding themselves and their behaviors within certain situations. Group sessions are helpful to show that you are not alone in your journey.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy is the traditional and most basic form of treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in the field of behavioral health. Personal therapists are usually master-level clinicians who have earned their licenses to treat substance abuse. Individual therapy is often the first option for someone with a substance use disorder, and a person should only undertake it with a therapist who has experience treating addiction. Individual therapy goals are to acquire a complete understanding of the disease of addiction, create specific plans for achieving sobriety and recovery, and set up a support system. These aspects all contribute to long-term recovery.
Group therapy sessions can be exhausting sometimes, and it’s challenging to go at anyone else’s pace. Individual therapy gives you the time to discuss your path to addiction, how drugs have affected your life, and what you need for sobriety to succeed.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a common form of therapy for Anxiety, Depression, and many other conditions such as addiction. Designed to identify thought processes (Cognitions) that are causing psychological distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapeutic approach that a person can use to treat numerous mental health issues, such as stress, anxiety, depression, phobias, eating disorders, etc. This program is designed to provide you with the basic principles and concepts of CBT so that you may begin to recognize faulty thought patterns and self-talk.
CBT treatment plans focus on practical problems such as work or school performance, depression, anger, or anxiety; they often include simple exercises and homework assignments. The therapist helps the client change how they think through Socratic questioning, discussions, and collaborative empiricism.
The process occurs in four steps: identifying, teaching, reinforcing, and practicing. CBT helps clients overcome drug addiction and alcoholism by:
- Helping to dismiss false beliefs and insecurities that lead to substance abuse
- Providing self-help tools to improve thoughts and moods
- Teaching effective communication skills
- Modeling and practicing using these skills
At our recovery center, we help clients put these practices into action by encouraging journaling, goal setting, and regular quiet time for reflection. Learn more about our structured activities and groups.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy created by Marsha M. Linehan to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD). It is designed to treat people with chronic suicidal thinking, intentional self-harm behaviors, severe affective instability, and other behaviors that may be harmful to themselves and others. This includes those who do not think they have a severe problem and recognize that the problem is significant but cannot overcome it without help.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment. More recently, DBT has also been used to treat other mental disorders, such as PTSD, substance use disorders, eating disorders, and self-harm behaviors. It is a type of treatment that helps you control your emotional impulses and learn to make better decisions. The goal is to help you deal with intense feelings and emotions and any other challenges you might be facing.
At Pacific Sands Recovery Center, we know that there is no one-size-fits-all solution for recovery. DBT is one of the many therapies we include in a client’s treatment plan because it has proven effective for many clients with dual diagnoses and targets many of the symptoms of substance use.
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is an evidence-based, science-proven approach to treating alcohol and drug addiction. MAT consists of FDA-approved medications used in a highly structured and monitored format.
There are three medications currently approved by the FDA for MAT with opioid use:
- Buprenorphine: suppresses cravings
- Methadone: reduces cravings
- Naltrexone: blocks the effects of opioids
There are currently three FDA-approved prescription drugs used for people looking to get and remain sober from alcohol. Medications for alcohol use disorder include:
- Acamprosate: used for people in recovery to prevent drinking
- Disulfiram: treats chronic alcoholism after detox
- Naltrexone: blocks the desired feelings of intoxication to reduce alcohol use
Medication-Assisted treatment is effective, proven, and safe. It not only saves lives but enhances the quality of life.
Dual Diagnosis Program at Pacific Sands Recovery Center
Dual Diagnosis refers to having a mental health problem (mental illness) and a substance abuse problem. Most people who have these issues need treatment for both problems at the same time to recover. They may not get better unless both are treated, usually by the same treatment provider. The Diagnosis of two particular problems is called Dual Diagnosis because each disorder has its specific symptoms, causes, and treatments.
Those suffering from a dual diagnosis often need proper treatment for each issue, mainly since some disorders cause individuals to self-medicate with substances. Common mental health conditions diagnosed along with a substance use disorder include:
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
12-Step Program
Developed explicitly for people struggling with alcohol abuse, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have helped millions of people achieve and maintain sobriety. The 12 step program is a self-help group approach to dealing with addiction. These are not steps that deal with the substance(s) the person is abusing and include problems with relationships, work, or school. The steps are designed to assist individuals in gaining control over their lives and becoming productive members of society.
Our team at Pacific Sands Recovery Center can help guide you in selecting the appropriate program for you, but ultimately it is up to you to follow the program that best supports your recovery. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to a care coordinator and learn more here.
