About Kristi House
Kristi House is a community service center in Miami, Florida. Primarily they specialize in treating childhood trauma and advocating for trauma survivors so you wouldn’t think of them as a typical rehab center. But they do treat drug and alcohol addiction in a particular program for teenagers called Risk Reduction through Family Therapy or RRFT.
RRFT is a program for adolescents who struggle with addiction or other high risk behaviors and who have a background of childhood trauma. They especially serve teens who have co-occurring substance use disorder and mental health conditions like PTSD and depression which often stem from childhood trauma.
This program is focused on reducing risky behaviors in your teenager through the lens of childhood trauma. They’ll help you and your teenager understand why they take the risks and make the choices they do and how their past trauma affects this. Just as importantly they’ll help your family understand how to change these behaviors throughout the journey of healing from trauma
This program is very family focused, so you’ll be involved in the treatment along with your teen. You’ll attend weekly family therapy sessions for 16 to 20 weeks but it’s individualized to what your child needs. They use evidence based techniques like dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and motivational interviewing (MI). The treatment is ecologically informed too which means it takes into account your child’s environment at home and in school and among their peers.
Families and community members appreciate this facility for the important work they do and the services they provide. Overall, they say that the staff cares deeply about the families they work with and that everyone there seems to take the mission to heart.
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Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.
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Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
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(305) 547-6800 
1265 Nw 12th Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
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