Promises Scottsdale

Dual Diagnosis

When a person suffers from alcohol or drug addiction, love addiction or eating disorders, accompanying mental or emotional disorders that are contributing to the addiction are known as co-occurring or co-morbid disorders. These conditions include conditions like depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Individuals suffering from these illnesses often turn to alcohol, drugs or other destructive behaviors to ease the symptoms of their underlying disorder. At Promises Treatment Centers - East Turquoise Avenue, they take an integrated approach that addresses the addiction and underlying mental health issues together. Their approach is grounded in scientific evidence, which shows that drug rehab treatment is most effective when it addresses both substance abuse and any underlying mental health disorders. Their clinicians are licensed and trained to treat various types of psychiatric conditions; they have diverse backgrounds and skill sets in many types of psychotherapy, as well as a wide assortment of alternative strategies.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.

Opioid Addiction

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Substance Abuse

Promises Scottsdale's addiction specialists help clients get to the underlying issues behind drug and alcohol abuse. These may include challenges like poor social support, psychiatric disorders, trauma, challenging relationships and lack of coping skills. Clients learn ways to prevent relapse and live a healthy life without substance abuse.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It's 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.

Creative Arts Therapy

Creativity is inherently healing, and can help those in recovery express thoughts or feelings they might not otherwise be able to. Promises Scottsdale offers creative therapies like art and music therapy. Creative therapies help clients process emotions and learn healthy coping skills.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Equine Therapy

Equine therapy can help those struggling with a variety of psychological disorders, trauma and addiction. Facilitated by a trained, certified equine therapy specialist, you’ll learn to face fears, address emotional roadblocks and past trauma, and develop non-verbal communication skills and trust. Equine therapy provides an opportunity for metaphorical learning while processing emotions and experiences that arise with a therapist.

Experiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused therapy that uses non-invasive bilateral stimulation of the eyes to help you reprocess difficult memories and emotions, and develop healthier perspectives. They have a therapist specially trained in EMDR who performs this therapy for individuals that have a clinical need for it after longer stays in treatment.

Family Therapy

Family support is an important part of long-term recovery. They offer a weekly family program and well as a monthly family day. Their full-day of family programming includes education on the neuroscience of addiction, topics such as healthy communication, information on the family systems theory, and education on the different roles loved ones play in conflict. Promises Treatment Centers - East Turquoise Avenue integrates family therapy into treatment via phone or in person. Clients and loved ones learn about their family roles and relationship patterns and how to develop more effective ways of connecting and communicating. During their stay, clients also have the opportunity to participate with their loved ones in a full-day process called Common Ground family day, addressing relationships and family dynamics.

Fitness Therapy

Fitness is a fun and effective way of treating addiction and other issues. By incorporating movement into treatment, clients become more empowered, motivated, and goal-oriented, all while strengthening their bodies and becoming more flexible. Increasing the connection between a client's mind and body helps both with healing as well as in creating new, healthy habits.

Group Therapy

Group therapy may include support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

Individual Therapy

One of the factors that differentiates Promises Treatment Centers - East Turquoise Avenue from other mental health and drug rehab programs is their high staff-to-client ratio and frequency of one-on-one counseling sessions, providing you exceptional individualized attention. Individual therapy gives you the opportunity to explore issues you may not feel comfortable discussing in group, identify self-defeating patterns of thinking and behavior, and develop healthier ways to cope.

Life Skills

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

Nutrition Therapy

Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health. Promises Treatment Centers - East Turquoise Avenue eating disorders treatment team includes licensed, registered dieticians who specialize in supporting clients with anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders. Clients learn to maintain a healthy weight with proper nutrition and develop a healthier relationship with food.

Recreational Therapy

Recreational therapy (aka therapeutic recreation) uses creative and fun activities to help with addiction recovery. Recreational therapists lead patients in entertaining and engaging activities like sports or games; art (drawing, painting, sculpture); drama, music, and dance; and/or community outings (field trips) to improve patients' physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Trauma Therapy

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.