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New Beginnings is a dual diagnosis facility offering family-oriented intermediate care to individuals aged 13 to 20 recovering from addiction or similar problematic lifestyles. Here, people are challenged as well as supported in integrating the skills necessary for recovery.

The backbone of the therapy is the time tested recovery philosophy of the "12 Steps." The spirit, the principles of this straight forward humanism permeates the lectures, therapies; community activities at the Center. Growing in self awareness, amending the past, deepening spiritually, developing creative love relationships, being of service to others, these along with a number of other principles are ever present.

New Beginnings Center: Residential Treatment Treatment for Drugs and Alcohol

The New Beginnings facility is only minutes away from major regional airports, bus depots, rail terminals; hotels or motels also abound near by. Families of clients will find numerous reasonably priced accommodations. Often rooms are available at New Beginnings for family members at a reasonable fee.

 

 

Principles of Effective Therapy:
Based on information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA

  1. No single Therapy is appropriate for all individuals. Matching treatment settings, interventions, & services to each individual's particular problems, needs is critical to his or her ultimate success in returning to productive functioning in the family, workplace, & society.

  2. Therapy needs to be readily available. Because individuals who are addicted to drugs may be uncertain about entering therapy, taking advantage of opportunities when they are ready for therapy is crucial. Potential treatment applicants can be lost if therapy is not immediately available or is not readily accessible.

  3. Effective therapy attends to multiple needs of the individual, not just his or her illicit substance use. To be effective, therapy must address the individual's use, any associated medical, psychological, social, vocational, & legal problems.

  4. Counseling (individuals or groups) & other behavioral therapies are critical components of effective therapy for addiction. In therapy, patients address issues of motivation, build skills to resist substance use, replace addiction-using activities with constructive & rewarding non-using activities, & improve problem-solving abilities. Behavioral therapy also facilitates interpersonal relationships & the individual's ability to function in the family & community. (Approaches to residential drug and alcohol treatment.)

  5. Recovery from addiction can be a long-term process & frequently requires multiple episodes of Therapy. As with other chronic illnesses, relapses to  use can occur during or after successful therapy episodes. Addicted individuals may require prolonged therapy & multiple episodes of therapy to achieve long-term abstinence & fully restored functioning. Participation in self-help support programs during & following treatment treatment often is helpful in maintaining abstinence.

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New Beginnings
Adolescent Treatment and therapy
Substance Addiction Therapy
What is Substance Addiction Treatment?

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