Rockland Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

There are dozens of evidence-based therapies that can be used to successfully treat drug and alcohol addiction. These look different depending on the facility that is offering the services. At East Coast Recovery, we provide things like:

• Family Therapy
• Trauma Therapy
• Mindfulness and Meditation
• Experiential Therapy

We design personalized treatment programs for each of our clients, so the types of therapies used in different levels of care and for different programs may look different. 

Family Therapy

One of our primary services involves family therapy. Studies indicate that involving the family in a Rockland rehab program is more likely to encourage clients to finish their program and maintain their sobriety.

During these sessions, family members who might have experienced frightening experiences, uncomfortable experiences, or disruptions to their routines can process all of that in a safe place with their loved ones. They can also work with an individual who is going through a Rockland rehab program to help undo unhealthy coping mechanisms within the family unit, and work together to encourage long-term sobriety with things like better communication, boundaries, and trigger avoidance.

Trauma Therapy

Often, those who struggle with drugs and alcohol do so to try to meet their needs or self-medicate for an underlying mental health disorder. For other clients, this relates to underlying trauma.

At East Coast Recovery, we provide a variety of therapies that can be used independently or together, working to help individuals with unresolved trauma feel safe and secure.

Through this process, clients are able to move through the traumatic memories in a safe place, process those memories, and begin to function more effectively in daily life.

Psychotherapy

Our individual and group therapy sessions can include different types of psychotherapy. During these sessions, clients might experience some reluctance at first, especially as that initial relationship is created between a client and a therapist, and from there, there might be difficult emotions during certain sessions, especially when things like traumatic experiences are dealt with.

However, as we provide an outpatient program, our therapists are there to help clients deal with the difficult emotions or feelings that arise during their sessions and, in some cases, provide take-home assignments or activities that allow clients to build upon things that were learned during those sessions and help to boost mood and coping abilities.

Meditation

At East Coast Recovery, we focus on meditation and mindfulness as part of the recovery program for many of our clients. With our Rockland rehab program, those who are seeking help for drug and alcohol addiction can learn to focus on things like a mantra, breathing, or another sensation to help reduce the impact of stress. Mindfulness has been shown to lower the stress response, and both mindfulness and meditation can help individuals who are struggling with things like anxiety or depression as part of the recovery by reducing the severity of negative thoughts or impulsive emotional responses.

All of these lessons can be combined with the coping skills and emotional regulatory skills that are taught during other therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy. 

Experiential Counseling

Our experiential therapy provides access to many forms of recreation, arts and crafts, music, role-playing, and other tools. All of these expressive tools are used in different capacities to help understand emotional situations from the past, with a focus on identifying emotions that might be associated with things like failure, success, or self-esteem.

When you participate in our rehab programs, this type of therapy might be something incorporated into your program, something that can help you with guidance from our therapists, explore negative emotions from previous experiences, like:

• Hurt
• Shame
• Anger

Exploring these emotions with artistic activities like role-playing or animal care can help clients process unresolved feelings and release them so that they no longer have a hold on current feelings or actions.