Anyone that has struggled with any type of addiction, even if they did not end up requiring assistance from a treatment center, knows that there is a physiological as well as a psychological component to the addiction. When you attend counseling services in Newark NJ there will be medical support to help you with the physical issues of withdrawal and sobriety, but you will also need help with the emotional and physiological component.
The biggest benefit to choosing an inpatient drug rehab over an outpatient, even an intensive outpatient program, is that counseling and therapy is integrated throughout the day. By working with the same professional counselors and therapists in both individual and group sessions you will not only chart your own recovery emotionally and intellectually, but you will also learn more about yourself, about addiction recovery, and about coping strategies and techniques to prevent relapse.
There are different options to consider when selecting a program and the counseling and therapeutic models used by the facility should be front and center in the decision making process. Group, individual and family counseling and therapy should be both group as well as individual. The individual therapy allows the therapist, counselor or coach to talk to the addict about his or her own goals, areas for personal growth, and developing strategies to help prevent relapse once out of the treatment facility.
Group counseling and discussion, which can take the form of art therapy, emotional processing, spiritual healing activities and talk therapy is a wonderful way to begin to reconnect with people. Often people in addiction are very isolated and cut off from their family, friends and loved ones, and group therapy is the beginning of rebuilding those connections.
Family therapy is similar in that it helps to rebuild damaged relationship within the family unit. Often there is guilt, shame, frustration, hurt and anger within the family and from different family members. Working through these emotions in a safe and support environment with a professional therapist or counselor is critical for relapse prevention and building a support network.
At Greater Essex Counseling Services therapy and counseling, including life coaching, nutritional counseling, and spiritual counseling is all part of the residential program. With individual and group times scheduled throughout the day our patients learn about themselves and how to effectively cope after their residential treatment phase is complete.
