Addiction counselling is one of the greatest approaches to drug and alcohol abuse treatment. Individual counselling programs provide people with the safe, effective tools they need to approach emotional, physical, and psychological aspects of addiction.
If your teen or a young adult in your life could benefit from addiction counselling, call Venture Academy today. With programs for clients ages 18-25, Venture Academy provides addiction therapy to help young adults thrive. Reach us online or at 866.762.2211 to learn more about our individual counselling program and the benefits of addiction counselling.
5 Benefits of Addiction Counselling
1. Improved Communication
Clients learn active listening, how to set boundaries, and how to ask for what they need. This can also reduce the risk of reuse and help shift harmful relationships.
2. Emotional Resilience
Clients learn to understand their emotions, tolerate painful emotions, and shift their emotional well-being for stress reduction.
3. A Greater Understanding of Self
Clients build confidence and self-compassion
4. Understanding Mental Health and Addiction
Many young people self-medicate and self-soothe with drugs or alcohol. Individual counselling can help them understand and shift the relationship between mental health and drug use.
5. Reprioritize
Addiction therapy can help clients remember what they love, disconnect from harmful belief systems, and reprioritize.
Addiction counselling allows individuals the opportunity to be seen and heard while uncovering the root cause of their drug or alcohol use. This can provide an opportunity to gain insight and develop emotional intelligence. An addiction therapist can diagnose underlying mood disorders and help clients build successful strategies for mental health and wellness.
Addiction Therapy Options
Current studies show that addiction and substance abuse are most successfully treated with a range of therapeutic techniques alongside traditional detox. The most common type of individual addiction counselling is behavioural therapy. The two most common behavioural therapies are cognitive-behavioural therapy and dialectical behavioural therapy. Also called CBT and DBT, respectively, clients work one-on-one with therapists to recognize behavioural patterns, belief systems, and emotions in these sessions. CBT helps clients gradually change their behaviours and thought patterns, while DBT focuses on building emotional tolerance. Both types of therapy provide evidence-based approaches to addiction counselling.
In traditional addiction therapy sessions, clients and therapists meet for 60-90 minutes at a time. In early recovery, they may meet daily. As clients grow more independent, they may meet twice a week or less frequently. During sessions, clients share thoughts, experiences, emotions, and their history with their therapists. Their therapists provide insight, perspective, and tools to help shift mindset, manage stress, and change behaviour. This approach can be a gentle way for clients to experience individualised care that really works. Clients enjoy the consistency and schedule that individualised addiction therapy brings to recovery.
Today, most addiction counselling programs combine traditional behavioural therapies with alternative therapies for stronger results.
Some of these therapies may include:
- Art therapy
- Music therapy
- Equine therapy
- Dance therapy
- Wilderness therapy
- Mindfulness training
- Meditation therapy
- Yoga
In alternative therapy programs, clients use the tools they learn in behavioural therapy. They can begin to express themselves in non-verbal ways to better understand addiction, triggers, and their mental health.
Addiction Therapy Treatment for Your Teen
If your teen or a young adult in your life could benefit from addiction therapy, call Venture Academy today. Our young adult programs are here to support clients and their families with individual, group, and family therapy programs through each stage of addiction recovery. With crisis intervention programs, long-term, and short-term care, Venture Academy can help the young adult in your life stay on track with addiction therapy.
Learn More About Individual Counselling Program at Venture Academy
Call Venture Academy now at 866.762.2211 or fill out our online contact form to learn more about the benefits of addiction counselling and enroll in our programs.
