THERAPIES
Holistic Addiction Treatment
Holistic treatment and rehabilitation centers offer patients the opportunity to measure success by their own yardsticks. Rather than viewing success as alleviating negative symptoms, holistic addiction treatment takes the entirety of the patient’s life–-mind, body, and soul—into account.
Holistic treatment might include natural remedies like yoga therapy for addiction, as well as acupuncture, herbal tinctures, and biofeedback. But, holistic treatment also finds value in using modern, allopathic medicine to tackle specific problems.
What is Holistic Addiction Treatment?
Rather than just looking at success through the traditional narrowly defined lens of individual, group, and family therapy, holistic addiction treatment offers you the chance to experience positive growth while expressing your thoughts and feelings through a broad set of modalities.[1]
Some holistic therapy modalities at Paramount Wellness include:
- Yoga
- Reiki
- Sound healing
- Smudging
- Meditation
- Music therapy
- Massage therapy
- Ayurveda
- And more
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How (and Why) Holistic Treatment Works
Holistic treatment doesn’t reject conventional allopathic medicine, nor does it uncritically accept alternative medicine either.[3] There will always be an inclination towards natural, less invasive interventions where possible.
Whereas allopathic treatment revolves around alleviating your unwanted symptoms, holistic treatment focuses on the entirety of you–mind, body, and spirit.
Otherwise known as complementary or alternative healthcare, holistic treatment goes back thousands of years to the development of Ayurveda medicine in India more than 5000 years ago.[4] A Western version of Eastern alternative healthcare, “Naturopathy,” was established in Germany in the late 19th century.
Both emphasize lifestyle and diet changes as first-line, natural medication to bring about positive change rather than unnatural medication like chemical pharmacotherapy.
Holistic treatment is relatively new and untested. It hasn’t often seen the scientific rigor of many double-blind, randomized control trials, yet many medical colleges have begun offering courses in it. Many physicians see the benefit of integrative medicine for their own patients.
While some claims of holistic treatments, such as the effects of grapefruit seed extract, are proven fodder for medical insincerity, the efficacy of more foundational treatments, such as yogic breathing, have been shown to increase the power of cerebrospinal fluid by 16-28%.[5][6] This has an effect on the central nervous system.
Holistic treatment works because it seeks to integrate the best of modern and ancestral wisdom into medicine for your entire body.
What’s the Best Way to Find Holistic Substance Abuse Treatment?
The journey to healing starts with admitting there is a problem. Detox is the first level of modern addiction treatment. Since holistic substance abuse treatment takes the whole person into account, your physician will likely want to give you the best chance of success by giving you a medicated withdrawal.
Some of the best ways to find a licensed and accredited drug detox center include speaking directly with your doctor. Ask them if they partner with any treatment centers and what success they’ve had in addiction referrals.
You can also locate a drug detox center through the SAMHSA hotline (1-800-662-4357). It’s free, confidential, and open 24 hours/day, 365 days/year.
What We Treat with Holistic Treatment
Cost of Holistic Addiction Treatment
The cost of holistic addiction treatment depends on several factors. Some modalities are more expensive than others to pursue, but all may be included in your overall treatment program. However, recovery from substance or process addiction is complex. Whatever modality of treatment works for you is worth pursuing.
Your insurance plan might cover treatments like acupuncture and biofeedback. Check with your insurance carrier for more details. Your treatment center might even enroll you in income-driven programs if you qualify. Don’t hesitate to ask.
Benefits of Holistic Drug Rehab
Many specific and adaptive techniques can be incorporated into CBT-based treatments, lending to its versatility and adaptability. Such techniques are intended to promote greater self-awareness, challenge irrational thought patterns and beliefs, and develop new and robust coping strategies for stressors and triggers. These include:
One of the strongest benefits of holistic drug rehab during the healing process is how it takes you into account as a simultaneously physical, mental, and spiritual being.[2] And it does so with particular regard for your spiritual aspect.
Holistic substance abuse treatment doesn’t encourage a person towards a particular religion but rather towards a sense of connectedness with something more significant than themselves. Indeed, this emphasis on spirituality is the second step in 12-step AA meetings.
You might need time to grow as a person before you will be equipped to grow interpersonally. That’s okay. Holistic therapy recognizes the need for community support (individual, group, and family therapy), but also for your need to express yourself in a way that makes sense for you.
As a result of holistic treatment, you may also experience better:
- Self-esteem
- Self-identity
- Self-confidence
- Coping skills
- Relapse prevention
- Stress levels
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Frequently Asked Questions about Holistic Treatment
