Creating a Path to Lasting Change: How Midwest Recovery Center Helps Clients Set and Achieve Goals
Addiction recovery is a journey that requires determination, perseverance, and most importantly, setting and achieving goals. Setting goals in addiction recovery is crucial for individuals to have a clear vision and direction towards their desired outcome. It provides structure and motivation to continue on the path of sobriety. At Midwest Recovery Center, we understand the […]
Embracing Mental Health Awareness Month During Addiction Treatment
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to embrace it than during addiction treatment. Substance use disorder is often viewed as simply a matter of drug or alcohol abuse, but it’s inherently tied to mental health. A trauma therapy program can help address the root causes of addiction. Nearly half of […]
7 Symptoms of Severe Emotional Trauma
There might be a time when you are put in extremely scary, stressful, and possibly dangerous situations. It can be so traumatizing that those memories stick with you for a long time, or even forever. It can feel like you are no longer safe or can no longer trust people. This can result in severe […]
3 Positive Behavioral Intervention Strategies with CBT
It can be hard for those struggling with a mental health issue like depression or anxiety to think positively about their life. It is not uncommon to think about what is wrong or what could go wrong in any given scenario. Changing your mindset is important to managing your mental health, but doing that without […]
Can Intensive Outpatient Program Help Mental Health?
Deciding on a treatment program for your mental health depends partly on how severe your symptoms are. A few therapy sessions a year is enough to talk through some problems in some cases. Sometimes, if the symptoms are very bad, an inpatient program can give around-the-clock care. For cases somewhere in the middle, an intensive […]
5 Group Therapy Activities for Adults
Therapy is known to help people suffering from mental health, addiction, or even people who are feeling overwhelmed. Many different types of therapy are helpful, but for some people, group therapy is a great option. A group therapy program can give a person the guidance they are looking for while also connecting with people in […]
3 Family Therapy Goals to Achieve
Your relationships with family members are some of the strongest you’ll ever have. However, even the most tight-knit family can experience complex problems that need to be resolved in a family therapy program with a professional therapist. Sometimes, these issues can be prolonged and become toxic without professional help. The goals of family therapy at […]
How Does Trauma Affect Addiction?
Many people have suffered through traumatic events in their lives. Whether this trauma occurred over many years or in a single event, there is an all too common connection between trauma and addiction. Trauma can cause severe psychological and physical reactions in people and, for some individuals, the pain is extreme enough to push them […]
How Group Therapy Can Help Your Mental Health
They say that “it takes a village” to raise a child. This is also true for healing, recovering from addiction, and overcoming mental health struggles. In group therapy, you can find that helpful village. With the supportive network of a group therapy program, you can get through a wide array of mental health challenges daily. […]
Am I Addicted to Drugs Because of Childhood Trauma?
Sadly, there is a proven connection between addiction and childhood trauma. The traumatic events experienced in your childhood can and often do follow you into adulthood and create a series of mental health issues that may also cause you to self-medicate through excessive drinking or drug use. If you or someone you love is struggling […]
