Evidence-Based Therapy At Spring Hill

From the early phases of addiction treatment to aftercare, therapy often plays a critical role in the recovery process. At Spring Hill, we offer a group therapy-based curriculum, with several sessions provided every day, as well as one-on-one therapy, family therapy, and couples’ therapy options. Evidence-based therapy approaches make up our core offerings, but we also provide alternative therapies, such as art and music therapy.

Therapy can empower you to know yourself better, understand your motivations and behavior, build healthier relationships, and achieve other personal goals in recovery, helping you maintain sobriety in the long term.

Types Of Evidence-Based Therapies At Spring Hill

Addiction treatment at Spring Hill is personalized in many ways. We offer several therapy approaches that are proven to help people achieve recovery from addiction and dual diagnoses. These therapies may be available through one-on-one sessions or in a group therapy setting, or both. In many cases, a combination of approaches can be more effective than one approach alone.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most common and most effective therapy for addiction recovery. This approach acknowledges that thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors are connected, and that unwanted behaviors can be changed by addressing the unhelpful thoughts and beliefs behind them.

In our program, CBT is often used in combination with other treatments to help you develop healthy habits and effective coping skills.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Similar to CBT, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a proven-effective therapy approach that helps you learn how to cope with triggers for unhealthy behaviors, in particular stress and emotional dysregulation. Part of what is known as the “third wave” of CBT, DBT was first used to treat personality disorders by teaching emotional regulation strategies such as mindfulness and distress tolerance. Mindfulness practices can help you to stay in the present moment, and distress tolerance entails self-soothing and distraction techniques to cope with intense emotions.

Motivational Interviewing

Self-motivation to achieve and maintain sobriety, rather than doing it because someone else wants you to, is often essential. It can also be something that people find particularly difficult during the early phases of recovery. In many cases, trust of others has been broken, but there are other reasons why people may distrust help or not believe they need help.

Motivational interviewing (MI) entails helping you find your inner resolve and motivation for recovering from addiction. The approach views the therapist and client as equals, not as the therapist necessarily knowing what’s best for the client, and helps establish a relationship of trust for exploring growth opportunities together.

Solution-Focused Therapy

This evidence-based therapy is just like its name sounds, focusing on solutions and what a person can do rather than on problems and what a person can’t do. Through specific proven techniques, the therapist brings attention to the client’s strengths, resources, and abilities, helping the client then apply them to current goals. Solution-focused therapy (SFT) also focuses on the here and now and the future, instead of the past, with clients’ successes building on each other and providing hope and motivation for recovery.

Group Therapy Topics At Spring Hill

Based on the concept that we, as humans, are instinctively drawn to connection, and the fact that addiction can be a very isolating experience, group therapy plays a significant role in treatment every day at Spring Hill. Therapy in group settings helps you not only build the skills and support necessary for lasting recovery, but also feel less alone on the journey. The following are a few of the groups we provide.

Psychoeducational Groups

Psychoeducational groups are especially beneficial to people just beginning the recovery journey. These groups focus on educating participants about addiction and its effects, specific drugs, and the recovery process overall. These groups may also serve as an introduction to the group therapy setting, allowing clients to begin sharing their experiences and learning from others.

Distress Tolerance Skills Groups

One of the main sets of skills taught in dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance focuses on the development of coping strategies to use during crises or other stressful situations. The benefits of distress tolerance skills groups include helping you learn how to tolerate stress that, in the past, would trigger substance use.

Relapse Prevention Groups

An essential part of addiction treatment is identifying relapse triggers and developing tools and skills to use in situations that could potentially trigger compulsions to drink or use again. In relapse prevention groups, you are educated on the stages and warning signs of relapse and develop relapse prevention strategies, learning from your own and other participants’ experiences and finding support.

Triggers And Coping Skills Groups

Triggers and coping skills groups provide outlets for you to explore the internal and external factors that increase your vulnerability to relapse, and how to deal with them. While the topic of triggers can be intimidating at first, many people find that discussing triggers among peers in a group therapy setting serves to remove the power that triggers hold over them. The group setting also encourages sharing that can lead to the discovery of new healthy coping skills.

Other Specialized Groups For Addiction Recovery

Specialized groups at Spring Hill include a wide range of therapy and peer support options to address the specific needs and goals of clients with something particular in common, such as gender, type of work, or cultural background.

Examples that may be offered at Spring Hill include:

• veterans’ addiction recovery groups
• groups for single or parenting mothers
• LGBTQ+ addiction recovery groups
• PTSD-focused recovery groups, or groups for people with other co-occurring disorders
• groups for first responders
• young adult groups

Therapy’s Role In Addiction Recovery

Abstinence from mind-altering substances is only half the battle. The other half entails understanding the psychological and emotional factors of compulsive drug or alcohol use.

Through therapy, you can identify your primary triggers and stressors and learn how to cope with your most challenging emotions without resorting to substances for temporary relief.

Therapy is the base of success for any long-term recovery journey. It’s the focal point of residential rehab at Spring Hill as well as outpatient treatment, medication-assisted treatment, and other types of professional care.

Begin Your Recovery Journey At Spring Hill Today

At Spring Hill Recovery Center, we believe in making the recovery experience unique and rewarding for every person who seeks treatment for overcoming a substance use disorder.

Call our helpline to speak with a specialist about the evidence-based therapy approaches we offer to help you achieve your treatment goals and a fulfilling life of sobriety.