Individual Treatment Therapy at Centres for Health and Healing
Individual therapy in Toronto involves creating a personalized treatment plan that addresses a personโs needs, requirements, and treatment goals rather than adopting a โone-size-fits-allโ approach.
Most rehabilitation centres offer individualized treatment programs to clients wanting to overcome various addictions and mental health issues, including:
What is Individual Therapy in Toronto,
and What Does it Involve?
An individualized treatment plan considers all the components that need to be unpacked and worked through for lasting recovery. Since there is no single cause for addiction, likewise, there is no one thing that treats the condition.
Addiction is a Complicated Disease
Addiction is a profoundly complicated disease. Therefore, treatment involves various approaches and therapeutic modalities to help people overcome addiction and achieve lasting sobriety.
Individualized treatment is tailored to suit each clientโs individual needs and circumstances. Ultimately, each personโs experience with addiction will be different.
Therefore, how people respond to treatment will vary, depending on the type of substance used, the severity of addiction, and other factors.
What Treatments Are Used in Our Individual Therapy
Program in Toronto?
Various treatments are used in our individual therapy in Toronto.
However, typically, the most common approaches used in individualized treatment include the following
Letโs explore these treatments in more detail.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talk therapy used to treat various addictions and mental health disorders.
CBT is one of the most effective talking therapies since it helps individuals to explore and address maladjusted thoughts and behavioural patterns that can lead to destructive behaviours, such as substance abuse.
This treatment allows patients to identify and change negative thoughts and behavioural patterns that may have contributed to their addiction.
CBT teaches people healthy coping strategies by helping them identify and avoid their addiction triggers while managing any urges or cravings to use a substance.
Therapy aims to prevent future relapse by teaching individuals healthier coping skills and decision-making, allowing them more control and fulfillment over their lives.
Addiction Treatment
Addiction treatment involves various therapeutic approaches, including the following:
Depending on the severity of your substance use and other factors, such as background, family history, and other mental health disorders, addiction treatment may vary but typically includes a combination of the above treatments.
Talk Therapy
Talk therapy, also known as psychotherapy, involves an individual attending sessions with a licensed therapist to discuss their experiences and issues.
People typically enlist in talk therapy to work through previous traumas and psychological conditions that may be life-limiting. A psychotherapist can diagnose, treat, and evaluate clients based on various assessments and measures.
As well as counselling and behavioural therapies, the above treatments are typically incorporated into an individualized treatment plan; these therapies are designed to treat addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders effectively.
Group Therapy
Group therapy is a highly effective form of psychotherapy where one or more trained therapists work with several clients simultaneously.
This treatment provides a safe, supportive environment where individuals can openly discuss issues and concerns with people who understand and share similar experiences.
Group Therapy Treatment
Group therapy sessions typically involve 5-12 participants. This type of treatment is used for treating a wide range of mental health issues, including:
Group therapy can be used as a single treatment.
Contact us to learn more about our group therapy program.
Centres for Health and Healing provide comprehensive group therapy for those needing help with an addiction or other mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression.
Individual Therapy
Each personโs unique needs and circumstances are integral to developing an effective individualized therapy program.
Individual therapy in Toronto is essential to individualized treatment since it provides a more bespoke, personalized approach for people in addiction and mental health recovery.
Unlike group therapy, those in individual therapy can speak to a therapist on a one-to-one basis, meaning that clients can openly discuss their addiction issues and mental health concerns in a private setting.
Combining Treatments
Studies show that combining treatments is the most effective approach to treating addiction and mental health disorders. Thus individualized treatment programs are highly recommended for these client groups.
For instance, research shows that group therapy is most effective when combined with individual treatment.
This treatment model allows patients to get the benefits of one-to-one counselling with a therapist and the opportunity to share their experiences and concerns with those who understand in group therapy settings.
Holistic Therapies
Holistic therapies such as mindfulness and meditation are proven effective treatments for mental health conditions and various types of addiction.
Mindfulness therapy helps you slow down and notice how your thoughts and emotions fuel your behaviour and decisions.
When practised regularly, mindfulness can help you observe how you might get caught up in rumination, distraction, and resistance in your daily life.
In our experience, chronic stress and negative thinking patterns can influence excessive drinking, illicit drug-taking, and other addictive habits to numb or forget unpleasant feelings and emotions.
Regular mindfulness practice can bring you into the present moment, allowing you to focus on your immediate surroundings rather than past issues over which you have no control.
The Benefits of Mindfulness Practice
on Physical and Mental Health
Mindfulness therapy is recommended as a treatment to help individuals manage various physical and mental health conditions, including the following:
Family Support
Research shows those in recovery from addiction experience better health outcomes when family and close relatives are involved in treatment.
Family therapy is a group therapy designed to help family members better support their loved ones and develop their understanding of addiction.
Family support programs are facilitated by a family therapist and can be used as a primary treatment or as part of an individualized treatment program.
Contact our specialist team to learn more about
Our Family Support Program.
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) treats various addictions and substance use disorders to help sustain lasting recovery and prevent individuals from overdosing.Medication-assisted treatment is primarily used for treating opioid use disorder and alcohol addiction.
MAT involves specific medications and behavioural therapies to provide a โwhole-patientโ approach to substance use and addiction treatment.
Medication-Assisted Treatment at Centres For Health and Healing
Centres for Health and Healing provide effective medication-assisted treatment to help people overcome opioid use disorder and other mental health conditions such as treatment-resistant depression.
Our medication-assisted treatment program includes:
Sublocade Treatment
Unlike addiction treatment in a rehab facility, Sublocade provides those in recovery from opioid use disorder with a flexible treatment plan, allowing patients to continue with their daily responsibilities, such as family, work, and childcare.
Sublocade medication-assisted treatment provides you with the flexibility and stability to remain present in your daily life and the things that matter most while getting help for opioid use disorder.
The Goal of Individual Therapy in Toronto
Ultimately, individual treatment in Toronto aims to provide a holistic, comprehensive approach to mental health and addiction recovery.
This involves addressing all the parts that fuel a personโs addiction and the underlying mental health conditions that frequently co-occur with substance use disorder, such as depression, anxiety, and personality disorders, to name just a few.
Individualized therapy incorporates a holistic approach to addiction and mental health treatment by addressing each personโs physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs.
What Are the Benefits of Individual Therapy in Toronto?
For those needing treatment for substance use disorder or a mental health condition (or both), it would help if you understood the benefits of an individualized treatment program and what they can offer.
We understand how challenging it can be to take the first steps to recovery, and committing to treatment may initially seem daunting to many.
However, those first steps are vital to getting the help and support you need to overcome addiction and live a happier, healthier, substance-free life.
Once you begin the recovery process, you will start experiencing some of the benefits of individualized treatment, including:
Recovery from substance use disorder doesnโt happen overnight. Instead, it requires much time and commitment to experience the benefits of addiction treatment.
However, understanding the benefits of an individualized treatment program can help you make an informed decision about your recovery and how you would like to move forward.
How Individualized Treatment Plans Are Developed
Treatment plans can help prepare individuals for the different phases of recovery, and understanding what each stage involves can also be helpful.
To help you understand how individual therapy in Toronto works, we have outlined the various phases of treatment and what they involve below.
Treatment plans will vary depending on the individual, the type of substance used, the severity of addiction, and other factors. However, each phase of treatment must address issues involving co-occurring disorders, withdrawal, physical and mental health, and aftercare support.
Each person will have different needs and challenges, influencing the type of treatment they receive. But broadly, the variety of treatments included in an individualized treatment plan involves:
Aftercare and Support
In our experience, recovery is not a single action but a continuous sequence of choices and actions made throughout a recovering individualโs life. Aftercare support programs are a vital part of treatment, whether you are recovering from a drug or alcohol use disorder, behavioural addiction, or other mental health condition.
Maintaining sobriety can be challenging, particularly in the early stages of treatment. However, maintaining sobriety eventually becomes more manageable as you form new, healthier habits, patterns, and relationships.
Aftercare and support programs consist of a personalized plan suited to each individualโs needs, requirements, and circumstances. Aftercare programs offer high levels of support to those in recovery, helping them navigate their lives after treatment.
Like a hospital discharge plan, aftercare support programs offer continuous support and treatment after you leave rehab. This may include activities, interventions, and any additional support you may need to cope once you have completed residential or inpatient treatment.
Aftercare and Support at Centres for Health and Healing
At Centres for Health and Healing, we understand how challenging the addiction recovery process can be; therefore, we believe every individual deserves a great deal of acknowledgement for completing treatment with us. However, we also know this is just the start of your recovery journey. Therefore, we provide continuous treatment and support to each person after they leave our recovery facility.
Personalized aftercare programs like ours are essential to successful treatment and can help you maintain lasting sobriety after leaving rehabilitation.
Our aftercare support programs can help you stay on track with your recovery and allow you to be part of a sober community.
Experiencing a sense of belonging and community is essential to effective addiction recovery.
It can help you create lifelong, meaningful connections and a renewed sense of purpose, transition back to everyday life, and maintain lasting sobriety with the support of people who love and care about you.
Addiction and Mental Health Treatment in Toronto, Canada
Centres for Health and Healing offers personalized treatment programs for various substance use disorders, behavioural addictions, and mental health conditions at our recovery centre in Toronto, Canada.
Our treatments include medication-assisted treatment, behavioural therapies, medical detox, group support, and family therapy (and more) to help you overcome your addiction and move toward lasting sobriety and wellness.
If you or someone you know are struggling with substance use or another mental health issue, in that case, our individual therapy program in Toronto can help address all the essential components needed for effective recovery.
We are here and ready to help!
To learn more about our individualized treatment program, contact us at our recovery centre in Toronto for further support and information
We are here and ready to help!
To learn more about our individualized treatment program, contact us at our recovery centre in Toronto for further support and information