Chicago Addiction Counseling, Rehab Chicago

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Effective, Compassionate and Discreet Counseling
for Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Drug and Alcohol Addiction
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• For professionals who have a lot of people
  relying on them, the impact of addiction can be
  widespread, hurting families, colleagues and
  professional reputations that have taken years to
  build. At Positive Sobriety Institute, we
  understand that it can be difficult for
  professionals to keep all of those balls in the
  air especially when coupled with addiction,
  mental health or behavioral health issues.

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• During addiction treatment at PSI, our
  experienced and multidisciplinary team considers
  you as an individual and the many roles you have
  as a professional, parent, partner or spouse. In
  addiction counseling, you will have the support
  of other adults and professionals who also know
  what its like to have many responsibilities in
  life and to face similar struggles.

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• Addiction counseling helps replace
  self-destructive behaviors with positive
  thoughts, feelings and emotions so individuals
  can regain control and develop healthy,
  productive lives.

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GOALS OF ADDICTION COUNSELIN

• The addiction counseling team at Positive
  Sobriety Institute works to achieve the following
  goals
• Increase the individuals motivation for change.
  Teach how to break the addictive cycle and
  establish abstinence.
• Teach the individual coping and problem solving
  skills required to maintain sobriety over the
  long-term. Teach how to cope with cravings and
  how to avoid triggers that can lead to relapse
  such as people, places and things.

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GOALS OF ADDICTION COUNSELING

• Involve family members in the addiction recovery
  plan. Family members who are involved in the
  recovery process and who participate in treatment
  activities can greatly improve the success of
  treatment for the addicted individual.
• Encourage participation in recovery support
  groups. 12-Step groups such as Alcoholics
  Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Cocaine
  Anonymous are extremely valuable support systems
  for recovering individuals.

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Evidence-Based Addiction Counseling Methods
Group Therapy

• Group therapy is an important, though often
  misunderstood, component of addiction treatment.
  Group therapys restorative effects emanate from
  the powerful social bonds that form through
  shared experience. Group therapy is a place to
  nurture healthy relationships, and to demonstrate
  respect, compassion and empathy for others. All
  are necessary for maintaining sobriety, and for
  embarking on a happy, healthy life with
  fulfilling relationships after treatment.

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BENEFITS OF GROUP THERAPY

• Learning that youre not alone in your struggles.
  Others have similar issues and problems.
• Seeing the growth and learning from others who
  are at different stages in recovery.
• Having the freedom to express feelings and
  receive caring and objective feedback from others.

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BENEFITS OF GROUP THERAPY

• Taking responsibility for ones choices and
  behavior, and demonstrating respect, compassion
  and empathy for others.
• Having a safe place to take emotional risks by
  trusting others and showing vulnerability.

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Specific Counseling Techniques Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational
Interviewing (MI)

• In both individual and group therapy, talking
  about issues and expressing thoughts, feelings
  and experiences is a key element of treatment.
  But addiction counseling isnt just a time to
  chat. Our team of board-certified psychiatrists,
  licensed counselors and therapists uses
  evidence-based, therapeutic approaches to guide
  discussion and encourage self-discovery.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Addiction

• CBT is a form of therapy utilized to treat a wide
  variety of mental and psychological disorders,
  including depression, anxiety disorders,
  addiction, chronic pain and eating disorders. CBT
  asserts that what we think about our lives and
  circumstances greatly influences our feelings and
  behavior. Negative or irrational beliefs lead to
  poor behavioral choices. CBT has been shown to
  help those with addictive disease more
  effectively recognize stressors, triggers and
  practice self-regulation and self-monitoring
  techniques.
• Self-monitoring helps individuals tune in to
  feelings, behavioral patterns or situations
  associated with drug or alcohol use. Being aware
  of these triggers can help individuals plan
  changes to help avoid relapse.

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Characteristics of CBT

• In CBT, clients and practitioners form a
  therapeutic alliance and begin to identify and
  understand problems in terms of the relationship
  between thoughts, feelings and behavior.
• In contrast to other forms of therapy which delve
  deeply into early life experience, previous
  trauma, and family dysfunction, CBT is here and
  now focused.
• CBT involves identifying distorted or irrational
  thinking, defenses and unresolved wounds, and
  assists in reframing beliefs, and changing
  maladaptive and destructive behaviors.

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Characteristics of CBT

• CBT emphasizes putting newly learned ideas and
  behaviors into practice in the form of behavioral
  homework, such as trying new things.
• CBT assists in identifying situations and
  environments that trigger the desire to use and
  how to employ adaptive coping strategies.
• CBT helps with understanding biological and
  emotional cues and sensations of craving and
  self-defeating thoughts and behaviors

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Motivational Interviewing (MI) for Addiction

• Motivational interviewing strategically
  identifies what a patient values the most, and
  uses that as a catalyst for positive change.
  Motivational interviewing techniques were
  developed specifically for the treatment of
  substance use disorders. The technique involves
  using an empathic, nonjudgmental and supportive
  approach to explore a patients values, beliefs
  and personal goals. MI also examines any
  ambivalence, or reluctance, about the changes
  needed to live a sober life.

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MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING (MI) FOR ADDICTION

• For example, many addicted persons are unaware or
  only partially aware of the impact of their
  disease on their loved ones. Motivational
  interviewing openly and honestly examines the
  issue, without judgment or harsh confrontation.
  When a patient fully understands that their drug
  use is causing shame and embarrassment for their
  children, the motivation to change increases and
  ambivalence about making those changes decreases.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

• Motivational Interviewing helps individuals
  discover their true motivation for change, and to
  make a personal commitment to invest in
  treatment. MI has been used successfully in
  addiction and eating disorder treatment, and has
  been shown to increase adherence to treatment.
• Counselors ask open-ended questions, engage in
  reflective and empathetic listening, reframing,
  and encourage questions and dialogue.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

• MI helps patients see how their drug and alcohol
  use or other problematic behaviors interfere with
  their personal goals and values.
• Instead of telling a patient how, or what to
  change, the MI approach builds internal
  motivation and elicits ideas from the individual
  as to why they need to change.
• MI encourages self-efficacy and the power to
  choose a different way of life.

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• Our unique blend of ongoing, effective therapies
  in a private, comfortable setting, along with
  integration with the larger professional recovery
  community, provides an ideal environment for a
  lasting recovery.

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