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Play Therapy at Counseling and Play Therapy Associates – Recorded on November 13, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder.

 

Ulster Savings awards grant for play therapy

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POUGHKEEPSIE – The Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation (USCF) recently announced a $ 8,321 grant to the Children's Home of Poughkeepsie in support of a Play Therapy room at their Poughkeepsie campus. The Play Therapy room would be used by …
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Vicki Marcum earns prestigious social worker credential

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ROSCOE — Vicki Marcum, a licensed clinical social worker and registered play therapist at Butterfly Counseling Care, 11514 N. Main St., Roscoe, earned the prestigious Registered Play Therapist–Supervisor credential conferred by the Association for …
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It takes a large amount of courage to admit that you need help overcoming your drug or alcohol abuse problem. Admitting that you aren’t able to get sober all by yourself is something that not very many people are able to do-at least not easily. Of course, once you decide that you need to get sober, what do you do? How do you choose a drug rehabilitation facility? How do you know which drug rehab program is right for you? There are plenty of choices out there-quite a few are located within the Delray Beach city limits. How do you know which one is the best and which one will give you the tools you need to stay sober once you have completed your rehab program?

When it comes to heroin detox one is presented with several options they can choose from for their detox. If I were planning to quit heron in the near future I would do my homework and look into the ways one can go about detoxing from heroin.

I have used several methods to recover from heroin and they all worked the problem was once I got clean I failed to have a recovery program in place which is essential if one wishes to stay clean and have any type of sobriety.

The first option I will discuss today is by far the hardest detox to accomplish unless you have medications to help you. This method is known by many as heroin cold turkey. The name actually came about long ago when old time heroin addicts used this method because they had no other options.

Drug addiction is a serious problem. The medical community now views addiction as a disease or illness because it has both mental and physical effects on the abuser. Detoxification and rehabilitation are often necessary methods for treating the problem, though it depends on the nature of the abuse. If the problem is severe, long term drug treatment is often required to help someone recover and remain drug free.

Long term programs can be very helpful to someone that can’t quit on their own and can reset to both a residential setting as well as an outpatient ongoing environment that provides counseling and support. They are comprehensive programs that include several elements. At a rehab facility, each program is customized to meet the needs of the individual addict and contain both group therapy and individual meetings with staff. There are also people that have succeeded in overcoming their drug problem by attending narcotics anonymous meetings and regularly attending in order to not slip back into old patterns of abuse.

 

Small vs. Large Addiction Treatment Facilities – Miramar Treatment 866.382.5442 | www.miramarlagunabeach.com There are many differences between small and large addiction treatment facilities. Small addiction treatment facilities, typically 0-36 clients at any given time, are usually single-family homes, located in residential neighborhoods. Clients live like they might at their own homes, cooking, dining, cleaning and living with other clients. Individual treatment and customized addiction treatment is often more common in small treatment facilities, due to the decreased census size and higher staff-client ratios. Large, institutional facilities, 36-200 clients, are usually not located in residential areas, rather they are located in more commercial or urban areas. Clients dont often live in a family-style environment, but in a more institutional or dorm-style setting. Group therapy is the prevalent treatment practice in large treatment facilities and there are often large on-site meetings, education opportunities, lectures, and others. http

If elected to enter into an inpatient alcoholism treatment program, you certainly have numerous questions. More than anything else, you likely are wondering what, exactly, goes on during the course of an inpatient alcoholism treatment program.

The initial phase of any inpatient alcoholism treatment program for many people is detox. Most people who have reached the juncture of their disease at which inpatient alcoholism treatment is necessary will require detox. In most cases, alcohol detox a few days. Detox normally is a most unpleasant and even painful experience. Medications normally are made available to assist a patient in dealing with at least some of the pain associated with detox and alcohol withdrawal.

After the detox phase is over, the more common inpatient alcoholism program then tends to utilize four different segments of treatment:

* group therapy

* individual therapy

* education

* relapse prevention