What are Addiction Therapy Services?

How are MVR Addiction Therapy Services Different?

Mountain Vista Recovery addiction services are designed to provide the most impactful and full-spectrum therapy and guidance possible, as our clients progress through the stages of recovery from substances.

MVR offers many of the same behavioral therapy modalities as most addiction therapy centers, including cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapy. We prioritize hiring staff who are “walking the walk” in their own recovery.

While we provide high-quality, high-touch therapy for addiction, Mountain Vista Recovery also helps rehabilitate our clients lives by offering structured guidance and support in life skills and tasks like:

1. Getting or regaining a driving license and/or transportation
2. Getting and maintaining a job
3. Maintaining a healthy, substance or violence free home environment
4. Making use of community resources for help with household necessities like rent and utilities
5. Experiential therapy (e.g. animal therapy, adventure therapy, art therapy, or music therapy)
6. Physical therapy and daily physical health and strengthening
7. Opening and maintaining a bank account or building healthy credit

Click below to meet the Mountain Vista Recovery Therapy Team

Addiction is a chronic condition in where a person compulsively abuses addictive substances. this abuse can drastically change the chemical composition of the brain, causing long-term harm. Addiction affects all areas of a person’s life, with results like DUI or arrest, unstable housing, or physical and mental health deterioration. 

Typical Addiction Therapies may Include:

• Behavioral therapies—including individual, family, or group counseling
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Rational-emotive behavioral therapy (REBT)
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Contingency Management & Aftercare Plan
• 12-Step Facilitation Therapy 
• Person-Centered Therapy

Mountain Vista Recovery Addiction therapy services are the holistic treatment of substance abuse and its effects on the physical and psychological health of the patient, by a Addiction Therapist. Certified and licensed Addiction Counselors and Therapists use a range of therapies and sometimes, medications, to treat the substance abuse and any underlying causes of addiction, while simultaneously teaching life-skills through close mentorship.

At MVR, we draw from our own experiences with addiction, and more importantly, from our personal experiences with recovery. While many of the therapies and modalities Mountain Vista Recovery uses may be familiar, we are open to incorporating any evidence-backed therapeutic modality if it helps!

What Addiction Treatment Center is Right for You?

What addiction treatment program or center is a good fit, depends entirely on where you are in your recovery and your future goals.

The treatment center should prioritize your recovery over everything, and support you in healthy decisions, even after treatment. You will find each treatment center has unique elements of focus, offering everything from entirely wholistic or Eastern substance abuse treatment methods, to those offering a purely science-based approach to recovery. No matter your ultimate preference, take the following elements into account when you choose an addiction treatment center:

• Look for local treatment. Some advertisements encourage you to travel to treatment hot-spots, but there are likely many great (and less expensive) treatment centers within driving distance of your home.
• A good treatment center will ask questions like “How severe your substance use disorder is?” or “What other physical or mental health conditions you have?” If the conversation is only about payment and perks – take pause. You might be speaking to a “patient broker.”
• Ask if the program will include any science-backed treatments for substance abuse, like Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), which helps you spot and change negative thought patterns. Mountain Vista Recovery believes in a good mix of science-backed, evidence-based, and faith-based therapies. If it’s safe and it works, we are here for it.

Mountain Vista Recovery focuses on offering Intensive Outpatient Programming (IOP) and Substance Abuse Comprehensive Outpatient Treatment (SACOT) as our primary addiction therapy service options. Each program is customized for the specific needs of the client. Click below to learn more about treatment options available at Mountain Vista Recovery

There are several signs of addiction that you should be aware of when determining if addiction therapy services are right for you or someone you love:

• Unexplained or secretive behavior like unexplained trips at odd hours, or lies about movement, plans and seemingly innocuous issues. 
• Planning and concern for substance use often signals a level of dependence on the substance, just as planning for meals is a hallmark of hunger. 
• Long periods of recovery between uses often signal overuse. 
• Withdrawal symptoms including anxiety, fatigue, sweats, vomiting, depression, seizures, or hallucinations, are a symptom of physical dependence on substances.
• Inconsistency in housing, insurance coverage and employment.

Addiction therapy services like Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) and Substance Abuse Comprehensive Outpatient Treatment (SACOT) can include any combination of the following treatments:

• Individual therapy & counseling – one-on-one treatment between a certified mental health professional and the client. 
• Group therapy & counseling – those struggling with similar substance abuse issues come together to support each other in recovery from addiction. 
• Family therapy & counseling –  tools, knowledge and healing necessary to overcome family issues related to addiction.
• Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) – MAT is a combination of addiction therapy treatment and medication, designed to help the client cope with the symptoms of withdrawal.
• Alternative therapies like Equine or Art Therapy, Yoga and Mindfulness, Biofeedback/Neurofeedback, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), etc.