COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches people to recognize moods, thoughts and situations that cause cravings (uncontrollable urges to use substances and other addictive behaviors) and distortions of reality. A therapist trained in cognitive behavioral therapy techniques helps a person avoid these triggers and replace negative thoughts and feelings with healthier ones. The skills learned through cognitive behavioral therapy can last a lifetime as it is a powerful evidence-based technique that focuses on changing unhealthy, destructive patterns of thinking and behavior.
TRANSTHEORY MODEL OF CHANGE
Change doesn't happen overnight, it takes time and energy. Much of the initial change process takes place internally as the person ponders whether the change is worth the time and effort required. The change process starts with a person who is not aware of any need for change until the problem cannot be ignored, change plans are made which, if achieved, lead the person to work towards maintaining the new position. Therapies based on the transitional model show how people make successful changes and facilitate the process throughout the entire course of the 5 phases of change: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance.
DIALETIC BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
DBT is a skills-based approach to learning effective coping strategies that can be used to address and change unhealthy behaviors. Originally developed by Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, it teaches people skills to deal with stress, regulate emotions and improve relationships with others. DBT has been shown to be effective in adults and adolescents with a range of psychiatric conditions and behavior problems.
REALITY THERAPY
Glasser's Reality Therapy is a very useful technique for people who reject the reality they live in. Therapeutic success is related to the fact that the client stops rejecting reality, sees it as it is and understands that he will only achieve satisfaction if he does a job with himself. William Glasser's reality therapy aims to achieve concrete goals through problem solving and right decision making. It is about helping the client to achieve their personal goals, analyzing their current behaviors and modifying those that interfere with the goals; and to collaborate with the client so that they can fulfill five basic needs: love and belonging, power, survival, freedom and fun.
RATIONAL EMOTIVE THERAPY
The fundamental principle is based on the assumption that what happens does not disturb people, but people are disturbed by their view of what happens. It thus assumes that thinking, feeling and behavior are interrelated, in a systemic relationship and must be worked together, through the ABCDE System, where: A (triggering event), B (irrational beliefs), C (emotional and behavioral consequences), D (debate ), and (new belief). The aim is to change low frustration tolerance and promote profound emotional and behavioral change.
EMOTION FOCUSED THERAPY
Emotionally Focused Therapy is a neo-humanist approach designed to help people become more aware of their emotions and make productive use of them. Patients are helped to identify, experience, accept, explore, make sense of, transform and flexibly manage their emotions. As a result, they become more competent in emotional self-regulation, access to information about themselves and their world contained in their emotions, as well as a greater ability to live a fuller and healthier life.
RECOVERY PREVENTION
Relapse is a reality among those trying to overcome addiction problems. It is always triggered through exposure to risky situations such as negative emotional states, desires and temptations, interpersonal conflicts, exposure to people, places or events associated with substance abuse. During relapse prevention therapies, clients learn to identify risk situations and skills to deal with them; how to increase your self-confidence, dispel myths about the effects of alcohol and drugs, and restructure your perceptions of relapse as a process. Other goals of relapse prevention therapy are the adoption of a balanced lifestyle, positive behaviors, stimulus control techniques, and developing a plan for what to do in emergency situations to prevent relapse.