Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – One-on-one therapy to help teach patients to find connections between their thoughts, feelings, and actions and how they can impact their recovery. This is the main therapeutic method utilized by Carencia.
Substance Abuse Therapy & Addiction Treatment
What is Addiction?
Addiction is a complex and treatable disease that can affect many areas of a person’s life. According to a survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), over 40 million Americans suffered from a substance use disorder in 2020. Most people and their families are touched by addiction in some way or other.
Addiction requires individualized treatments to address the symptoms and underlying causes of the disease. There are multiple therapies and options available to effectively treat addiction.
Life Skills – We help you to develop life skills to manage cravings and triggers throughout your day. Our CBT sessions focus on your thoughts and feelings to recognize, avoid, and cope to help break the cycle of negative thoughts and behavior. This will help put you on the path to breaking free of addiction and start you on the path to recovery.
Medication – Carencia uses medication-assisted treatment for treating addiction. Our addiction recovery programs are a two-headed approach. We help treat the physical responses with medicine, while working to help learn skills to overcome addiction in sessions with our nurse practitioners.
Naltrexone (Vivitrol) – This is the most common form of MAT. Naltrexone blocks the effects of opiates on the brain and can also be used for alcohol addiction. Vivitrol is a prescription injectable medication for alcohol and opioid dependence that is administered on a monthly basis. Carencia Mental Health offers the administration of Vivitrol as part of its Medication-Assisted Treatment plans.
Buprenorphine (Suboxone/Sublocade) – Suboxone most commonly comes in pill or film forms and helps with opioid dependence. This medication also comes in a monthly injectable form called Sublocade. Paired with a solid counseling plan, buprenorphine is a safe and effective treatment for opioid dependency.
Additional MAT Options – Campral and Antabuse are additional medications that assist in the treatment alcohol addiction. Campral works in the brain to reduced the cravings to use alcohol. Antabuse works by creating a sensitivity to alcohol and producing some unpleasant side effects if alcohol is consumed.
Carencia’s Medication-Assisted Treatment with Vivitrol
Reduces Cravings
Withdrawal symptoms, and long-term dependency, can create a cycle of cravings that make it hard to break free. Vivitrol treatment, partnered with therapy and counseling, can help increase the odds of successful completion of treatment and reach sustainable recovery. No longer being able to feel the euphoric effects of alcohol and opioids helps to remove the physical temptation of the substance.
Accountability
It helps to provide a sense of accountability to help safeguard against relapse. Vivitrol blocks most mu opiate receptors in the brain, allowing struggling patients to focus on their coping skills and continue their sobriety.
Sustainable Recovery
Vivitrol is not intended for long-term use, but is typically used for 6-12 months. In individual cases, it can be used longer. Carencia is a licensed Vivitrol treatment provider and can help facilitate lasting results and a sustainable recovery.
In order to adhere to the “whole-person” approach to mental health, Carencia offers traditional therapy options as well as medication-assisted treatments. The benefits of the Carencia Vivitrol treatment are threefold.
Mental Healthcare Support
The licensed behavioral therapists at Carencia dedicate themselves to developing a deeper understanding of our patient’s mental health and wellbeing. We focus on the person’s whole mental health and not just certain aspects of it. Using their own beliefs, behavior, and biology we help craft a therapy plan to help the whole person and enhance their quality of life.
At Carencia we have dedicated ourselves to giving out patients the best mental health support possible. We accomplish this two ways, with traditional in-office therapy and with online telehealth counseling.
Traditional Therapy
At our location in Arlington, TX we help people who are more comfortable in a traditional therapy setting. We offer a range of outpatient mental health services, from mood disorders to stress management to addiction counseling and treatment.
Online Mental Health Counseling
We understand the potential discomfort, disruption, and anxiety that traditional therapy sessions can have on patients. It’s not always possible to find transportation or even get out of work to come down to our offices. It is also stressful and can carry a stigma among some people. It’s for this reason that we also offer most of our mental health services online. You can attend your sessions from the comfort of your own home.
We utilize the latest technology to help a spectrum of mental illnesses. Increase comfort, decrease anxiety and stigma with our, completely online, therapy services. Our online therapy sessions are conducted through a secure portal and are completely safe. With the freedom of online therapy, we can turn any space into a safe space. We are currently licensed to operate in Texas and South Dakota, and aim to increase our telehealth counseling to more states.