As numbers of COVID-19 cases rise across the nation, businesses shut back down to help mitigate the crisis, and people deal with economic insecurity and continued social isolation, overdoses and drug and alcohol abuse are on the rise. Because of the ongoing stress of the pandemic and the economic and emotional strife people have experienced […]
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Wasatch Crest’s Clinical Director, Rich McDonald, MS, CMHC, discusses how attachment and addiction influence each other. In his presentation, Rich provides an overview of attachment theory. He also explores the difference between unhealthy and healthy attachment, and why individuals who struggle with addiction may also struggle with attachment. Rich provides ways providers can curate substance
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Find out how autism and addiction can influence each other in the presentation below.
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In the following video presentations, Wasatch Crest Clinical Director, Rich McDonald, MS, CMHC, and guests discuss timely topics in mental health and substance abuse treatment. Topics covered include: Avoiding Rock Bottom: How Providers Can Catch Early Signs of Addiction Get Creative with Therapy: The Role of Making Things in Recovery Helping Colleagues & Clients Cope
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If you are struggling with addiction and don’t know where to turn, we invite you to consider Wasatch Crest. We take a unique and wholistic approach to treating patients – treatment that includes creating trust, rediscovering yourself, building confidence, and staying connected long after the treatment program is over. Getting Started Our admission counselors are
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After spending one to three months in inpatient treatment, those first steps back out into the world can be overwhelming. But leaving inpatient treatment doesn’t mean your treatment is complete, nor does it mean you have to survive on your own. Completing inpatient treatment is a huge milestone that should be celebrated – but recovery
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The recent pandemic has been very difficult for many recovering addicts. In some cases, the intermediary homes they’ve been staying in have been forced to close; for others, the stress and anxiety of the situation has caused them to feel the pull back toward bad habits. For an addict, staying clean and sober when things
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We often hear people talk about addiction of any kind as having to burn itself out by the addict reaching “rock bottom.” While that can be true – some people do need to arrive at a place where it is no longer sustainable for them to continue on the path they are on – it
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Recovery is not a destination; it is a way of life. Remaining in recovery requires you to make not just immediate changes to your life, like avoiding alcohol and drugs and getting physically healthy, but to make long-term changes to your life. What do those long-term changes look like? It depends on the person, but
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Feeling the sunshine fall across your shoulders can be a wonderful feeling, but if you have just fought your way back from the brink of addiction, possibly spending time in jail or the hospital or homeless on the streets, there can be sweet bliss in reconnecting with nature as a part of your recovery process.
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