Who Is Right for PHP, IOP and OP?

When people look at treatment options, they may have encountered the acronyms PHP, IOP, and OP. These stand for partial hospitalization program (PHP), intensive outpatient program (IOP), and outpatient program (OP). At first, these can be considered to be quite similar. PHP, IOP, and OP all involve someone traveling to a mental health care facility […]

How Do I Build Stronger Connections With Myself and Others In Recovery?

It may not seem like it, but anyone can build stronger connections with their fellow peers. Many times, a person in recovery may feel alone. This is especially true if they had finished addiction treatment and needed to remove toxic people who may encourage them to relapse. It's a difficult thing for anyone to do, […]

Why Is Talking With Peers so Important in Recovery?

When people think of treatment, they don't often consider talking with peers to be part of it. However, establishing communications with your fellow peers can be vital to not only achieving recovery but staying in it. This is because human beings are social creatures. We don't do very well when we are alone and isolated. […]

Where to Go After Residential Treatment?

When someone finishes residential treatment, it is a cause for celebration. They have worked hard and found the strength they needed to overcome their troubles and achieve recovery. It's important to be proud of such an accomplishment and understand that you are stronger than you thought you were. Places like Pathways Wellness Center have extensive […]

Medication Management: Appropriate Ways to Structure a Treatment Plan

When we undergo treatment for a mental health disorder, sometimes we need medication management. This is because medication is often used as part of the treatment process. Medication can be used to reduce negative symptoms that a person may be experiencing. This gives them relief and allows them to focus on their recovery now that […]

How Individual Therapy Can Help You Work Through Anxiety

When people think about treatment for anxiety, they don't often think of individual therapy. Instead, many people think of medication or even just using mindfulness techniques. These are all valid and helpful ways to manage anxiety; however, what is most important is seeking out and receiving individual therapy. Mental health care facilities, like Pathways Wellness […]

How to Build Life Skills That Nurture Growth in Recovery

Many people have gone through life without learning how to build life skills. There are several reasons for this. One reason is underfunded schools and busy parents who have neither the time nor funding to provide life-skills education. Others may have been mistreated or neglected and had nobody they could trust to teach them these […]

How Yoga and Mindfulness Are Connected

When people decide to go into treatment for a mental health disorder or illness, they are often surprised to find yoga and mindfulness as part of the program. As our scientific understanding of mental health improves, we have begun to discover just how much our minds and bodies are connected. When we feel bad, it […]

Educating Families: Overcoming the Stigma of Addiction

The stigma of addiction is quite prevalent in our society. You may have seen how people struggling with addiction are portrayed in modern media. Often, addiction is seen as the result of a personal moral failing or as a punishment for bad decisions. Addiction and the nature of it is much more complicated than that. […]

Managing Stress and Anxiety in Recovery

Part of being alive means dealing with stress and anxiety. It's impossible to avoid either in your life, but there are ways to deal with them. The healthy way to do it is to learn coping skills that not only help with stress and anxiety but make you feel happy too. However, sometimes people will […]

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