Addiction & Trauma Therapy in New Orleans
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Addiction & Trauma Therapy in New Orleans
Summary:
This article explores what services and therapies are available for trauma and addiction treatment in New Orleans.
Recovering from substance use while healing from trauma requires a specialized, and deeply compassionate approach. At NOLA Detox and Recovery Center in New Orleans, our team provides comprehensive trauma therapy New Orleans residents can count on. Starting with medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders, many clients work through our residential and outpatient levels of care for continued support with trauma recovery. From there they receive support maintaining work life balance and their sobriety.
Starting Care with Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
In many cases, clients start their program at our facility using medication assisted treatment which is a form of detox that combines FDA approved medications with behavioral therapies. This combination leads to a safer and more stable recovery process, offering medication options like Suboxone or methadone to help stabilize brain chemistry, block the effects of things like alcohol or opioids, and eliminate severe cravings.
Doing so not only helps our clients manage the initial symptoms of withdrawal but encourages better therapy sessions; with normalized brain chemistry, clients participating in therapy sessions and peer support groups can find it easier to focus, easier to recall critical coping skills and easier to practice those skills in real time.
Common Services for Addiction and Trauma Recovery
After the initial medication assisted treatment, many clients transition to our residential or inpatient levels of care utilizing different trauma therapy New Orleans residents can count on to be effective.
Some of the most effective trauma and addiction therapies help clients safely process their traumatic memories without re-traumatization or triggering a relapse. These include things like exposure therapy, EMDR, or cognitive behavioral therapy.
These evidence-based practices can be most efficacious when combined with other coping mechanisms including holistic services like yoga, arts and crafts, and meditation.
The evidence-based therapies we provide include things like cognitive behavioral therapy, one of the most common therapies used for substance use disorders and mental health disorders. These types of evidence-based practices help individuals recognize things like difficult emotions, automatic negative thoughts tied to those emotions, and the subsequent actions that result from them.
Learning to recognize this relationship can help individuals catch automatic negative thoughts that might lead to re-traumatization or triggering and a relapse before it happens.
At NOLA Detox we provide activities like arts and crafts which help focus on the overall health of not just your body but your mind.
Many studies indicate that different arts and crafts can be highly successful at managing symptoms of addiction recovery like anxiety, depression, or loneliness. Things like coloring books can help individuals bring their focus back to the present when they are otherwise overwhelmed by a trigger or source of stress.
Working with paints, clay, or paper mache can provide the tactile engagement that manages stress release in the body and helps individuals regain a sense of calm and control when they are processing traumatic memories.
Yoga and meditation have been relied on for years as a successful treatment option for addiction and trauma recovery, helping individuals stay focused on the present rather than ruminating about the past or worrying about the future.
Activities like meditation and yoga can help individuals struggling with challenging emotions or stress reduce those stress levels and find better ways to sit with the discomfort of difficult emotions instead of trying to immediately cover them up or run from them with things like drugs and alcohol.
How NOLA’s Services and Care Improve Outcomes
At our New Orleans facility, we integrate comprehensive medical care with services like free transportation from neighboring cities including Lafayette and Baton Rouge directly to our main campus. Our facility maintains a strict LGBTQ+ friendly environment to foster an atmosphere of safety and unconditional acceptance for all of our clients, and go so far as to offer programs for specific populations like veterans.
More than that, our Southern Hospitality is felt from the moment clients reach out to our admissions team until they leave our facility with an aftercare plan. For moments in between, clients have access to talk to your services like professional laundry services, food from popular local restaurants, weekly bonfires, community dinners, and other activities as well as a stunning and expansive campus conducive to recovery and relaxation.
Choosing Our Residential vs. Outpatient Programs
For those clients who are looking to start trauma therapy in New Orleans, our facility provides residential programs and outpatient programs. When clients reach out to our admissions team, we will help go over an initial assessment and make a suggestion for the best level of care.
In general, those who are navigating substance use recovery and underlying trauma will find that we integrate trauma-informed care across all of our program levels.
Our residential programs are best for clients whose trauma symptoms cause severe physical hypervigilance, alongside severe substance withdrawal. It's also ideal for clients who don't have a safe home environment and need not only structured boundaries and distance from triggers but 24-hour care.
Our outpatient programs are an excellent option for those with mild to moderate symptoms not just of addiction but of trauma. This program meets part-time, meaning it's available to those who have mornings or evenings free to start their recovery but might still need to meet other obligations.
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The Veterans Program: Navigating Service-Related Trauma
At NOLA Detox, we know that our veterans face distinct, complex layers of trauma including:
- Combat exposure
- Survivor’s guilt
- Chronic pain
- Civilian reintegration stress
To help with this, we offer a specialized Veteran Addiction Treatment Program at NOLA Detox. This program focuses on these service-related triggers within a culturally competent framework, bringing together veterans in a dedicated program. Within this specialized program, former service members can participate in specialized trauma reprocessing and things like cognitive behavioral therapy while enjoying the hotel-like amenities available at our 8 acre campus including private bathrooms and 24-hour security. These amenities and the program itself are designed to specifically combat some of the most common PTSD symptoms in veterans like physical hypervigilance. Through offering a safe environment with security and structure, our clients can begin the process of letting their guard down and healing.
Reach out to our admissions team today to learn more about our addiction and trauma therapy in New Orleans.
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New Orleans- Outpatient Treatment Center
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