Once you realise that you, or a loved one, needs assistance to shed dependence on any harming substance, choosing the best drug rehab centre, such as White River Recovery Centre, is the first obstacle to overcome.
Firstly, you should make a personal checklist of all the features of the available drug rehab centres are the most important to you. This can help tremendously to evaluate different facilities, in order to be able to decide which one is the best choice for you or your loved one’s needs and treatment goals.
Here is a summary of five of the most important things to look for in a drug rehab centre:
Confidence in a centre’s approach to treatment, with qualified and dedicated staff
Each rehab centre has its own approach to treatment, before you choose one for substance treatment, make sure that its approach is such that you will feel comfortable with it. A worthwhile rehab centre should use a holistic approach that addresses a patient’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
The centre should make use of a multidisciplinary team of experienced professionals who are committed to providing only the highest standards of care to cater for the needs of every patient. At Recovery Centre White River many of the staff have walked their own road of recovery and can use their experience to help others with their journey.
Commitment to treating every aspect of the addiction.
A holistic approach refers to an approach to health care interventions that simultaneously focuses on the mind and body for complete healing. A good treatment centre sees a holistic approach as an opportunity for patients to better attend to both their psychological and physical needs.
At the Recovery Centre White River the team works closely with each client to understand his or her individual struggle with addiction and aims for a personalised treatment plan that will result in long-term recovery. They believe that lasting change only comes when dealing with the psychological, physical, social and spiritual aspects of addiction.
A place where therapists take time to get to know you and treat you with dignity
While recovering at White River Recovery Centre, the team assist clients in restoring their self-worth and self-esteem.
They get to know the real strengths, weaknesses, and goals of each client through different one-on-one counselling sessions as well as group and therapeutic activities.
Programmes are individualised
A rehab centre that offers personalised addiction treatment suited to each client’s needs is preferable to one that has only one programme for everyone who enters through its doors.
Since each person who needs help is an individual and no two are exactly the same, their pasts, their struggles and addictions are different, and so should be the approach to their treatment.
The rehab centre should provide a full assessment and then create an individualised treatment plan for each one of its clients. While group therapy can be helpful in treating clients with drug and alcohol issues, individual treatment sessions with a therapist must be part of a successful treatment plan.
Enough time must be allowed for recovery and aftercare must be provided
For some clients, staying in a rehab centre for only a few weeks can help them to get started on the road to recovery and all they would need further is to follow up with outpatient care or attending some meetings to build on the foundation received with their brief stay-in.
In most cases however, a too short stay will not make real changes in a person’s life. Usually a deep-seated addiction can’t be addressed and turned around quickly, and the longer a client can stay involved in a rehab programme, the more he or she will benefit from it.
Drug and alcohol treatment also doesn’t end with the rehab portion of the programme but giving clients the tools they need to function once they return home is just as important. Therefore White River Recovery Centre offers each client ongoing counselling and therapeutic support as they return home from treatment.
