Altru Rehabilitation

Dual Diagnosis

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Mental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Animal Therapy

Animal therapy (aka pet therapy or animal-assisted therapy) can be very healing, as it allows patients to bond with animals, who give unconditional love. This is particularly useful for those who suffered trauma by the hands of people, who may be able to trust and form closer attachments to animals than humans at certain stages of rehabilitation.

Couples Therapy

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person’s life. Their experts help couples improve communication and manage conflict. They work with married or unmarried couples to address relationship issues including: divorce and separation, abuse, infidelity.

Creative Arts Therapy

Creativity is inherently healing, and can help those in recovery express thoughts or feelings they might not otherwise be able to. Creative arts therapy can include music, poetry/writing, painting, sculpting, dance, theater, sandplay, and more. Unlike traditional art, the final product matters far less than the experience of creation and expression itself.

Eating disorders include anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and dysfunctional eating patterns. Many psychologists and other mental health professionals consider eating disorders to be food addictions, meaning food is being used in an addictive way (similar to drug or alcohol addiction). Certain substance abuse treatment programs will have treatment for eating disorders as one of the services offered. An eating disorder may also present as a co-occuring disorder or dual diagnosis alongside drug and alcohol addiction.

Family Therapy

Altru's Psychiatry Center works with families who are facing issues including, but not limited to: behavioral problems, coping issues in children, helping a family deal with separation and divorce, blended families or families with children with ADD or ADHD, domestic violence, helping recovering alcoholics reintegrate into the family system.

Group Therapy

Group therapy has many advantages. Group members often develop a common bond and affirm one another’s feelings. Members no longer feel isolated; they feel supported by others who share similar experiences. Altru's Psychiatry Center offers several group therapy sessions.

Individual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life. Licensed clinical social workers offer individual therapy for patients as they experience a wide array of reasons affecting one’s ability to cope.

Life Skills

Through restorative treatment methods and adaptive techniques, the Occupational Therapy department at Altru provides the skills for the job of living to clients of all ages. Those skills--skills to dress, shop, work, drive, play or cope with disability--are all necessary and reflect the variety of our lives. They use restorative treatments, adaptive methods, the environment and assistive technology to reach the patient's goals.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a way of getting nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine to help people stop smoking. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

Nutrition Therapy

Proper nutrition is vital to your overall health and well-being. Altru’s registered dietitians provide nutrition advice and education to our patients, as well as offering a variety of options for individuals looking to make healthy choices. Registered dietitians have earned a bachelor’s degree, completed an accredited practice program, passed a national registration exam and complete continuing education to maintain their registration. Some have additional certification, such as Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) or Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD).

Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.