TREATMENT Services

Pavillon's Therapeutic Treatment

Before we admit someone we want to know a great deal about them.  Of course the amount they drank or the drugs they took — how much — for how long — their sex, age and general health history.  We also look at their much more per-sonal history — their family, and other key people around them — how their world has been affected by their addiction – and the support they have after successful treatment to get them restarted in the outside world.

WHY?
Because helping someone become and stay drug and alcohol free is not just about getting them sober.  We want them to grow back into a normal healthy life and take some deep understanding of themselves and their addiction.

EARLY STAGES OF TREATMENT
Often at admission a patient needs personalized medically supervised detoxification, to remove the alcohol and/or drugs safely from their system.  In order for Pavillon’s clinical and medical staff to put together an initial treatment plan we need to assess the patient further.  During the first week we complete a thorough medical exam to determine if there are any other medical care needs or symptoms.  A large part of addiction is mood – despair, anger, a feeling of abandonment, and a loss of all hope.  To determine the severity of symptoms the patient is also assessed in the psychological, psychiatric, and spiritual aspects.  Spirituality is a large issue in any journey to sobriety.  In the assessment phase there are learning lectures about the disease.  The patient is also assigned to one of the several groups and their personal counselor.

During the following five weeks, the patient receives individual counseling sessions regularly as well as being seen by specialized clinicians who help prepare the individual for intensive therapy.

As they progress in treatment and the individualized plan is updated, we move to in-depth lectures and focused group therapy such as:

• Working the 12-steps in all aspects of life
• Identifying and responding to triggers
• High risk situations that can lead to relapse
• Managing emotional behaviors and connecting to a higher power

CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS
People with substance use disorders frequently have other mental and emotional problems such as depression, anxiety, personality, or bi-polar disorders.  Pavillon ascribes to the philosophy that addiction and mental health disorders should be treated in an integrated fashion.  Research has indicated that an integrated model of treatment is most effective in the stabilization, initiation, and maintenance of recovery.  Pavillon’s multidisciplinary team provides the required clinical competence to truly provide this integrated approach. In addition our program is structured and designed to provide a comprehensive set of assessment, treatment and recovery services for both addiction and mental health issues when they occur together.

LATER STAGES OF TREATMENT
The outside world is full of stress and the emotions they produce as well as the temptation of alcohol and drugs.  Often it seems like an almost irresistible pull to men and women right back into deadly addictive behavior.  A primary goal for our program is to help our patients learn how to resist that addictive pull and learn some of the skills of living a full and satisfying life outside the realm of addiction.  This relapse prevention process provides important guidance with an additional emphasis on cross addiction.

So you see, the Pavillon program does not just address getting sober, we also teach a key element of life that is behind the addiction.

We want to help instill a balance in all aspects of life utilizing the 12 Steps so the patient is able:

• To have loving and healthy relationships
• To balance work with their personal life
• To have sober leisure activities and new ways of having fun
• To reconnect with a Higher Power and use this connection to add joy and meaning to every day of life.

Pavillon Therapeutic Program Components

• Individual Bio-Psycho-Social Assessments
• Psychiatric Evaluations
• Medical Care and Detoxification
• Individual Treatment Planning
• Therapeutic Activities
• Special Groups & Services
• Continuing Care
• Family Program