One of the foundations of substance abuse treatment is to learn to recognize what is happening in your life and how it impacts your sobriety. When the signs of stress are growing, that indicates there is a real chance that a person can relapse. Stress is often a component of using drugs and alcohol again.…
When you have a loved one with depression, it feels helpless to watch them suffer. No matter what you do to cheer them up or to motivate them, they never seem to get better. That’s because they have a disease. They need professional therapy and support to balance out their symptoms and to treat the underlying…
According to one study, over 17 million adults have at least one major depression event each year. That is more than 7% of U.S. adults. Signs of depression vary from mild to severe — learning how to spot them can save you or someone you love. At Bayview Recovery in Tacoma, WA, our depression treatment program focuses on…
Bayview Recovery, a mental health treatment center in Tacoma, WA, offers a variety of services, including addiction treatment and care for those with borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder affects about 1.4 percent of the adult population. It’s found to be diagnosed more in women. Although, there is some indication that just as many men…
When anger negatively affects your health, relationships, and work, anger management therapy can help. Anger management therapy teaches you how to stop using rage to express yourself. You also learn how anger adds to depression, violence, and suicidal feelings while making your loved ones feel at risk. For people recovering from addiction, anger management therapy…
Therapy is essentially a learning process, and different people learn best in different ways. Experiential therapy is a type of therapy used to help people change their behaviors by diving deep into their histories. As you might imagine, experiential therapy teaches the patient through a series of actions. What is Experiential Therapy? Experiential therapy is…
Living with addiction and mental health issues, we are no strangers to feeling a lack of peace in our lives. We live with inner turmoil, mental and emotional pain, chaotic life circumstances, and dramatic relationships. We feel confused, overwhelmed, panicked and stressed out. We feel lost and alone, misunderstood, rejected and shunned. Any sense of…
Substance abuse disorders can develop on their own, but it is also extremely common for a drug and alcohol problem to be accompanied by one or more mental health disorders, a condition called a co-occurring disorder. Among co-occurring disorders, depression and anxiety are among the most frequently encountered and two of the most dangerous that…