With substance use disorder (SUD) being thought of and treated as a chronic condition, customized care is needed. An individualized therapeutic approach can help you, as the client, have your unique needs and goals met. This provides you with the best opportunity to achieve long-term healing. Bright Mission Recovery understands that everyone who comes to us has their own story and, therefore, needs a personalized healing plan. 

Importance of Individualized Therapeutic Approach

Personalized therapeutic approaches bring together a team of professionals from different specialties to be able to create the most effective care plan for you. These professionals can come from social services, medical, mental health, and peers with similar backgrounds. Individualized care plans are important and better for your healing journey because they take on a holistic approach to your healing. 

The purpose of personalized therapeutic approaches is that all of your needs are met. An individualized plan doesn’t just look to reduce symptoms or get you well enough to leave without teaching you how to thrive. This custom plan looks at your background, past, present, and future to determine the best course of action to get you where you want to be. 

Who Is Involved in Care Plans?

The following are typically involved in care plans.

Social Services

Social workers can help you in a variety of ways, including:

• Helping get funds for treatment
• Getting care for dependants
• Finding housing after treatment
• Contacting family

Mental Health Professionals

Different types of mental health professionals include counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Each has a different level and approach to care. Counselors tend to take a holistic therapeutic approach when conducting therapy. Psychologists and psychiatrists can, at times, take a more medical thought process towards a therapeutic approach. Psychiatrists are able to prescribe medication because they have a medical degree. 

All professionals can help assess, diagnose, and treat mental health conditions, including SUD and co-occurring disorders. To do this, they look at the signs and symptoms you are experiencing to help determine your healing path. You may need to return to the assessment stage through your discovery journey as more symptoms arise and new experiences are unearthed. 

Medical Team

Medical team members can include a psychiatrist because of their ability to prescribe medication and monitor symptoms. It may also include physicians, nurses, aids, and more, depending on what you need for your healing process. A big part of your recovery journey may consist of detox, where your medical team will work together to get you through this time. They will then work with your other care team members to get you into treatment for your SUD and potentially other co-occurring conditions. 

Peer Support

Support groups and group therapy may be a vital part of your healing journey. They allow you to see that you are not alone, nor are you the only one grappling to make amends after struggling with SUD. Your peers can also help you learn to accept yourself in this new phase, work through similar obstacles they’ve faced, and give you someone you feel more comfortable confiding in. You may find them essential during and after treatment. 

How Does Bright Mission Create a Personalized Therapeutic Approach?

Bright Mission Recovery utilizes many different professions to help you reach your goal of long-term healing. We offer a detox program that lasts a week and uses a medical team, especially if medically assisted detox is necessary. This team then works with the care team at our residential program. 

Our residential program lasts around 21 days and gives you access to various professionals. You will have 24/7 access to support and care, which allows you to feel comfortable and at peace that you are not alone on this challenging journey. The team of physicians and mental health professionals use evidence-based therapies to help in your treatment and teach you the necessary skills to achieve long-term healing. These therapies can include:

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Yoga
• Experiential therapy
• Meditation
• Breathwork
• Motivational interviewing (MI)
• Art therapy
• Anger management

We are proud of our hard work to be able to treat dual diagnosis. By treating the primary condition of SUD and underlying or co-occurring conditions, we are able to treat you completely. Doing this allows us to decrease your vulnerability to relapse, increase the effectiveness of treatment, and break the cycle that could lead to relapse without proper treatment of all conditions. 

Our only focus is not your treatment. We also look at your hobbies, passions, and career to be able to bring in the professionals necessary to help you in those aspects. For example, if your passion is cooking or baking, we will bring in a chef and baker to help you with this aspect.

A personalized and proper therapeutic approach does more than help you heal from your mental health conditions. It can benefit you in all aspects of your life, including: 

• Relationships
• Communication
• Work
• School
• Personal well-being

The best healing approach for one person is different for another. There are no two people who share the exact same experiences in life, including when it comes to substance use. We at Bright Mission Recovery understand this and want to use our extensive team and services to create an individualized healing plan that suits you best. This plan will hopefully lead to long-term healing, prevent relapse, and allow you to achieve the sober goals you need and want. If you find that you are struggling to make a program work or feel like it isn’t the best match for you, reach out to us today at (747) 444-3284. We understand your unique story.