Drug and alcohol addiction can make you feel very much alone. You believe that no one understands what you’re going through. You’ve become isolated and withdrawn. The only thing you can focus on is using. What may surprise you to learn is that you’re not alone at all. Millions of Americans are battling addiction every day. When you connect with people who understand exactly what you’re going through during group counseling, you gain numerous benefits that can help you in recovery.
What to Expect in Group Counseling
The idea of talking about your addiction struggles in a roomful of strangers can be intimidating. At first, you may find it hard to open up, but understand that the process is designed to help you overcome drug and alcohol addiction.
The therapist is there to help everyone in the group. He or she will foster an environment where you feel safe and encouraged.
Each person in group counseling is expected to share. You’ll share your own personal struggles, but you’ll also learn a lot just by listening. Letting people talk without interruptions is important as this increases social and interpersonal skills, something that people in rehab may be lacking. The more sessions you attend, the closer you’ll grow to others in your group.
You may have felt like you couldn’t talk to your family and friends because they don’t understand how addiction makes you feel. Maybe they told you that you need more willpower and then you can quit using.
Group therapy sessions are non-judgmental spaces. In group therapy, other participants intimately know the struggle you’re fighting because they’re fighting it, too.
Benefits of Group Counseling in Addiction Rehab
During rehab, you’ll take part in various therapies, including individual and group therapy. Each type of counseling has its own set of benefits. In addition, gender specific group therapy offers other benefits to men and women in different settings.
Many women have a history of sexual trauma. They may feel uncomfortable discussing this with men around. When they attend women-only therapy sessions, it’s often easier for them to talk about this serious issue and how it contributed to their substance abuse.
Men, too, have their own issues and struggles. When they’re able to freely talk to other men about expressing emotions or the unique pressures of being the family breadwinner, they find the support they’ve been looking for.
Find Your Path to Sobriety
At Crest View Recovery Center, you can start on a path to lifelong sobriety at our addiction treatment facility. We’re located in a small, intimate setting in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Our caring team believes in reality therapy that gives men and women coping strategies and skills they can use for life. We take a comprehensive approach to wellness that integrates all aspects of your health.
For example, the addiction therapy options we offer include:
If drug and alcohol addiction has taken over your life, it’s time to take it back with group counseling. Call us today at 866-327-2505 to find out how the professionals at CVRC can guide you toward lasting recovery.
You’re here for a reason, right?
Let’s talk it through.
Our COVID-19 Protocols
First and foremost, we want to maintain a safe recovery environment and encourage and/or adopt practices protecting the health of patients, employees, visitors and others. We also want to ensure the continuity of providing our addiction recovery services in the face of this global pandemic as we remain open. Note, our staff is fully vaccinated.
The world health community continues to monitor closely the emergence of COVID-19. We want everyone to understand the exact precautions we are taking to address these concerns.
Effective Until Further Notice
ALL incoming clients are pre-screened and Crest view is utilizing the COVID-19 Rapid Test for all newly admitted patients to ensure a safe treatment environment.
No non-essential visitors
ALL clients will need to have their temperature taken daily and recorded. Any client with a temperature higher than 100.4 will be taken to an Urgent Care facility.
ALL Crest View Staff are being routinely tested for COVID.
ALL BHT staff will need to have their temperature taken at the start of their assigned shift. Any BHT staff member with a temperature of 100.4 or higher will be sent home in accordance with this policy.
ALL administrative staff and essential visitors will be required to enter the building upstairs and have their temperature taken with a temple thermometer. Any staff or essential visitor with a temperature higher than 100.4 will be denied entry and be sent home in accordance with this policy.
In accordance with the North Carolina State mandate, all staff, clients and essential visitors will be asked to wear a mask when they can not attain proper social distance.
Some off-site activities may be canceled due to state mandates.
Crest View Recovery Center will provide hand sanitizers throughout the workplace and in common areas. Cleaning sprays and wipes will also be provided to clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces such as telephones and keyboards.
We have required that employees experiencing any respiratory or flu like symptoms will stay home from work. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that employees remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever (100.4 degrees F or 37.8 degrees C) or signs of a fever without the use of fever-reducing medications.
If you have any questions regarding our COVID-19 protocols or the admissions process during this time, please give us a call directly at (866) 327-2505.