Activating Recovery For Life From The Inside Out
Everyone dealing with alcohol or substance abuse has a story. It paints a 360-degree picture of their experience and how they came to a place of such hurt and chaos that often follows addiction and mental health challenges.
At Engage Wellness Missouri, we approach treatment holistically to address the whole person, not just the disorder. Sobriety isn’t the only reason to attend treatment. The best version of you and a brighter future are valuable goals that professional, holistic treatment supports.
What Is Holistic Treatment For Addiction?
Holistic treatment is an approach to addiction treatment as a whole that addresses the whole-person experience of alcohol abuse, drug use, treatment, and recovery. It’s a treatment method that incorporates practical solutions for the mental, emotional, physical, and psychological components of the human experience.
Holistic treatment is essential for the addiction and mental health field and is integrated into many evidence-based treatment modalities. At Engage Wellness Missouri, holistic interventions can be administered by counselors, therapists, other mental health professionals, and peer leaders as part of an outpatient treatment program.
How (and Why) Holistic Treatment For Substance Abuse Works
The holistic treatment approach addresses the experience of the whole person, mind, body, and spirit. If you only treat the disorder or only focus on sobriety, you can miss the underlying causes and triggers that have influenced harmful patterns and addictions. Medications paired with counseling and therapy (tailored to meet the client’s needs) also help treat the whole person and are an effective intervention for addressing alcohol and substance use disorders.[1]
Addiction also takes a toll on your physical health as well as your mental health. A holistic approach to recovery considers all these aspects of care by teaching new outlets for managing emotions, learning restorative techniques for physical recovery, establishing healthy sleep and eating routines, and implementing positive self-care practices.
Efficacy of Holistic Treatment For Addiction
There are many causes and underlying influences for alcohol and substance abuse. Holistic treatment works because it treats the whole person, rather than just the disorder or just the drug use. Studies show that 66% of clients in holistic treatment programs experience significant improvements in physical well-being, 72% stated their mental health was good after attending holistic substance abuse treatment centers, 59% said their social relationships improved after treatment, and 53% reported improvements in their home, finances, and sense of safety.[2]
Other documented benefits of holistic treatment for addiction that we’ve seen at Engage Wellness include a better overall understanding of the mind-body connection, improvements in overall health and well-being, developing new skills and hobbies, a greater sense of confidence and self-efficacy, lower risk of relapse, a better perspective about drugs and alcohol, the ability to plan life with intention and establish attainable goals, and to exist within a healthy structure. This is a place where true healing happens.
What to Expect from Holistic Addiction Treatment In St. Louis
Some of the core components of holistic treatment vs traditional or standard approach include:[3]
Holistic Addiction Treatment In St. Louis at Engage Wellness
Holistic treatment interventions are offered as a component of every level of care here at Engage Wellness Missouri. Some activities can be conducted in both individual and group sessions and will be scheduled according to individualized treatment plans prescribed by clinicians. All clients will participate in one of the following treatment options:
