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Individual Therapy and Addiction Treatment

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Individual Therapy during Addiction Treatment in Princeton JunctionThough group therapy and self-help meetings are crucial aspects of addiction treatment for many people, they don’t always offer the individual attention you need during recovery. One-on-one sessions with a counselor can be so helpful during addiction treatment because:

  • They give you a place to work on emotional or psychological problems that are too sensitive or difficult to discuss in groups.
  • They give you more time to address motivational issues that can stand between you and sobriety.
  • They can support and build on the work you do in groups to help you stay committed to treatment.
  • They can help you continue working on the complex psychological issues intertwined with drug use once your addiction treatment program has ended.

These unique benefits make individual therapy valuable to many people, and it works particularly well when combined with group sessions. Though not everyone needs individual therapy to successfully overcome addiction, it’s an especially valuable tool if:

  • You feel at risk of an imminent return to drug use.
  • You feel consistently distressed or emotionally unstable.
  • You have relapsed repeatedly despite trying to remain drug-free.
  • You want to learn why you developed an addiction in the first place and resolve the underlying issues that may have led to drug use.

At the beginning of addiction treatment, individual therapy can focus primarily on how to quit, offering individualized strategies for remaining abstinent. However, even after remaining abstinent for some time and resolving many of the issues caused by addiction, some people find that other emotional issues remain unaddressed, or become clearer without drugs to mask them. For these people, individual therapy can be both a form of self-assessment and a tool for maintaining long-term abstinence.

Individual therapy doesn’t follow a mold or pattern, but instead helps you look deeply into the role that drugs had in your life. It’s a highly personalized tool that can help you understand how you may have used drugs to self-medicate. One-on-one sessions with a counselor can be an opportunity to look into the role that drugs played in coping with feelings, moods and situations that you may have felt unable to deal with in other ways.

Not everyone needs or wants individual therapy during addiction treatment, but it’s a tool worth considering during your recovery. We can help you decide whether or not to include individual therapy in your recovery program.

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