Holistic health focuses on the whole person; not just physical health. In holistic health, practitioners use a mind/body/spirit approach to treatment. Does this type of approach have a place in clinical treatment? If we truly want to heal what ails… Read More ›
Category: Alternative Treatment
Schema Therapy And Mental Health Treatment
Personality disorders like avoidant personality, dependent personality, obsessive compulsive, histrionic, narcissistic, and paranoid personality disorders are all challenging to treat with traditional therapy. It is widely understood that mental health disorders of many kinds can arise out of experiences in… Read More ›
The Future Of Virtual Reality In Mental Health Treatment: Phobias
The future of virtual reality is not coming soon, it is already here. Headsets are available for purchase for only a few hundred dollars. Interacting with programs on specific phones, immersive… Read More ›
For A New Form Of Meditation, Find A Labyrinth
Avalon By The Sea houses it’s two gorgeous treatment facilities on a shared estate in Malibu. On the cliffside of California’s iconic coastline, our property boasts inspiring views and the ambient sounds of the Pacific Ocean. Canopied by towering trees,… Read More ›
What Are The Benefits Of A Ropes Course In Treatment?
Experiential learning is one of the most impactful ways of learning. Gaining life skills experience is important during the treatment process. Recovery isn’t just something that is learned and kept in a notebook. Recovery is something lived. The tools and… Read More ›
What Does A Holistic Approach To Treatment Mean?
Mind, body, and spirit- this is the most simple definition of what approaching something from a holistic standpoint means. The holistic approach is being used to treat all areas of mental health, from addiction and alcoholism (substance use disorders) to… Read More ›
Mindfulness Group Therapy As Effective As Traditional Therapy Types, Research Says
Group therapy is an effective yet controversial part of the treatment process. Often ridiculed for being ineffective, many debate whether going to ‘rehab’ for a drug addiction or mental illness needs to include so much group therapy. Everyone recovers differently,… Read More ›
How Can You Treat Negative Thinking In Depression?
Ruminating thoughts, feelings of impending doom, and pessimistic negativity are all hallmarks of depression. Learning how to live with and change negative thinking in depression is a primary ingredient in a recipe of successful recovery. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive behavioral… Read More ›
How Can You Enjoy The Water This Spring?
Winter is finally ending meaning springtime is right around the corner. With water starting to warm up and the ice melting away you have access to all new water activities that you didn’t before. What does water have to do… Read More ›
Depression And Diet: Your Mood Might Be What You Eat
Nutritional psychiatry is the term used to describe a new movement being taken on by mental health practitioners prescribing diet changes to their patients. Antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and other prescription medications, in addition to therapy and self-care have been a… Read More ›