Addiction is a chronic disease that affects all aspects of a person’s life. Someone who is a heavy alcohol or drug user, or who does not have a stable or safe home life and has significant temptations may not be a good candidate for an outpatient treatment program. For them, the best hope of achieving…
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Alcohol abuse is not exactly the same condition as alcoholism, according to experts. It’s a distinct disorder that is also called alcohol dependence. People in this category have the ability to control the amount they are drinking to a certain extent, but their level of alcohol use is still high enough to be self-destructive and…
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Since addiction is a disease which affects the entire person – mind, body and soul – it makes sense to offer help that will address it on the same basis. We here at The Dunes East Hampton have developed a holistic treatment program that offers our clients a different approach than the traditional one of…
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Emotional and behavioral disorders refers to a wide range of behaviors that humans can exhibit. The point at which a certain behavior pattern becomes a disorder depends on when it becomes an ongoing issue in relationships with friends, family members, coworkers and others. If a person’s behavior repeatedly creates difficulty in establishing or maintaining these…
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An approach that has been used with success to treat clients with substance abuse issues is our Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Unlike other counseling methods that look at past events in detail for clues about a person’s present motivations and circumstances, CBT is firmly rooted in the present. Clients meet with their therapist over several…
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