by Evan Chodzko | Feb 7, 2020 | Curated Articles, Meditation, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention, Treatment Modalities
It is often difficult for individuals in early recovery to find ways of coping with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other forms of mental health diagnoses. This can be very discouraging and will sometimes lead to a relapse. Individuals can feel that the only way out...
by westcoastrc | Dec 9, 2017 | Meditation, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools
Top 5 Ways the Body Benefits from a More Mindful Lifestyle Mindfulness is gaining a lot of traction in modern psychology, particularly in the treatment of substance abuse disorder and behavioral health. Its understanding as a popular concept is based on an...
by westcoastrc | Dec 6, 2017 | Medication-Assisted Treatment, Meditation, Recovery Tools, Treatment Modalities
Medication-Assisted Therapy (MAT) for Substance Abuse Recovery Providers The use of medication in the substance abuse disorder recovery process has always been controversial. While well-established methadone maintenance programs correctly assert the benefits?which...
by westcoastrc | Nov 17, 2017 | Meditation, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention
What is Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention? Substance use disorder is a pervasive and insidious disease. Through psychological and chemical means, it informs the very same mental and physiological factors which perpetuate its existence. This is where cravings come...
by westcoastrc | Nov 13, 2017 | Meditation, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a word which has been used a great deal in recent years, as more scientific studies maintain the benefits of applying it to a range of social issues and behavioral health concerns. Despite its growing prevalence, many people who...
by westcoastrc | Sep 24, 2017 | Blog, Individual Therapy, Meditation, Recovery Tools
Mindful on the Go: Meditation Techniques for Today?s Modern Lifestyles It?s no secret that the pace of modern life is speeding up. Recent anthropological studies have concluded that, in many pre-agrarian societies, people worked as little as four hours per day, and...
