1-on-1 Focus

Discover an effective approach to healing and mental health support.

Because Personalized Therapy Matters

Client-focused integrative care demonstrates the best treatment outcomes and is the only model endorsed by both NIDA and ASAM.

NIDA released the following statement in 2008: “No single treatment is appropriate for everyone.” In other words, group therapy isn’t the answer for everything. Yet, it’s still the standard in most rehab facilities. That’s not the case here and our name (1 Method) reflects our clinical philosophy. If addiction is your only problem, a group-based program may be sufficient. But over 45% of those with a substance use disorder (SUD) also have a co-occurring mental illness. Therefore, individual therapies and services are critical if emotional, psychological, or mental health problems are present. These issues tend to be deep-seated and difficult to heal with group therapy alone. In fact, some conditions require a targeted 1-on-1 focus, e.g.: anxiety, depression, bipolar, PTSD, trauma, and many others.

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What to Expect from Therapy

The main goal of treatment is to provide the support you need – which 1 Method offers through an integrated model of care– so you can achieve freedom from addiction, dual diagnosis, and mental health issues. One of the most important tools in that endeavor is 1-on-1 therapy. Here’s what you can expect from the therapy process:

At the start, you’re going to be assigned a personal therapist. After introductions, you will be invited to share what’s been going on in your life, what’s on your mind, what’s bothering you, and asked to identify goals you’d like to achieve during your time with us. You will be asked to speak frankly and openly. Your therapist will carefully listen and sometimes may take notes as you speak; some therapists complete their notes after session. Don’t expect to be criticized, interrupted or judged – because you won’t be. This is a unique type of conversation where you can express exactly what you feel—with total honesty—without worrying that you’re going to hurt someone’s feelings, damage a relationship, or be penalized in any way. Anything you want—or need—to say is OK. Though these conversations are confidential, aspects of them may be discussed with members of the treatment team for your benefit.

Sometimes your therapist may give you some homework to complete after a session. That homework may include spending some time each day meditating, reading, exercising to release pent-up emotions, making a nightly journal entry, or participating in any number of activities relevant to your goals. During your next and subsequent sessions, you might share your progress and address any areas where you got frustrated, stuck, or went off-track. No judgments are made – ever. Your therapist wants to help you move forward as much as you would like to advance.
Every therapist at 1 Method Center is as different and unique as you are and this makes the therapist-client relationship distinct as well – which means that there is no universal description of a single therapy session. There are numerous avenues and myriad of tools for achieving successful results. Regardless of approach, your therapist will listen without judgment and help you try to find solutions to the challenges you face. And they will be with you every step of the way.

WHAT TYPE OF THERAPY IS RIGHT FOR ME?
There are many different therapy approaches and this can make it confusing to know which style is best for your situation. Don’t be overwhelmed. We will conduct a series of assessments to design a program with an approach that works for you. Research shows that the therapeutic relationship is a more important factor leading to a positive outcome than the particular theories your therapist favors. When your therapist treats you respectfully, helps you feel safe and accepted, but also challenges you in a constructive manner, you’re heading in the right direction.

Having a basic understanding of the different therapy approaches and their related styles is useful. You may find one approach more appealing than another and this is good information for us to have. It helps us to help you better.
Approaches to therapy center on different ideas about and theories of psychology, human development, and the origins of mental and behavioral health issues. Here is a partial list of the kinds of therapies that may be available at 1 Method. If you have questions about different modalities, call 1-800-270-1389 or send us a message.

Begin your Healing Journey today and get started on your road to recovery and healing with 1 Method Center.

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What type of therapy is right for me?

There are many different therapy approaches and this can make it confusing to know which style is best for your situation. Don’t be overwhelmed. We will conduct a series of assessments to design a program with an approach that works for you. Research shows that the therapeutic relationship is a more important factor leading to a positive outcome than the particular theories your therapist favors. When your therapist treats you respectfully, helps you feel safe and accepted, but also challenges you in a constructive manner, you’re heading in the right direction.

Having a basic understanding of the different therapy approaches and their related styles is useful. You may find one approach more appealing than another and this is good information for us to have. It helps us to help you better.

Approaches to therapy center on different ideas about and theories of psychology, human development, and the origins of mental and behavioral health issues. Here is a partial list of the kinds of therapies that may be available at 1 Method. If you have questions about different modalities, call 1-800-270-1389 or send us a message.

Types of Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives. With this understanding, clients begin to accept their issues and hardships and commit to making necessary changes in their behavior, regardless of what is going on in their lives, and how they feel about it.

Art Therapy

Art therapy involves the use of creative techniques such as drawing, painting, collage, coloring, or sculpting to help people express themselves artistically and examine the psychological and emotional undertones in their art. With the guidance of a credentialed art therapist, clients can “decode” the nonverbal messages, symbols, and metaphors often found in these art forms, which should lead to a better understanding of their feelings and behavior so they can move on to resolve deeper issues.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Attachment-based therapy is a brief, process-oriented form of psychological counseling. The client-therapist relationship is based on developing or rebuilding trust and centers on expressing emotions. An attachment-based approach to therapy looks at the connection between an infant’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers, usually with parents, and the infant’s ability to develop normally and ultimately form healthy emotional and physical relationships as an adult. Attachment-based therapy aims to build or rebuild a trusting, supportive relationship that will help prevent or treat anxiety or depression.

Coaching

Psychological coaching focuses on the positive aspects of the human condition, much like positive counseling; it does not focus on the negative, irrational, and pathological aspects of life. Coaching is specific and goal-oriented. Like sports coaching, psychological coaching concentrates on individual or group strengths and abilities that can be used in new and different ways to enhance performance, feel better about the self, ensure smooth life transitions, deal with challenges, achieve goals, become more successful, and improve the overall quality of one’s personal and professional life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a short-term form of psychotherapy directed at present-time issues and based on the idea that the way an individual thinks and feels affects the way he or she behaves. The focus is on problem-solving, and the goal is to change clients’ thought patterns in order to change their responses to difficult situations. A CBT approach can be applied to a wide range of mental health issues and conditions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides clients with new skills to manage painful emotions and decrease conflict in relationships. DBT specifically focuses on providing therapeutic skills in four key areas. First, mindfulness focuses on improving an individual’s ability to accept and be present in the current moment. Second, distress tolerance is geared toward increasing a person’s tolerance of negative emotion, rather than trying to escape from it. Third, emotion regulation covers strategies to manage and change intense emotions that are causing problems in a person’s life. Fourth, interpersonal effectiveness consists of techniques that allow a person to communicate with others in a way that is assertive, maintains self-respect, and strengthens relationships.

Emotionally Focused Therapy

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a short-term form of therapy that focuses on adult relationships and attachment/bonding. The therapist and the client look at patterns in the relationship and take steps to create a more secure bond and develop more trust to move the relationship in a healthier, more positive direction.

Experiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a therapeutic technique that uses expressive tools and activities, such as role-playing or acting, props, arts and crafts, music, animal care, guided imagery, or various forms of recreation to re-enact and re-experience emotional situations from past and recent relationships. The client focuses on the activities and, through the experience, begins to identify emotions associated with success, disappointment, responsibility, and self-esteem. Under the guidance of a trained experiential therapist, the client can begin to release and explore negative feelings of anger, hurt, or shame as they relate to past experiences that may have been blocked or still linger.

Family Systems Therapy

Family systems therapy is a form of psychotherapy that helps individuals resolve their problems in the context of their family units, where many issues are likely to begin. Each family member works together to better understand their group dynamic and how their individual actions affect each other and the family unit as a whole. One of the most important premises of family systems therapy is that what happens to one member of a family happens to everyone in the family.

Humanistic Therapy

Also known as humanism, humanistic therapy is a positive approach to psychotherapy that focuses on a person’s individual nature, rather than categorizing groups of people with similar characteristics as having the same problems. Humanistic therapy looks at the whole person, not only from the therapist’s view but from the viewpoint of individuals observing their own behavior. The emphasis is on a person’s positive traits and behaviors, and the ability to use their personal instincts to find wisdom, growth, healing, and fulfillment within themselves.

Integrative Therapy

Integrative therapy is a progressive form of psychotherapy that combines different therapeutic tools and approaches to fit the needs of the individual client. With an understanding of normal human development, an integrative therapist modifies standard treatments to fill in developmental gaps that affect each client in different ways. By combining elements drawn from different schools of psychological theory and research, integrative therapy becomes a more flexible and inclusive approach to treatment than more traditional, singular forms of psychotherapy.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited, focused, evidence-based approach that treats mood disorders. The main goal of IPT is to improve the quality of a client’s interpersonal relationships and social functioning to help reduce their distress. IPT provides strategies to resolve problems within four key areas. First, it addresses interpersonal deficits, including social isolation or involvement in unfulfilling relationships. Second, it can help patients manage unresolved grief—if the onset of distress is linked to the death of a loved one, either recent or past. Third, IPT can help with difficult life transitions like retirement, divorce, or moving to another city. Fourth, IPT is recommended for dealing with interpersonal disputes that emerge from conflicting expectations between partners, family members, close friends, or coworkers.

Jungian Therapy

Jungian therapy, sometimes known as Jungian analysis, is an in-depth, analytical form of talk therapy designed to bring together the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind to help a person feel balanced and whole. Jungian therapy calls for clients to delve into the deeper and often darker elements of their minds and look at the “real” self rather than the self they present to the outside world.

Marriage and Family Therapy

Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) is a form of psychotherapy that addresses the behaviors of all family members and the way these behaviors affect not only individual family members but also relationships between family members and the family unit as a whole. Treatment is usually divided between time spent on individual therapy and time spent on couple therapy, family therapy, or both, if necessary. MFT may also be referred to as couple and family therapy, couple counseling, marriage counseling, or family counseling.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a modified form of cognitive therapy that incorporates mindfulness practices such as meditation and breathing exercises. Using these tools, MBCT therapists teach clients how to break away from negative thought patterns that can cause a downward spiral into a depressed state so they will be able to fight off depression before it takes hold.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing is a counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior. It is a practical, empathetic, and short-term process that takes into consideration how difficult it is to make life changes.

Narrative Therapy

Narrative therapy is a form of counseling that views people as separate from their problems. This allows clients to get some distance from the issue to see how it might actually be helping or protecting them more than it is hurting them. With this new perspective, individuals feel more empowered to make changes in their thought patterns and behavior and “rewrite” their life stories for a future that reflects who they are, what they are capable of, and what their purpose is, separate from their problems.

Person-Centered Therapy

Person-centered therapy uses a non-authoritative approach that allows clients to take more of a lead in discussions so that in the process, they will discover their own solutions. The therapist acts as a compassionate facilitator, listening without judgment and acknowledging the client’s experience without moving the conversation in another direction. The therapist is there to encourage and support the client and to guide the therapeutic process without interrupting or interfering with the client’s process of self-discovery.

Positive Psychology

Unlike traditional psychology that focuses more on the causes and symptoms of mental illnesses and emotional disturbances, positive psychology emphasizes traits, thinking patterns, behaviors, and experiences that are forward-thinking and can help improve the quality of a person’s day-to-day life. These may include optimism, spirituality, hopefulness, happiness, creativity, perseverance, justice, and the practice of free will. It is an exploration of one’s strengths, rather than one’s weaknesses. The goal of positive psychology is not to replace those traditional forms of therapy that center on negative experiences, but instead to expand and give more balance to the therapeutic process.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psychodynamic therapy is similar to psychoanalytic therapy in that it is an in-depth form of talk therapy based on the theories and principles of psychoanalysis. But psychodynamic therapy is less focused on the patient-therapist relationship because it is equally focused on the patient’s relationship with his or her external world. Often, psychodynamic therapy is shorter than psychoanalytic therapy with respect to the frequency and number of sessions, but this is not always the case.

Psychological Evaluation

Often the symptoms of a psychological disorder are obvious, such as when a child experiences academic and social problems at school or an adult struggles to maintain personal and professional relationships due to anger issues, but the cause of the problem is not always clear. Psychological testing and evaluation consist of a series of tests that help determine the cause of psychological symptoms and disorders, to determine the correct diagnosis and follow up with the appropriate course of treatment.

Reality Therapy

Reality therapy is a client-centered form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that focuses on improving present relationships and circumstances while avoiding discussion of past events. This approach is based on the idea that our most important need is to be loved, to feel that we belong and that all other basic needs can be satisfied only by building strong connections with others. Reality therapy teaches that while we cannot control how we feel, we can control how we think and behave. The goal of reality therapy is to help people take control of improving their own lives by learning to make better choices.

Relational Therapy

Relational therapy, sometimes referred to as relational-cultural therapy, is a therapeutic approach based on the idea that mutually satisfying relationships with others are necessary for one’s emotional well-being. This type of psychotherapy takes into account social factors, such as race, class, culture, and gender, and examines the power struggles and other issues that develop as a result of these factors, as well as how they relate to the relationships in a person’s life.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Unlike traditional forms of therapy that take time to analyze problems, pathology, and past life events, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) concentrates on finding solutions in the present time and exploring one’s hope for the future to find a quicker resolution of one’s problems. This method takes the approach that you know what you need to do to improve your own life and, with the appropriate coaching and questioning, are capable of finding the best solutions.

Somatic Therapy

Somatic therapy is a form of body-centered therapy that looks at the connection between mind and body and uses both psychotherapy and physical therapies for holistic healing. In addition to talk therapy, somatic therapy practitioners use mind-body exercises and other physical techniques to help release the pent-up tension that is negatively affecting your physical and emotional wellbeing.

Complete a Pre-Admission Assessment

The treatment process at 1 Method Center begins prior to admission. When you initially call us we will conduct a pre-admission assessment to learn more about your unique situation, identify your clinical/medical needs, and learn more about your preferences for treatment. From this assessment we design your treatment plan. In this way, once you arrive, we’re already prepared to begin your recovery program.

To learn more about what your treatment at 1 Method Center will include, call 1-800-270-1389 to start a consultation and begin your pre-admission assessment.

Begin your Healing Journey today and get started on your road to recovery and healing with 1 Method Center.

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