Recreate a Life Worth Living

COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Finding the right treatment for you or your loved one’s specific needs can be challenging. Substance abuse and mental illness does not respond to a “one size fits all” approach. Scottsdale Providence provides individualized treatment designed to address issues including drug and alcohol addiction, mood disorders, trauma and co-occurring disorders. Our goal is for every client to experience a profound change through cutting edge, evidence-based practices provided by an experienced, compassionate team, in a safe, luxurious Scottsdale environment. We know that true change is possible and sustainable.

We offer PHP, IOP and Evening IOP. Our therapists work with you to identify your goals and develop a program that fits you. Our comprehensive addiction treatment program includes individual and group therapy, psychiatric care and 12-Step Facilitation. The clinical foundation of our program is in Interactive Journaling, an innovative experiential modality that puts the client at the center of their change process. Our expert treatment team blends CBT, Motivational Interviewing, DBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, EMDR, Neurofeedback and Occupational Therapy to promote long term recovery. Psychiatric care, case management, discharge planning, acupuncture, yoga and fitness all make up a truly comprehensive treatment experience.

FAMILY INVOLVED RECOVERY & ALUMNI SERVICES

Regular family therapy sessions are built into our treatment program along with weekly visitation. We offer a monthly Family Meeting support group and a Family Workshop to provide essential tools for improving communication, establishing healthy boundaries and repairing damaged relationships.

Scottsdale Providence maintains a strong network of alumni. Our alumni program includes weekly aftercare groups, regular check-ins, alumni-run support groups, quarterly fellowship events and an annual camping trip.

EMDR THERAPY

EMDR stands for – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Scottsdale Providence offers EMDR therapy to clients suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related distress. As trauma is common among those struggling with addiction and mental health disorders, this type of therapy is a natural fit for inclusion in a comprehensive treatment program.

More About EMDR Therapy

Extensive scientific and clinical research has determined that EMDR is an effective method to help people heal from their past traumatic experiences.

It’s believed that past traumatic experiences continue to cause problems in our lives when the memory of that experience is not processed properly. Unprocessed memories contain all the negative emotions, thoughts and even the physical sensations that were present at the time of the event. When these memories are triggered, so are the negative elements of the initial event, causing symptoms of PTSD or other mental health disorders.

EMDR therapy incorporates the use of eye movements and other forms of rhythmic bilateral (left-right) stimulation (for example, taps or tones). While clients simultaneously focus on the trauma memory and experience bilateral stimulation, the pain and distress of the memory are reduced.

This type of therapy is intended to change how the memory is stored in the brain, thereby lowering or even eradicating the distressing symptoms. Anyone who has suffered past trauma can benefit from EMDR.

If it’s determined that EMDR is a good fit for your needs and goals, you’ll meet with a counselor once a week for 6-12 weeks. Some clients benefit from fewer sessions; the duration of therapy depends on your progress.

There are eight phases to EMDR therapy:

Phase 1: History and Treatment Planning. The therapist assesses your readiness for EMDR and develops a treatment plan. Together, you’ll identify potential targets (past traumatic events) for EMDR processing.

Phase 2: Preparation. During this phase, your therapist explains the procedures to you and introduces some stress reduction techniques you can use if any emotional disturbances arise after a session.

Phases 3-6: Assessment, Desensitization, Installation, Body Scan. In these phases, a target is identified and processed using EMDR techniques. Your counselor will ask you to hold different aspects of the traumatic experience in mind while you use your eyes to track their hand as it moves back and forth across your field of vision (or other stimulation). They will evaluate you for changes in emotion and thinking, using standard EMDR techniques to strengthen positive thinking and process anything negative remaining.

Phase 7: Closure. This ends the session. If the traumatic memory is not fully processed in the session, you’ll receive techniques to remain calm and safe in between sessions.

Phase 8: Reevaluation. The next session begins with this phase, in which you and your therapist discuss your progress. You’ll determine if any new areas need treatment and which targets to continue processing.

Freedom is possible

EMDR therapy is being used with great success to treat PTSD, grief, abuse—the symptoms of which are linked drug and alcohol addiction. The benefits of EMDR include improved self-esteem, reduced stress, and the release of distress related to old ideas and memories. Such benefits lead to long-lasting behavioral changes.

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NEUROFEEDBACK THERAPY

Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center is proud to offer our clients neurofeedback therapy as part of our comprehensive treatment program for substance abuse and mental health issues. Administered by Dr. Carl Schwartz, Ph.D. and J.D., neurofeedback therapy enables clients to tap into their brain’s innate ability to regulate and optimize itself.

More About Neurofeedback Therapy

Neurofeedback, also known as EEG biofeedback, is a type of biofeedback. It’s a noninvasive therapeutic intervention in which sensors are attached to your scalp, and the sensors are attached to a computer program. The program assesses your brainwave activity, and then it uses sound or visual signals to reorganize and retrain your brain signals that are not working optimally. Through this process, clients are able to regulate and improve their brain function, and in turn, they find relief from various neurological and mental health disorders. Neurofeedback is especially useful for treating such conditions as:

Stress, anxiety and panic
Depression
Sleep issues
ADHD
PTSD

Other psychological and neurological disorders, including bipolar and substance abuse disorders

Clients at Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center are having great success with neurofeedback treatment. Overwhelmingly, they report benefits such as:

Feeling calmer and more peaceful
Improved sleep
Reduced anger and fear
Greater ability to focus and relax
Greater emotional stability

When you feel more at ease with yourself and the world, you can better take advantage of the other recovery services we offer. This makes neurofeedback training a wonderful complement to the other treatments services we offer, such as individual and group counseling.

Neurofeedback therapy at Scottsdale Providence typically consists of once-a-week sessions. Some clients need fewer sessions, while others may need more.

A typical session looks like this:

You’ll sit, and the therapist will attach sensors to your scalp. The sensors are attached to a computer. As you watch content on the screen, the sensors send data about your brainwave function to the computer, including information on which areas of your brain aren’t functioning properly or working well together. While your brain receives feedback signals from the computer, the EEG program directs your brainwave activity to optimal, regulated patterns. These pulses “reboot” the brain and train it to function in healthier, more efficient ways.

Neurofeedback works

The brain is flexible and dynamic; with neurofeedback training, your brain’s structure can actually change in ways that allow it to operate better. Over time, regular neurofeedback training actually changes the brain. As your brainwave patterns improve over time, you should notice some or all of the benefits outlined above, including reduced stress, better sleep, greater emotional stability and improved mental clarity.

About our neurofeedback therapist, Dr. Carl Schwartz

Dr. Carl Schwartz has more than 30 years of experience with thousands of clients. He has advanced training in neuro-linguistic programming, biofeedback, mindfulness and Eastern practices that help people live happier, more fulfilling lives. through spiritual, psychological and neurolinguistic models. Dr. Schwartz holds both Ph.D. and J.D. degrees.

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SOMATIC EXPERIENCING®

The Somatic Experiencing® method is a body-oriented approach to the healing of trauma and other stress disorders. This advanced trauma modality helps to release traumatic shock, which is key to recovering from PTSD and the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma. Most people who struggle with alcohol and drug addiction have a long-history of attachment or developmental trauma. Treating this directly provides the best chance for a patient to thrive in sobriety.

More About Somatic Experiencing®

Somatic Experiencing® helps assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight or freeze responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these habituated responses. This method works to release this stored energy, and turn off this threat alarm that causes dysregulation and dissociation. SE® helps with trauma resolution and building resilience, making it effective in mental health and addiction treatment.

Like other somatic psychology approaches, Somatic Experiencing® utilizes a body-first approach to dealing with the problematic (and, oftentimes, physical) symptoms of trauma. This modality assesses the physical sensations that underlie our feelings, and uncovering our habitual behavior patterns to these feelings. In Somatic Experiencing®, the traumatic event isn’t what caused the trauma, but rather the overwhelmed response to the perceived life threat that is causing an unbalanced nervous system. The aim is to therefore assist in discharging the physical memory of the event and re-regulate the nervous system.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy treatment that offers a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. We at Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center believe that our thoughts and beliefs shape our behaviors, and by using cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, we can change false beliefs and errors in thinking to positively affect behavior.

More About Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy works by challenging and changing the negative and distorted thoughts and beliefs that are deeply ingrained in us. Clients are encouraged to challenge these beliefs in therapy as part of a comprehensive effort to change their destructive patterns of behavior and achieve health and joy.

To change the thinking patterns that are causing you harm, our therapists might ask you to:

Examine how your distortions in thinking are creating problems in your life
Reevaluate if these long-held beliefs are serving you
Develop problem-solving skills to cope with challenges
Participate in role-play exercises to prepare for potentially problematic situations
Develop more confidence is your abilities
Learn strategies that will help you relax your body and quiet your mind

Cognitive behavioral therapy techniques

CBT is a solutions-oriented mode of treatment. Our counselors work with you to understand your challenges and develop a treatment strategy. The primary focus is on moving forward and developing healthy ways to cope with life. To do so, our therapists will help you set and reach short-term goals. Then, they will use several CBT techniques that gradually adjust how you think, feel and react to life’s situations.

These CBT techniques include:

Journaling
Talking with your therapist and peers
Brainstorming solutions to problems
Challenging beliefs that don’t serve you
Mindfulness, relaxation, deep breathing
Reading and/or writing assignments
Saying affirmations
Visualization
Reframing negative thoughts

The benefits of CBT

Cognitive behavioral therapy is widely regarded as one of the most successful forms of psychotherapy. Clients at Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center are making real, effective changes in their lives. When used as part of our comprehensive treatment program, clients are enjoying dramatic improvements in their quality of life.

Yes. According to the American Psychological Association, cognitive behavioral therapy is effective in treating a range of mental and behavioral disorders, including:

Depression
Anxiety
Substance use problems
Eating disorders
Mental illness

In addition, numerous studies, such as this one reported in ScienceDirect, have concluded that cognitive behavioral therapy actually changes the brain’s prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for higher-level thinking. This means that CBT might be able to make real, physical changes to the part of our brain that handles emotions and logic.

Finally, the BBC reported, “Of all the talking therapies, CBT has the most clinical evidence to show that it works.” When used as part of a holistic treatment program, CBT can help people find freedom and joy.

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DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a specialized branch of cognitive behavioral therapy that emphasizes regulation of emotions and healthier coping skills. Clients at Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center are realizing tremendous benefits by participating in this type of treatment.

More About Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

In dialectical behavior therapy, clients learn new skills to manage their emotions and decrease conflict in their relationships. DBT does this by focusing on four key areas:

Mindfulness. Therapists teach mindfulness skills to help clients learn how to take stock of their current situation and be aware of their emotions. When you learn how to be present in the moment and accept what you’re feeling, you can better manage your response to conflict. Distress tolerance. Learning distress tolerance skills increases a client’s ability to handle negative emotions in a healthy way. When you recognize that you can’t always control a situation—but you can control how you react to it— you are less likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors in an attempt to escape the negativity. Emotion regulation.

Emotion regulation teaches strategies to manage and change negative emotions that are causing problems. When you can reduce your vulnerability to emotional suffering, you are no longer controlled by your unhealthy responses to such suffering. Interpersonal effectiveness. Interpersonal effectiveness skills help clients communicate with others in assertive, healthy ways that maintain self-respect and benefit relationships. When you know how to communicate in a thoughtful and deliberate manner, you are less likely to react impulsively to conflict.

Yes, it is. Due to its emphasis on regulating emotions and adopting healthier coping skills, DBT is increasingly being used as part of a comprehensive treatment program for a variety of mental health disorders. Numerous organizations back this up, including:

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration includes DBT on its National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices The National Center for Biotechnology Information calls it “a well-established treatment for individuals with multiple and severe psychosocial disorders.”

A study published in Psychiatric Times found that DBT significantly decreases suicide attempts, depression and substance use The benefits of DBT at Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center Scottsdale Providence incorporates DBT as part of our comprehensive treatment program to help clients struggling with drug addiction, alcoholism, trauma and other mental illness. Our counselors are using DBT to:

Reduce self-harming behavior Lessen symptoms related to trauma, addiction, depression and anxiety Build long-lasting and sustainable self-respect Improve interpersonal relationships with loved ones

Our licensed therapists will work with you to define treatment goals and get you where you need to be. We can help you create a life worth living without engaging in destructive thoughts and behaviors.

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ACT THERAPY

ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) – ACT is a form of psychotherapy aimed at helping patients use acceptance as a tool for growth. Instead of avoiding distressing or uncomfortable thoughts and feelings, ACT helps people realize that suppressing, managing or denying difficult emotions usually just creates added pain and difficulty. Instead, ACT therapy encourages clients to meet challenging situations with mindfulness and acceptance, enabling them to find healthy and successful ways to move forward.

More About ACT Therapy

ACT is based on the premise that it is both ineffective and counterproductive to avoid or deny painful feelings or experiences, as it ultimately leads to more distress. Instead, ACT utilizes positive alternatives to address thought patterns, such as mindfulness, attention to value systems, and positive action. During an ACT session, clients learn to listen to their internal dialogue—with specific attention to traumatic events, difficult relationships, or other stressors. The client and therapist then determine if any action needs to be taken, or if the situation can be accepted as is, while the client learns to develop healthier behavior patterns that may improve the situation in the longer-term. Once individuals face and accept certain feelings and situations, they are then able to use energy formerly spent on fighting their situations and emotions for better purposes—such as committing to living in accordance with their goals and values. The ultimate goal is to empower people to face life successfully, regardless of their circumstances.

ACT, especially when paired with mindfulness practice, offers clinically effective treatment for a wide range of psychological disorders and conditions, including anxiety, depression, OCD, addiction, and substance use disorder. ACT can help clients develop psychological flexibility, confidence, and increased ease by enabling them to face their problems head-on, rather than avoiding life’s stressors. This empowering approach helps clients accept that their reactions and feelings are valid responses to certain situations, and commit to moving forward in their lives.

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

Also known as MI, Motivational Interviewing is a therapeutic technique that focuses on empowering patients to be a part of their own recovery. This therapy can be useful in treating addiction and alcoholism as it gives clear motivation towards helpful behavioral changes even when patient’s are struggling with internal resistance and cravings.

More About Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing is a well-known evidence-based treatment for patients with addiction and substance abuse. It has been shown to be effective for those who have willingly sought treatment, as well as for those sent to treatment for legal reasons or following pressure from loved ones. MI can help an individual uncover the roadblocks to change and find their own inner desire to recover that isn’t prompted by outside pressure, thereby increasing their chances of long-term freedom. MI also appears to be particularly beneficial for treatment of substance use disorders especially when applied in conjunction with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Because it is broadly helpful in increasing motivation for positive behaviors, it has widespread potential for everything from encouraging healthier eating and exercise to the treatment of severe mental illness.

SOLUTION FOCUSED THERAPY

Solution-focused therapy, also known as solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), is an approach that empowers clients to use their innate ability to find solutions to their own problems. Instead of focusing on the origins and history of an issue, this modality takes a goal-oriented approach to problem solving. Instead of diving into the how and why of an issue, SFBT focuses on the present, and finding solutions available in the here and now.

NARRATIVE THERAPY

Narrative Therapy is a counseling modality used to help people gain new perspectives on past life events and issues. It aims to give people distance from the stories they have constructed or “narrated” in response to these events, in order to “rewrite” a new narrative that better reflects their identity, goals and ideals. This technique helps clients discover how their internalized reactions may have shaped their identity, take accountability for them and find more empowering narratives in order to move forward positively.

More About Narrative Therapy

Narrative therapy takes the view that events that occur in a person’s life become influential stories that they derive meaning from. These stories will often shape a person’s worldview and their sense of identity. These narratives can influence their perception of subsequent events and ultimately, their decision-making and behaviors. Narrative therapy assumes that stories we tell ourselves can shape our belief systems, and affect how we see ourselves, as well as the conclusions we draw about later experiences and interactions. This modality works by focusing on these stories, particularly the ones that may be problematic and lead to negative behavior and reactions, and thereby helps people find more positive, alternative narratives.

Narrative therapy suggests that we create stories based on our experiences in an attempt to make sense of the things that happen to us. Although some stories will be positive and others negative, each narrative impacts our lives in the past, present, and future. For example, when we prescribe meaning to an event, it will influence our perceptions of ourselves, and can alter our self-esteem, relationships, and capacity in life. In narrative therapy, clients are encouraged to uncover and define who they really are. “Rewriting” personal narratives will help reframe the influence of past stories to influence the future story of their lives. This type of exploration can help patients expand their sense of sense, challenge outdated and negative belief systems, and offer a way to live that reflects a more positive, healthier story.

NARM

NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) is a cutting-edge modality for treating attachment, relational and developmental trauma, by working with the attachment patterns that cause life-long physical and mental symptoms and ongoing difficulties in relationships. Most people who struggle with alcohol and drug addiction have a long-history of attachment or developmental trauma. Treating this directly provides the best chance for a patient to thrive in sobriety.

More About NARM

NARM therapy is based on the premise that although what happened in the past is significant, these events are not the core cause of the difficulties we may experience in the present. Rather, the survival strategies that were honed in response to early life events are responsible for distorting present experiences. These survival patterns, having outlived their usefulness, actually lead to disconnection from ourselves and from others. For example, dissociation and isolation are the primary coping mechanisms for dealing with early childhood trauma. Although this may have been a useful strategy at one time, if the pattern continues into adulthood, it leads to serious issues.

Early, unconscious survival skills and patterns of disconnection can deeply affect our sense of self, emotions, physiology, behaviors and relationships. Learning how to work simultaneously with these various aspects of the self can lead to radical shifts and help heal complex trauma. As such, NARM has become a well- regarded component in Trauma-Informed Care and healing the negative effects of adverse childhood experience. NARM is a mindfulness-based clinical treatment that can help people uncover who they truly are beneath their habitual ways of relating to themselves and the world. Healing complex trauma can lead to meaningful transformation that helps people obtain deeper connection and greater wellbeing.

GRIEF

Grief often plays a significant role in the lives of our patients and their loved ones. It is the natural response to a change in routine. Although many associate grief with significant life events such as a death or divorce, grief often accompanies other events—such as changes in lifestyle, loss of an addiction, or the loss of dreams or expectations. Facing and addressing grief through a healthy process is a vital component to a successful recovery plan.

More About NARM

In the process of recovering from a substance abuse issue, grief often emerges as a response to the intense changes taking place in an individual and a family. Years of unresolved grief is also felt and recognized for the first time. Utilizing a process which allows patients to resolve their losses brings understanding and acceptance. This process of grieving helps foster healthy lasting recovery and offers both the patient and their loved ones support.

Because grief is different for everyone, there is no timetable for feelings of pain after loss. In fact, attempts to avoid or suppress grief-related pain tend to prolong the process, and can create additional issues and possible relapse. Prolonged grief, also known as complicated grief, can last months or years and require intensive treatment. Without sufficient help and support, such grief can lead to isolation, disconnection and depression.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

For most people, successful readjustment after treatment requires support and learning how to re-engage with life in a positive way without substances. Occupational therapy aids in treatment by helping patients to reestablish roles and identities that are meaningful to them.

More About Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy practitioners are trained to help patients assess everyday routines and examine how they affect their state of health and their ability to carry out what is important to them. OT can help people identify new goals and learn new skills in order to help patients participate in their roles and activities. For example, if being a parent is most important to a client, the occupational therapist may focus on boosting these skills and finding successful ways to re-engage with a new recovery-centered outlook.

Free Family Support Group: Will be made available on the last Saturday of each month. This group will be open to all family members of current clients as well as past alumni who are still actively involved within the SPRC community. Contact Emily Hansen for more information at emily@scottsdaleprovidence.com.

INTERACTIVE JOURNALING

SPRC's core program model is based on Interactive Journaling. Interactive Journaling is nationally recognized by SAMHSA as an evidenced based practice and is on the National Recognized Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) list of approved programs.

ACUPUNCTURE

Eastern medicine practices such as acupuncture have become a staple in the top national rehabs. Acupuncture serves as a benefit in alleviating symptoms of physical pain, withdrawals, emotional problems and even curing insomnia!

RELAPSE PREVENTION

The National Recognized Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) identifies the Gorski Cynaps model as an effective model for Lapse/Relapse Intervention. This work is designed for people who want to recover from chemical dependency or self-defeating behaviors.

GENDER SPECIFIC

It is now widely known that the history of addiction and behavioral health treatment, in general, was primarily geared toward chemically dependent men. As a result, women were placed in the same treatment programs as their male counterparts.

HOLISTIC THERAPY

Many people have difficulty with common recovery. Holistic therapy is a non-western therapeutic approach that encompasses many practices such as exercise, acupuncture, self-realization therapy, yoga altruistic therapy and equine assisted therapy.

ANGER MANAGEMENT

Anger management reduces both the emotions and physiological arousal that anger causes while changing the faulty beliefs that support anger. You can't get rid of, or avoid, or change the conditions that enrage you, but you can learn to control your reactions and thoughts.

SEX AND LOVE

Sex and love Addiction can be as devastating and hurtful to the sufferer and loved ones as any addiction. Sex and/or love addiction therapy can help the individual identify and change self-defeating behaviors to shape a sane and sound ideal sex and love life.

CES

(Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation) is the only FDA approved form of painless, non-invasive brain stimulation that applies a small, pulsed electric current across a person's head to treat anxiety, depression, insomnia and chronic pain.