This group will be designed for the working professional who hasn't found a place to find resolution from your journey, as a person of diverse background and color. This will be a virtual (secure video). We are attempting to make therapy group more accessible, less time consuming to get to. Here, we will discover, find professional kind ships and help each other develop and refresh from the turmoil addiction created in your life. We do accept medicare insurance and cash pay at this time. Your proctor will be Marci Starkman, CNS. Please call: 636-493-9008 or email: Telepsychnp@gmail.com for more information.
Hosted by Alpha Allied Mental Health Services LLC
Treatment Center, PMHNP
Group meets in Des Moines, IA 50309
This group will be designed for the working professional who hasn't found a place to find resolution from your journey, as a person of diverse background and color. This will be a virtual (secure video). We are attempting to make therapy group more accessible, less time consuming to get to. Here, we will discover, find professional kind ships and help each other develop and refresh from the turmoil addiction created in your life. We do accept medicare insurance and cash pay at this time. Your proctor will be Marci Starkman, CNS. Please call: 636-493-9008 or email: Telepsychnp@gmail.com for more information.
Evaluations are done 7 days a week with a quick turnaround. Return-to-duty right away as the evaluation is completed for a Nationwide virtual experience!
Evaluations are done 7 days a week with a quick turnaround. Return-to-duty right away as the evaluation is completed for a Nationwide virtual experience!
This is a group put together of patients who have undergone the Bridge device procedure due to being on heroin or opiates. This will be a safe productive, learning environment. Please share triumphs, resolutions from negative symptoms as well. I will be a part of the facilitation of the group from time to time.
Hosted by Alpha Allied Treatment Center
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
Group meets in Des Moines, IA 50309
This is a group put together of patients who have undergone the Bridge device procedure due to being on heroin or opiates. This will be a safe productive, learning environment. Please share triumphs, resolutions from negative symptoms as well. I will be a part of the facilitation of the group from time to time.
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Facilitated by a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and by driven by individuals with lived experiences. Focused sessions on identifying triggers, planning coping strategies, and building a supportive network. Will invite Guest Speaker to offer new perspectives or techniques. Group members will be Empower through the implementing a “storytelling night” where members share personal victories and challenges.
Lifeskillz is an Outpatient Alcohol and Drug Treatment agency that is open Monday - Thursday (in-person only) 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Facilitated by a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and by driven by individuals with lived experiences. Focused sessions on identifying triggers, planning coping strategies, and building a supportive network. Will invite Guest Speaker to offer new perspectives or techniques. Group members will be Empower through the implementing a “storytelling night” where members share personal victories and challenges.
Experiencing betrayal by an intimate partner may feel as if your world has been turned upside down. You may experience conflicting feelings that are difficult for others to understand. Accessing support from others who have also experienced betrayal may be foundational support. This group provides education, empathy, and connection to help you move through the pain of betrayal.
I am a nationally Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), Certfied Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT), International Addiction & Drug Counselor (IADC), and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PAT).
Experiencing betrayal by an intimate partner may feel as if your world has been turned upside down. You may experience conflicting feelings that are difficult for others to understand. Accessing support from others who have also experienced betrayal may be foundational support. This group provides education, empathy, and connection to help you move through the pain of betrayal.
Group focuses on skill building, psychoeducation about addiction and the brain, having a space for those to share their experiences and offer support and gain support from others struggling with similar issues. This is a processing group with a strong emphasis on mental health utilizing cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment and DBT skills. All levels of recovery are welcome! Years of recovery, months, days, still struggling or contemplating if they need to be in recovery or trying to change their relationship with substances. All forms of addiction are welcome rather its substances, food, sex, porn, gambling or spending.
I work with a variety of mental health issues and have completed specialized training for treating substance use and gambling addictions along with other addictive behaviors.
Group focuses on skill building, psychoeducation about addiction and the brain, having a space for those to share their experiences and offer support and gain support from others struggling with similar issues. This is a processing group with a strong emphasis on mental health utilizing cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment and DBT skills. All levels of recovery are welcome! Years of recovery, months, days, still struggling or contemplating if they need to be in recovery or trying to change their relationship with substances. All forms of addiction are welcome rather its substances, food, sex, porn, gambling or spending.
This group meets online to support any man struggling with addictive or self-medicating behaviors during this isolating time. All forms of self-medicating welcome such as: pornography, sex, drugs/ alcohol, food, video games, work, gambling and relationships. This is a group of 8-10 men that learn tools to more effectively maintain healthy long-term sobriety. The group is actively engaged in each other's lives outside of group time throughout the week via text/phone. The opposite of addiction is not sobriety; It's connection!
I have been a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist since 2013 and CSAT Supervisor since 2023.
This group meets online to support any man struggling with addictive or self-medicating behaviors during this isolating time. All forms of self-medicating welcome such as: pornography, sex, drugs/ alcohol, food, video games, work, gambling and relationships. This is a group of 8-10 men that learn tools to more effectively maintain healthy long-term sobriety. The group is actively engaged in each other's lives outside of group time throughout the week via text/phone. The opposite of addiction is not sobriety; It's connection!
Hosted by Dr. Tracy's Counseling Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LISW, PhD
Group meets in Grimes, IA 50111
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Addiction Support Groups
What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.
How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.
How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.
How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.