What to Pack and Prepare for Residential Treatment
Entering care? Use our guide to Prepare for Residential Treatment. Learn what to pack and how to manage home life. Call our team to start.
How to Rebuild Your Life After Trauma: A Complete Guide
Many people experience trauma but are able to process it successfully and resolve it within a month or so without therapy. However, 8% of Americans experience Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), often with intense symptoms that last for months if not years [1]. Fortunately, this type of trauma is treatable with therapies. But once you have […]
Depression After Quitting Alcohol: A Recovery Roadmap
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depressive disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and co-occur more often than expected by chance [1]. According to The National Institute on Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), recovery from AUD is a long-term change process that may be characterized by occasional returns to heavy drinking. Especially in the bumpy […]
Understanding the Gut-Brain Connection: Exploring the Science Behind Our Second Brain
In this blog, I’ll explore the intricate pathways of this connection, the role of the enteric nervous system—our body’s ‘second brain’, and the crucial impact of the gut microbiome on our mental state.
We’ll also uncover how dietary choices, like the Mediterranean diet, can be a key to managing mental health issues.
Types of Therapy
Therapy is a cornerstone of mental health recovery. The programs at Corner Canyon Health Centers use multiple therapeutic modalities to help clients manage symptoms and rebuild the
Balancing Healing and Adventure
In the realm of mental health treatment, the journey towards healing often takes the well-trodden path of traditional therapeutic techniques and structured sessions.
Seek to Understand
Corner Canyon Health Centers: Embracing Healing Through a “Seek to Understand” Approach Introduction In today’s fast-paced world, the challenges of mental health and addiction are more prevalent than ever. Amidst this complexity, a revolutionary approach to healing has emerged, offering a beacon of hope for individuals seeking recovery. Corner Canyon Health Centers, a distinguished mental […]
The Effects of Complex Trauma
Unlike a single traumatic incident, complex trauma refers to multiple traumatic events that involve interpersonal, emotional, or physical threats during childhood or adolescence.
Different Types of Experiential Therapy for Addiction
Many treatment centers are now including Experiential Therapy in their addiction recovery programs, and there are many benefits to this particular kind of therapy. What exactly is experiential therapy, and how can it help us? Experiential therapy, which is sometimes referred to as Recreational Therapy, refers to various kinds of therapy and therapeutic techniques where […]
Entering an Addiction Treatment Center: What You Need to Know
Admitting you have a problem with drugs or alcohol takes a lot of courage and strength. It is also the first step to recovery. Acknowledging you have a substance abuse problem is difficult but necessary in the recovery process. Once you have come to terms with the idea that recovery will improve your life significantly, […]
Ending the Suicide Stigma and Getting Help
“We can all help prevent suicide. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals. Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255).” If you are struggling with depression and substance abuse, Corner Canyon Health Centers can offer help. […]
Building a Sense of Belonging While Depressed
Many people become depressed because they feel like they do not fit in anywhere. They can have black and white thinking in that if they do not have any friends or are not close with their family, they cannot fit in anywhere. There is always somewhere for you to belong as long as you are […]
What Are Some Behavioral Addictions?
We commonly associate addiction with dependence on drugs and alcohol, but as addicts we know that any substance or behavior can become addictive for us. We can use anything to try and self-medicate our mental health issues, to numb our pain and cope with the demands of our lives. When we are trying to escape […]
Changing Our Limiting Beliefs Around Addiction
As we’re working to heal, one of the best things we can do for ourselves is change our limiting beliefs around our addictions, our ability to heal and our identity as addicts. When we’re struggling with addiction, we tend to believe that we aren’t strong enough to heal. We don’t think we’re capable of doing […]
How Are Our Family Members Affected by Our Addictions?
Support groups are well known for helping us cope with our addictions and mental health issues. Family members can also benefit tremendously from attending support groups, and there are ones specifically designed for the loved ones of addicts. There are particular issues unique to their specific experiences, and they can be struggling with difficult emotions […]
Finding Healthy Replacement Coping Skills
When we start to analyze ourselves and our addictions more closely, we’re able to gain more understanding around what purposes our addictions were serving in our lives. This process can help us to find better, healthier replacements for them. The idea is to develop healthy coping skills we can rely on instead of the default […]
How Does Self-Judgment Impact Relapse?
Through our recovery work, we learn that being judgmental with ourselves and down on ourselves only makes us feel worse about ourselves and more insecure, causing us to be more likely to turn to our addictions to make ourselves feel better. Our feelings of security, stability, groundedness and centeredness are all fragile when we’re working […]
What Purpose Did Our Addictions Serve?
A powerful way of healing from our addictions is to examine what purposes our drugs of choice were serving so that we can find healthy replacements for them. Very often we use our addictive substances, behaviors and relationships as coping mechanisms for our mental and emotional pain. It is possible to discover other ways to […]
Starting Over After Addiction
Making the commitment to get treatment for addiction is a huge step in the recovery process. It can be very difficult to acknowledge you have a problem with drugs and alcohol. The stigma surrounding addiction makes it hard to ask for help. Starting over after addiction can seem overwhelming, but there is hope in recovery. […]
Why Get Sober?
Addiction is complicated and recovery can seem out of reach for a person struggling with it. Recovery is a life-long process and you will face many challenges and obstacles in your journey to sobriety. When a person is addicted, personal relationships with loved ones are compromised and fall apart. Addiction can result in job loss […]