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Promises Treatment Centers Finds Addiction Interventions Particularly Powerful Over the Holidays
Holiday music and films instill visions of what the holidays should be, but they aren’t the reality for the millions of families affected by addiction. As holiday celebrations approach, families are left with a series of less-than-ideal ways to approach the addict in their lives. Do they ban the addict from the holiday festivities? Should they allow the addict to ruin another get-together?
iPromises Recovery Companion, a Free Sobriety iPhone App, Reaches 20,000 Downloads
This week Promises Treatment Centers and Elements Behavioral Health announced that the iPromises Recovery Companion, a free sobriety application that provides tools and support for those in addiction recovery, reached 20,000 downloads.
Promises Addiction Treatment Centers Expands Holistic & Integrative Therapies Program
Two years ago, Promises Treatment Centers was among the first to introduce a comprehensive holistic addiction treatment program to its clients. What began as a pain management unit for opiate withdrawal quickly expanded to include tuina, cupping and other Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) techniques to address all forms of emotional and physical pain during detox and early recovery.
Promises Addiction Treatment Center in Malibu Expands Executive Rehab Program
Promises Malibu’s renowned executive rehab program, which serves some of the nation’s top business leaders, is under the newly appointed leadership of Greg Skipper, MD. In his role as Director of Professional Health Services, Dr. Skipper will draw on his three decades of experience in a leadership role helping to shape physician health programs to enhance executive treatment at Promises.
The Promises Foundation Presents Distinguished Service Award to Renowned Interventionist
Roger Canevari, renowned interventionist and owner of Recovery Found, has been selected as the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Promises Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit public charity that has been committed to supporting substance abuse prevention and providing behavioral health services to low-income women and their families since 1999.
Renowned Physician Joins Promises Treatment Centers as Director of Impaired Professionals Program
Doctors, lawyers and other professionals struggling with drug or alcohol addiction have yet another reason to begin their recovery at Promises Treatment Centers. On September 1, renowned physician and addiction specialist, Dr. Greg Skipper, was appointed Director of Professional Health Services at Promises.
Elements Alerts Parents about Rise in “Study Drug” Abuse and How to Recognize Withdrawal Symptoms from ADHD Medications when College Students Return Home
Elements Behavioral Health warns parents that more and more college students are abusing study drugs and provides information on how to recognize withdrawal symptoms and signs of addiction when their children return home for the summer. Many college students are exposed to illicit drug use and to prescription drug abuse while they are away at school, which can lead to risky behavior, injury, disease, addiction, and even death. Read More →
Promises Malibu Launches Wellness Program in Time for the Holidays
Clients in treatment at Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu over the holidays will enjoy the new Wellness Program at no additional cost, which includes such options as acupuncture, nutritional counseling, massage, yoga, and mindfulness meditation.
December 1, 2010 (Malibu) – Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu is launching its new Wellness Program in December, and as an introductory offer will include these additional services at no added cost for those clients who seek treatment during the holiday season. Clients who enter Promises Malibu for treatment between November 24 and December 31 are eligible for the Wellness package offer, which is worth over $1200.
Promises Treatment Centers recognizes that while the holiday season is a time of joy, it can also be a time of stress and tension for individuals in early recovery. To encourage clients to take extra care during the holiday season, Promises Malibu decided it was the perfect time to launch the new Wellness Program, which is designed to meet the specific physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of each client in early recovery.
“The goal of developing a specialized Wellness Program is to help clients learn how to be healthy and nurturing during stressful times,” explained Dr. Shari Corbitt, Senior Executive Director of Promises. “If while in treatment clients develop an understanding of how to cope with stress, they will be better equipped to address any challenges when they return home. Ultimately, this self-awareness can reduce the risk of relapse.”
The Wellness Program has been designed to help clients reflect and experience recovery on a deeper level. Through a combination of Eastern and Western therapies, the goal is to help each person access deeper levels of self-understanding.
The special Wellness Program is tailored to each individual, who will work with their primary therapist to design a combination of therapies that can include a Chinese Medicine Assessment, acupuncture, nutritional counseling, a choice of massage (Swedish, Thai, Shiatsu, Polarity, or Ten Wa), hot yoga classes (Vinyasa Flow), as well as mindfulness meditation and spiritual counseling with acclaimed meditation guide Richard Burr. Clients can also choose a guided nature hike, rock-climbing, or another wilderness activity with Active Recovery Wilderness Coach Ryan Laughman.
“These activities will be interwoven in a way that specifically suits each client and supports their health and wellness during the holiday season, a very difficult time to get and remain clean and sober,” explained Dr. Shari Corbitt.
The Addicted Brain and EEG Biofeedback
Dr. Shari Corbitt, Sernior Executive Director of Promises Treatment Centers, has published her article on the use of EEG Biofeedback, also known as Neurofeedback, in addiction treatment.
It appears this month in the recovery newspaper “Together AZ”: The Addicted Brain and EEG Biofeedback.
It was also published in the Southern California newspaper “California Together”: The Addicted Brain and EEG Feedback.
New Device Could Quickly Test for Cannabis, Cocaine, and Other Substance Use
A new and affordable handheld drug-testing device developed by British company Universal Sensors Ltd could soon become available to the UK market. Within just five minutes, parents could be able to test their children for cannabis, cocaine, and other substances by a simple scan of a saliva sample. The laboratory company also expects the nation’s law enforcement to incorporate the cheap drug-testing device into their standard roadside drug tests.
Promises Treatment Centers Releases Free iPromises Recovery Companion for iPhone
Update: Inc. Magazine article on iPromises Recovery Companion; Read “An App for Postrehab Living”
Promises Treatment Centers released a new iPhone app this week, the iPromises Recovery Companion. The app is offered for free in the iTunes store. The iPromises Recovery Companion offers a powerful tool to help build one of the most important elements of addiction recovery: a community of like-minded peers who understand the joys and challenges of recovery. iPromises allows you to easily contact your sponsor and friends in recovery, keep a calendar of meetings and service, get a daily positive message, and track your accomplishments, challenges, moods, and triggers.
“For over 20 years Promises has offered our clients a bridge to recovery. Based on our tradition of giving back to the community, we created this free recovery tool to help our clients and anyone else in recovery create a virtual system of support,” says Dr. David Sack, CEO of Promises Treatment Centers and Elements Behavioral Health.
One of the great features of the iPromises Recovery Companion is the ability to use the iPhone’s built-in geo-positioning to automatically store the address when you are sitting in a meeting. Once you have stored the meeting, you can opt to share it with anyone in your geographical area or with anyone who knows your e-mail address or username.
iPromises also offers a great solution for anyone traveling in the United States, Canada, and a growing international list of countries. The travel section allows you to click a “near me” button and bring up a list of local AA interoffices to find the closest meeting. You can easily dial the office from the list.
“One problem we saw with other recovery apps was that meeting information was often inaccurate. Someone would be visiting another city and not be able to find a meeting within 20 miles. This app allows you to easily dial the closest AA interoffice and get accurate, current meeting information,” explains Vera Appleyard, VP of Internet Marketing.
The recovery app will be a valuable tool for those in early recovery. When they return home they can find shared meetings in their local area, get alerted to call their sponsor if they pick a trigger in their visual journal, and build a list of supportive peers in their contact list. They can use the progress graphs to monitor their moods, attitudes, and behavior over time.
“If someone sees the angry bar rising day after day, they know this is an issue they need to address,” says Dr. Shari Corbitt, Senior Executive Director of Promises Treatment Centers, “I highly recommend that anyone in recovery try the iPromises Recovery Companion. It helps you formalize your recovery and recognize that it is a daily process.”
To learn more about the iPromises Recovery Companion visit http://ipromises.org.
Promises Treatment Centers is one of the nation’s leading addiction treatment centers. Promises is part of Elements Behavioral Health, which aims to fill the gaps in mental health treatment between inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services; in co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders; and between traditional and alternative settings to help clients that are underweight or overweight due to eating related and other issues. The goal is for full recovery and well being with permanent life change and lifestyle improvement and not just symptom reduction. Our focus is not only on the patient, but on the health and support of the family system. For more information on Promises Treatment Centers visit http://www.promises.com or call 866.466.1276.
Promises’ Dr. David Sack Talks about Revamping Addiction Treatment
Lindsay Lohan is back in the news after she failed to report to a mandatory court hearing in Los Angeles, which resulted in a warrant for her arrest. Judge Marsha Revel of Los Angeles County Superior Court also revoked Lohan’s probation, which she was given after two arrested in 2007 on drunk-driving charges. The judge stipulated that if she makes bail, she will be prohibited from drinking alcohol, required to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, and undergo weekly drug testing.
Remaking Promises Treatment Centers
The following article by Alexa Hyland was published in the Los Angeles Business Journal on April 19, 2010:
Promises Treatment Centers Earns CARF Accreditation
The three-year CARF Accreditation demonstrates Promises Treatment Centers’ dedication and commitment to improving the quality of the lives of those they serve and shows an established pattern of practice excellence.
Promises Treatment Centers has achieved a three-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an independent, nonprofit accreditor of human service providers in such fields as behavior health care. CARF accreditation demonstrates Promises’ dedication to superior performance for their clients.
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At Promises Treatment Centers we specialize in treating a wide variety of addictions such as alcohol, cocaine, prescription drug addiction, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methamphetamines. We also specialize in treating co-occurring disorders such as PTSD, grief or loss issues, depression and anxiety, sexual compulsivity, and sleep disorders.
Promises rehab centers use evidence-based treatment modalities, including medically monitored detox, psycho-educational groups, stress management strategies, cognitive behavioral techniques, equine-assisted therapy, DBT, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and somatic therapy.
We continually ask for feedback from our clients, measuring the effectiveness of our approach and continually setting higher standards so that Promises Treatment Centers will always lead the way in offering the most comprehensive addiction treatment program in the country.
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