Cedars Recovery
At Cedars, clients are encouraged to adopt this kind of approach, which sees addiction as a disease that impacts the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.
What is a holistic approach?
Addiction is often referred to as this type of illness, meaning it affects brain, body, and behavior.
What is a chronic disease?
This type of mindset believes people can change and grow with effort.
What is a growth mindset?
This is the first stage of relapse, where clients begin to mentally disengage from their recovery plan.
What is emotional relapse?
Many people with addiction also struggle with this co-occurring condition, which can make recovery more complex but is treatable with therapy.
What is depression? What is Trauma?
This therapeutic modality at Cedars helps clients reconnect with their inner selves and their culture through activities like drumming, storytelling, and ceremonies.
What is Indigenous cultural healing or land-based therapy?
This part of the brain, responsible for planning and impulse control, is often impaired in addiction.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This phrase reminds us to take things slowly in recovery.
What is 'one day at a time'?
This action involves learning to recognize early warning signs of relapse, such as changes in mood or behavior.
What is relapse prevention planning or identifying triggers?
The ability to understand and manage your emotions, especially in high-stress situations, is a core skill in this therapeutic approach used at Cedars.
What is Emotional Regulation or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)?
Cedars integrates this type of therapy, which involves processing trauma through structured, mindful practices to create a safe, supportive space for emotional healing.
What is trauma-informed care?
This neurotransmitter is overactivated in most substance addictions.
What is dopamine?
This inner voice can be overly critical and often needs to be challenged in recovery.
What is the inner critic or negative self-talk?
These are the people, places, or situations that can increase the risk of relapse and must be managed carefully in recovery. 400 “One key component in relapse prevention is this daily practice that helps reinforce mindfulness and awareness of cravings or negative thoughts.” ➡️ What is mindfulness or meditation? 500 “When a client experiences a lapse in recovery but takes immediate action to get back on track, this approach is referred to as a ________ mindset.” ➡️ What is a growth or resilient mindset?
What are high-risk triggers or environmental triggers?
This term refers to the connection between a person's thoughts, emotions, and actions, and how altering one can influence the others.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
The Cedars Recovery program offers clients this valuable resource after residential treatment to support long-term recovery, which includes group sessions and individual check-ins.
What is Continuing Care or Post-Treatment Support?
Name one psychological reason people may turn to substance use.
What is trauma, anxiety, depression, or emotional pain?
This type of thinking can help counter self-doubt and negative beliefs, reminding you that setbacks don’t define your journey.
What is resilience or positive thinking?
One key component in relapse prevention is this daily practice that helps reinforce mindfulness and awareness of cravings or negative thoughts.
What is mindfulness or meditation?
This practice involves recognizing when emotions are overwhelming and using specific coping strategies like deep breathing or grounding techniques.
What is distress tolerance or coping skills?
Cedars Recovery emphasizes the importance of these, which help to foster community and reduce isolation by providing peer support and shared experiences.
What are recovery meetings or peer support groups?
This theory/model suggests that addiction is influenced by a combination of genetic, environmental, and psychological factors.
What is the biopsychosocial model?
This motivational tool involves imagining your life in the future with and without substance use.
What is a cost-benefit analysis or future visualization?
This is a strategy used to counteract negative thinking patterns, such as ‘I can never stay sober,’ by replacing them with more positive, empowering beliefs.
What is cognitive reframing or positive self-talk?
This is the emotional state where a person feels disconnected from reality, often seen in anxiety or trauma-related disorders.
What is dissociation?