Dual Diagnosis
OVerview
Most programs for the treatment of dual diagnoses are geared toward helping people cope. That approach leaves people with the feeling that they are still flawed or broken, and their way out is to accept that and find ways to endure. We are attempting to go beyond that and actually make a change. People don’t have to feel that they have failed and can only seek to find a means of dealing with that failure. Humans can go further. As long as people are alive, there is a possibility to change. At Balance, we look at why people use substances. Understandably, people have strong feelings, ideas and filters that vary to a large degree when it comes to addiction and how it is treated. The industry has over 50 different definitions for abuse and addiction, and there are a number of different treatment models practiced. Balance views substance use as a continuum ranging from using to addiction. Many treatment programs are geared toward the far end of that continuum. This neglects millions of people that fall in between, and often struggle to find their place in such programs. At Balance, we work to find the obstacles that are behind the beliefs people are holding perpetuating the idea that they can never change and leading to anxiety, depression and beyond. Uncovering these faulty, and often long-held beliefs, can finally end the recurring cycles of dual diagnosis behavior.
