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    The 6 Most Important Ways to Help a Loved One Through Addiction & Mental Health Treatment

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    All you want for your loved ones are happy, productive and satisfying lives. Your support matters greatly to all your family and friends, but what [...]

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    Gender-Specific Treatment for Substance Abuse

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    Prior to the 1990s, most research on addiction focused only on male participants. This made it difficult to assess if there were differences in substance [...]

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    Teletherapy vs. In-Person Therapy: Advantages and Disadvantages

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    Teletherapy refers to providing or participating in therapeutic services online. COVID-19 has been a catalyst for teletherapy, however, it’s been around for many years. In [...]

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    How to Get the Most Out of Your Teletherapy Session

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    Many people may participate in telebehavioral health for the first time during COVID-19. While online counseling may be unfamiliar to you, with the right preparation, [...]

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    Should I Still Seek Addiction Treatment During COVID-19?

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    Support and treatment services remain critical during COVID-19. Treatment providers are concerned that COVID-19 could be a catalyst for people with mental health disorders. In [...]

  • Harm Reduction vs. Abstinence in Substance Abuse Treatment

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    When it comes to treatment for substance use disorders, there are two main schools of thought that treatment providers subscribe to, abstinence or harm reduction. [...]

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    Can CBD Help with Anxiety and Depression?

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    CBD-based products have grown in popularity. While the FDA has only approved one CBD medication to treat epilepsy, many individuals claim it helps with sleep, [...]

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    Co-Occurring Disorders: Treating Mental Health and Addiction

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    Tackling an addiction can be difficult enough, but often a struggle with substance use goes hand-in-hand with a mental health disorder. These two conditions occurring [...]

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    What Does a Mental Health Assessment Cover?

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    Mental health disorders can be disruptive to one’s life and his or her loved ones, but the good news is they're often treatable. Treating behavioral [...]

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    Frequently Asked Drug, Alcohol, and Behavioral Health Assessment Questions

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    At Pyramid Family Behavioral Healthcare Assessment Center, we get a lot of questions about how our assessment process works. We have included a list of [...]

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    How to Request a Mental Health Assessment

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    When you think of mental health disorders, what comes to mind? If a slew of negative connotations and thoughts flooded your mind, that’s okay. As [...]

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    Why is Emotional Wellness Important for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery?

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    Often when we think of substance use or mental health treatment, we may only think of treating the causes and symptoms associated with the illness. [...]

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    Why Therapists Need Therapy

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    When I was in school to become a counselor, my professors and mentors stressed the importance of therapists being in therapy. After I graduated and [...]

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    FAQs About Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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    When you’re considering therapy as part of your recovery program, you may be at a complete loss of where to start. Or maybe you think [...]

  • Pyramid’s Client-Centered Treatment Approach

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    Beginning the process of seeking help with drug and alcohol issues is many times an emotional strain and a scary ordeal for all of those [...]

  • The Optimal Group Therapy Setting

    Do I Need Group Therapy?

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    What's the optimal group therapy setting? Learn how confidentiality, emotional safety, spontaneity and honesty reap positive benefits in group therapy.