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About Alta Loma The Villa
Alta Loma The Villa provides a safe haven for men to recover from mental health concerns and co-occurring substance use, offering tailored support and comprehensive care. With 4 beautiful facilities, Alta Loma The Villa combines intensive outpatient programming with supportive living at Casa Sana, a structured environment conducive to emotional and psychological well-being. Alta Loma treats depression, anxiety/panic disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, and psychosis.
Alta Loma’s treatment is rooted in peer support, resilience, and responsibility. Treatment emphasizes life skills development with topics such as communication, self-awareness, changing thought patterns, recognizing triggers, job skills, and household skills. Process groups offer clients a different perspective to healing, practice using empathy, and psychoeducation. Alta Loma encourages clients to engage in recovery groups like NAMI connection and 12-Steps.
Alta Loma strives to fill clients’ schedules with various evidence-based and holistic individual and group sessions. On weekdays, clients begin their day with meditation at 9:30 am. Process groups occur from 10 am–12 pm, and then they break for lunch. Clients engage in life skills development groups from 1–3 pm and health and wellness activities from 3–5 pm. After dinner, recovery groups are from 7:30–8:30 pm, with free time, and daily goal review from 9:30–10 pm. On weekends, Alta Loma provides time to engage in healthy hobbies as well as therapeutic modalities.
Alta Loma The Villa’s supportive housing has 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. A friendly team of experts oversees a stable and safe environment where clients gain independence in their recovery journey. The historic 6,411-square-foot building is nestled in the heart of the old town in Georgetown, Texas. This prime location offers access to opportunities for employment, education, and shopping. Meals are provided daily, and staff offer local transportation within Georgetown.
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Alta Loma The Villa offers primary mental healthcare for men employing various evidence-based therapies as well as wellness techniques to address depression, anxiety/panic disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, and psychosis. Treatment is tailored to meet the unique needs of men’s mental health.
Monday through Friday, Alta Loma provides ample opportunity for clients to engage in therapeutic healing methods. Clients begin the day with meditation and then participate in process groups from 10–12 pm. After lunch, life skills development is held from 1–3 pm and health and wellness activities from 3–5 pm. After dinner, there are recovery groups from 7:30–8:30 pm and daily goal review from 9:30–10 pm. Alta Loma provides programming from 1–3 pm and 6–7 pm on weekends.
Alta Loma prepares its clients for success after intensive treatment through comprehensive life skills training. Clients learn communication, self-awareness, changing thought patterns, recognizing triggers, and job and household skills. These groups help clients develop healthier habits to build a strong recovery foundation.
The Casa Sana house provides clients with a structured environment to continue healing. The historic home is close to Georgtown’s town center, offering opportunities to find employment or education. Shops and restaurants are nearby, and Alta Loma can arrange local transportation.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
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Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
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Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
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Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
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Twelve Step
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
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Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
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1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
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Meditation & Mindfulness
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
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Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
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Psychoeducation
This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.
Recreation Therapy
In recreation therapy, recovery can be joyful. Patients practice social skills and work through emotional triggers by engaging in fun activities.
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Twelve Step Facilitation
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
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Group Therapy
Two or more people meet with a therapist together. Patients get valuable peer support, strengthen interpersonal skills, and improve self-awareness.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Grief and Loss
Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Anger
Although anger itself isn't a disorder, it can get out of hand. If this feeling interferes with your relationships and daily functioning, treatment can help.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
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Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
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Codependency
Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts that drive repetitive behaviors. This pattern disrupts daily life and relationships.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
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Self-Harm
The act of intentionally harming oneself, also called self-injury, is associated with mental health issues like depression.
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Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
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Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
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Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
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Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Psychedelics
Hallucinogenic drugs—like LSD—cause euphoria and increased sensory experiences. When abused, they can lead to depression and psychosis.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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Prescription Drugs
It's possible to abuse any drug, even prescribed ones. If you crave a medication, or regularly take it more than directed, you may have an addiction.
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Synthetic Drugs
Synthetic drugs are made in a lab, unlike plant-based drugs like mushrooms. Most synthetic drugs are either stimulants or synthetic cannabinoids.
Men only
Treatment for men addresses the specific challenges men face and unites them in a likeminded, shame-free environment for greater comfort and success.
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