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About Alternative to Meds Center
Alternative to Meds provides personalized, alternative routes to recovery and helps clients taper off psychiatric medications. They provide medication tapering for antidepressants, antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines with holistic methods for a medication-free recovery. Alternative to Meds treats addiction and mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, trauma, post traumatic stress (PTSD), ADHD, bipolar, and more. They cater to executives with flexible technology policies and treatment methods suited to their unique preferences and needs.
Alternative to Meds uses holistic and evidence-based treatments to help ease medication withdrawal, treat mental health conditions, and promote overall wellness. They run various health tests to address the medical and physical causes of poor mental health and restore optimal brain chemistry. They offer holistic psychiatry and provide cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), marriage and family counseling, validation therapy, self-regulation practices, and various alternative therapies. These include art therapy, existential therapy, and expressive arts.
Alternative to Meds incorporates naturopathic methods to promote healing of the mind, body, and spirit. Some of their offerings include:
•Neurotoxin removal
•Lab testing
•Orthomolecular medicine
•Environmental medicine
•Colon hydrotherapy
•Massages
•Qi Gong
•Equine therapy
•Energy medicine techniques like Reiki
Alternative to Meds promotes exercise, mindfulness practices, and offers an organic diet to address underlying health imbalances. They believe that aesthetics are one of the highest forms of healing and provide artistic, comfortable spaces at their facility. They have 18 beds, with private and semi-private bedrooms. All have access to the outdoors. An outdoor lounge and hot tub, on-site spa treatments, and frequent nature outings bring clients outside and into wellness. Alternative to Meds is Joint Commission accredited and accepts a variety of insurance providers.
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Insurance Accepted
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Luxury rehab centers offer a unique blend of luxurious amenities and high-quality treatment. From private suites to gourmet dining, personal trainers to spa treatments, these facilities provide a high level of comfort and discretion.
Alternative to Meds’ 2 primary pillars of care are environmental and orthomolecular medicine. They use environmental medicine to address exposure to toxins in the air, water, and food. Orthomolecular medicine corrects unhealthy cells using nutrition, supplements, and individualized naturopathic services.
Alternative to Meds uses various evidence-based therapies for a comprehensive treatment experience. Their masters-level therapists tailor treatment to each client’s needs, using CBT, EMDR, and psychotherapy to help heal behavioral challenges and addiction. Each client has weekly sessions with their assigned therapist and care managers.
Alternative to Meds provides lab testing and assessments to understand each client down to a molecular level. Individualized treatment plans include medication tapering and detox as needed, mental health treatment, naturopathic healing, alternative treatments, and more. Clients can also access their phones and laptops to stay connected to work or other personal communications.
When needed, Alternative to Meds provides a safe detox experience from prescription medications and addictive substances. They use gradual tapering, bridge medications, substitution tapering, and more to meet the withdrawal needs of each client, their medication, and dosage. Organic meals and relaxing activities help restore wellness and promote healing during detox and treatment.
Founded
2006
Occupancy
16-30
Languages
English
Accreditation
Joint Commission
Who We Treat
Men
Women
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
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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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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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Equine Therapy
Guided interactions with trained horses, their handler, and a therapist can help patients improve their self-esteem, trust, empathy, and social skills.
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Executives
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
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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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Residential
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
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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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Naturopathy
Natural remedies like nutrition management and acupuncture help relieve withdrawal symptoms and help patients maintain sobriety without medications.
Wellness
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
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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Mindfulness Therapy
This ancient practice can be mental, emotional, and even spiritual. In meditation, you focus your attention on the present moment without judgement.
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Animal Therapy
Animals can inspire trust and self-worth. In this experiential therapy, guided interactions are used to improve social skills and emotion regulation.
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Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
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Experiential Therapy
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
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Expressive Arts
Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
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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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Reiki
Hand placements or light touches over the body aim to strengthen patients' life energy, guided by a Reiki therapist with expertise in this Eastern medicine.
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Relaxation Therapy
Muscle relaxation techniques relax mind and body. They can easily be practiced outside treatment, making it a valuable coping tool for continued recovery.
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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.
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
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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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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Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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Healthy Meals are provided
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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Dr. Ergi O. Gumusaneli
Psychiatrist
MD
Carley McCarthy
Medical Director
PMHNP
Yolanda Baugh
PRN Medical Director
PMHNP-BC
Dr. Daniela Hutyrova
Director of Naturopathic Medicine
NMD
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