Group & Individual Psychotherapy Treatments

Alternative Treatment International, Inc. is dedicated to providing its clients with the highest level of psychotherapeutic and clinical care. All clinical staff members possess at least a Masters Degree and have years of experience in working with addictions and psycho-emotional disorders. Our clinical staff is also experienced in providing a wide variety of therapeutic techniques, and tailor the clinical therapy to each patient's specific disorder and needs. Psychiatric evaluations and medications are provided by our Psychiatrist when indicated, to better understand and meet the needs of each patient.

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Clients receive individual psychotherapy sessions that are designed to uncover and resolve the causes of the problems that have resulted in their addictions or behavioral disorders. Clients also receive individual and specialized group Trance Work Therapy to uncover and resolve early childhood and adult traumas, as well as building a spiritual understanding and enlightenment that will assist them in their recovery, throughout the rest of their lives.

Psychotherapy sessions are conducted by our professional psychologists and recovery therapists. All therapists have a minimum of a Masters Degree, extensive education and training in conducting both individual and group psychotherapy for all addictions and psycho-emotional disorders. Group therapy sessions are designed to assist clients in learning how to overcome their addiction and behavioral problems and strengthen their foundation for recovery. Intensive individual psychotherapy sessions specifically address, uncover and resolve the underlying causes of the problem. Unlike many programs, our focus is on assisting our clients to change thinking. It is the thinking that has been producing the dysfunctional behaviors. When thinking changes, behaviors change by themselves. This is the basic premise of Perception Therapy^® (see Relapse Prevention Page).

Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment^®

A.T.I. incorporates, into its program, a Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment^® approach. Many holistic program philosophies include Mind, Body, Spirit. However, at A.T.I., we take it a step further to include an awareness of the environment as part of the healing process.

The A.T.I. clinical program services include:

Mind - this includes small group therapy, individual therapy, lectures, reading and assignments. Perception Therapy® addresses perceptions that clients have been taught about how they perceive themselves and the world around them. Perceptions may include intelligence, family, learning, reading, thinking, personality, wit, humor, addictions, emotional problems, fears, traumas, etc.

Body - this includes physical fitness, education on physical fitness, nutrition and sports. Perception Therapy® uncovers taught perceptions about body type, weight, eating disorders, diet and dieting, appearance, physical limitations, etc.

Spirit - this includes daily meditation, T'ai Chi, spiritual readings, trancework, and spiritual philosophies. Perception Therapy® examines learned perceptions about spiritual philosophies and practices, spiritual understanding, self-realization, self-empowerment, and a sense of oneness.

Environment - this includes learning to develop a mindful awareness of the environment, healing your own environment through mindful living and mindful action. Taking this therapeutic technique a step further, Perception Therapy® looks at perceptions of living environments, the planet, mindful caring for the environment, one's own surroundings, and changing perceptions about the environment which helps to heal the individuals from a broader perspective.

This comprehensive approach is designed to address all aspects of the healing process utilizing Perception Therapy® techniques that address a change in perception about the Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment^®.

Perception Therapy^®

Perception Therapy^® is a unique service developed by Alternative Treatment International that plays a key role in the therapeutic recovery process. The program is designed to assist clients to understand conscious and unconscious learned perceptions and how they shape thinking and behavior. Changing perceptions and thinking about yourself, the world around you as well as your relationship to drugs, alcohol, and psycho-emotional feelings will enable you to formulate your own conclusions and ultimately make better and more productive choices leading to recovery and a more fulfilling and productive life. Learned perceptions in many cases begin in early childhood and produce thinking that remains in the sub-conscious mind throughout life. Many unproductive behaviors of adulthood begin at this source. These learned perceptions could have been the result of trauma, but may also have been simply concepts taught by parents, friends, teachers, relatives, etc. who have been taught by others, who were taught by others, and on and on.

It must be remembered that traumas are different for everyone and something that may have been traumatic for one may have had no effect on another. Traumas do not always have to be devastating events to produce a stamp on the unconscious mind.

These learned perceptions may not be truth or even your truth, but someone else's perception of truth. As these false perceptions remain in the sub-conscious mind, they produce thinking and behaviors of which you have no conscious understanding. Without a conscious understanding of their origins, it is extremely difficult for most people to analyze and devise appropriate ways to modify your thinking and change behaviors. This is one of the reasons we see such high rates of drug and alcohol relapse.

At Alternative Treatment International, Inc. you will learn to recognize the learned perceptions that have produced the negative thinking and behaviors that you are experiencing. You will be able to practice through Perception Therapy^® work sheets, and become proficient at recognizing your learned perceptions, how they produced your thinking, and how your destructive behaviors have been developed. This ongoing practice will enable you to become proficient at changing your thinking from negative to positive, aid in your recovery and eliminate relapse potentials, as well as assisting you in making good choices for your life.



Metaphor Therapy and Indirect Suggestion

Clients are exposed to the use of metaphor (stories) which relate to their problem. Through the use of metaphor, clients are able to form their own conclusion about its meaning, which assists them in making positive changes. The best therapeutic change always occurs when the client is brought to his/her own conclusions. The use of indirect suggestion and Metaphor Therapy enables this process to take place.

Confrontation techniques are NOT utilized by our staff. All therapies are conducted in a loving, caring and clinical manner that enables clients to focus on their recovery and specific issues without the added stresses produced by confrontation techniques.

Special group therapy sessions are provided, when indicated for men's and women's issues, dual diagnosis, depression, eating disorders, impaired professionals and other specialized groups.

Relapse prevention techniques are taught to all clients with the goal of eliminating relapse potentials which hamper recovery. See our relapse prevention page for more in depth information on our innovative relapse prevention philosophy.

Perception Therapy® is a Registered Trademark of Alternative Treatment International, Inc.

As part of your individual treatment plan, you are given the opportunity to conduct business as needed while in the program. You can bring your cell phone and lap top computer.