PHILOSOPHY

We know that coming to treatment at Cedars requires a major commitment of time and financial resources. Our commitment is to do everything we possibly can to ensure that your decision to put yourself in our care results in you getting a great start on a full recovery and a renewed ability to lead a meaningful and rewarding life.

We understand addiction is a chronic and progressive brain disease that no one intended to acquire.  We also know that inpatient treatment is an acute intervention in the addiction process and like other chronic illnesses, long term management will be necessary. Ultimate success is likely when the treatment process from intervention through primary care at Cedars and Continuing Care ensures that sound disease management strategies are in place.

The major steps in the recovery process are clearly described and the methods for achieving success are well understood. However, we know that individuals are unique and that this is a very complex illness, often accompanied by other mental and physical health issues. All people are not the same and to be successful, the treatment plan must take into account the unique aspects of each individual. A treatment plan that works well for one person could have a very poor outcome for another.

Continually assessing individual needs and tailoring treatment strategies to help each patient to be successful is the hallmark of treatment at Cedars.  Reading assignments and group therapy may be a great benefit to one person but someone else may require experiential therapies, equine facilitated psychotherapy or work with a yoga instructor or personal fitness trainer.  Still others will require the assistance of Dr. Amen’s work utilizing SPECT scans or the advanced technology of EEG assisted Brain Training to achieve the steps known to ensure recovery.  Some may require medication to assist them in order to make progress in this difficult but very rewarding journey.  

Whether the individual suffers from an addiction to the legal or illegal drugs or alcohol, an addictive relationship with food, sex, gambling, the internet or even to work, we know that a thorough evaluation of the entire physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health must be the starting point of a sound treatment plan. This evaluative process will be on-going during someone’s stay at Cedars. Evaluating the whole person is essential to designing a treatment plan that will see someone getting a great start on a full recovery.

At Cedars, we also believe that abstinence from drugs or addictive behaviours is just the starting point. Abstinence is not recovery. You can recover mental and physical health, family relationships, careers and reputations. You can also recover a life filled with meaning and the endless possibilities that are presented when you become capable of fully participating in the experience of being human. The staff at Cedars believe it is an extreme privilege and a great responsibility to be able join you during this difficult but exciting journey of the spirit towards a full recovery of your life’s possibilities.