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Learning to Take Care of Himself Taking care of everyone else can eventually take its toll on a man. One Headwaters Counseling client, in his forties, had been responsible for his alcoholic father and mentally ill mother for many years. He had a hard time saying no, and was greatly overwhelmed. In time, his parents both passed away. He wasn’t quite sure what to do with himself. Then his beloved dog, the last thing he had, passed away as well, and he reached a breaking point.
He had no one in his life to take care of him or help support him through his grief and frustration. He had no contact with his siblings or other family and didn’t know where to turn. He came to Headwaters Counseling angry and with a lot of anxiety. Change is difficult, but this client was ready for the challenge! He did everything that was suggested to him by his Headwaters Counseling therapist – he tried it all! He never gave up on himself. He had to learn relaxation skills, breathing techniques, diverting attention from anxiety toward something productive, and self-guided imagery. He had a lot of unresolved conflicts and was able to resolve the ones that he could. He began focusing on his hobbies and interests and now shares them with others. He reconnected with one of his siblings, graduated from college, and rescued a new kitten. For so many years he was the caretaker. He has since learned balance (how to say NO), and can take care of himself.
Climbing a Mountain After Hitting Rock Bottom
She had never lived on her own. She went straight from living with her parents to living with her husband. They got married. They had children. They built a life and family together. Isn’t that what all little girls dream of? Unfortunately the dream of an ideal adult family life was not all it should have been for this woman. An abusive husband made life nearly unbearable. Over time, drugs became a comfort and a way to cope with the abuse that came from a man who once vowed to honor and cherish her. The addiction grew, and led to multiple arrests. Her children were taken from her. That childhood dream had turned into a very real nightmare. A hopeless situation had turned worse, and once out of jail, this young woman had not only lost her children but had gained a mountain of legal fees. She used the support and resources of a halfway house and her Headwaters Counseling therapist to begin a new life with better choices. She joined the Women in Recovery program at Headwaters Counseling, where she gained the strength and knowledge she needed to get her life back on track. She has left the halfway house and for the first time is living on her own. She has had a job for several months and is working at paying off her legal debts in order to regain custody of her children. The children are able to visit with Mom and talk with her over the phone regularly, which is a great motivator! While she is no longer in the Women in Recovery program, she continues individual counseling with a therapist she has grown to trust and lean on for support.
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Assessment Services We provide extensive assessments upon request. When completed, these bio-psychosocial assessments provide the individual and referral source, if any, valuable information to address areas of concern. Treatment Modalities and Services Our current services include: • Individual outpatient treatment • Couple outpatient treatment • Family outpatient treatment; • Group outpatient treatment; These apply to both behavioral health and/or drug or alcohol related problems. Individual and family therapy can also take place in our play therapy rooms.This process is very effective with younger children and even some adults that need a specialized intervention to assist them in improving the quality of their lives. Other Programs
Mental Health Services Our primary focus of treatment for individuals, couples and families is individual therapy with a master lever therapist. In some circumstances, groups are developed when needs are identified that can be better served in a group setting. Some of the groups in the past have addressed: • Children in Foster Care • Women with Domestic Violence Issues • Adult Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse • Parenting Special Needs Children • Parenting Classes
Sexual Offender Treatment Program This is an 18 to 24-month three-phase program designed for individuals who have been convicted of a sexual offense with a defined victim(s).This group and individual approach addresses cognitive distortions and emphasizes safety plans and ownership for behavior. Respect Program This is a 12-month two-phase program designed for individuals who have been arrested for an offense such as indecent exposure (without an identified victim) or prostitution, where behaviors have caused problems with their social or legal standing. Many of these individuals are participating in lieu of prosecution or deferred from court proceedings, and if they complete this program, charges will be dismissed.This is not a requirement to be in the program. Relapse Prevention This program is approximately 6 weeks and is designed for individuals who have experienced prior treatment and/or have had a period of sobriety followed by a return to using mood- altering sub stances (alcohol and/or drugs). Outpatient Treatment Program This program is up to 72-hours and meets, depending on level of treatment, 2 or 3 times a week for 10 weeks.This program is designed for the individual who has demonstrated a significant problem with drugs and/or alcohol. Both the Outpatient Treatment Program and the Women in Recovery Program are followed by a 6-week Aftercare Program. Both of these programs utilize twelve-step programs and their philosophies to help facilitate recovery.
Women in Recovery This program is approximately 22 weeks in length and addresses issues for women who have substance related issues and have also experienced a level of trauma at some point in their lives that is affecting their recovery. These women are assigned and seen by a therapist individually while they are in this program to maximize the benefits of the program. Both the Outpatient Treatment Program and the Women in Recovery Program are followed by a 6-week Aftercare Program. Both of these programs utilize twelve-step programs and their philosophies to help facilitate recovery.
Discrimination, whether based on race, gender, or sexual orientation, has long been thought to be a contributor to substance abuse. Now a new study has confirmed the relationship between discrimination and addiction, but it’s also brought up many more questions that still need to be answered in order to improve treatment outcomes. Researchers at the University of Iowa recently completed a peer review study in which they looked at 97 previous studies on discrimination and alcohol use. Their goal was to summarize the collective knowledge researchers have uncovered throughout the years, and what they found confirmed in more detail what many had previously suspected.
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“Generally there is good scientific support, but the evidence is mixed for different groups
and for types of discrimination.” - Dr.Paul Gilbert, University of Iowa
overtly racist or sexist to another person. But less research has been done on what are known as micro-aggressions, small everyday occurrences that can rub a person the wrong way. That research is improving, but there are other factors that need to be more fully explored. While studies have looked at historical trauma in the African-American population, the concept has not been fully investigated with regards to Hispanic and Asian populations. “This notion of historic trauma could be really relevant to other groups, but it hasn't received much attention at all,” Dr. Gilbert says. “This is something we should pay attention to.” All of this adds up to the fact that treatment providers may be missing a key piece of the substance abuse puzzle.
The team found that discrimination did indeed lead to an increase in drinking frequency, quantity of alcohol consumed, and in the risk for alcohol use disorders. Researchers say drinking can represent a coping mechanism in response to the stress caused by discrimination, and several studies showed clients acknowledging this direct link themselves. But when looking at specific populations and types of discrimination, the picture becomes less clear. “The story is that generally there is good scientific support, but the evidence is mixed for different groups and for types of discrimination,” says Dr. Paul Gilbert, the study’s lead author. “We don’t really know comparing one type or one level to another.” For example, much research has been done on interpersonal discrimination where someone is
But just because the intricacies of how discrimination affects drinking aren’t yet fully understood, that doesn’t mean our current knowledge base can’t be helpful. Dr. Gilbert says simply knowing that experiences with discrimination can drive drinking could inform the way treatment providers interact with clients, opening new areas of their lives to explore during treatment. “It can serve as sort of an early warning or indicator,” Dr. Gilbert says. “For treatment providers, it’s worth looking at: is there something that may be keeping folks from accessing services or affecting outcomes?”
Dr. Gilbert says treatment providers should continue to address discrimination as part of a holistic approach to recovery. He says it will be up to researchers to fill
in the gaps to find the precise ways that discrimination affects drinking behavior. “We’ve got good evidence on this level of interpersonal discrimination,” Dr. Gilbert says. “We’ve gotten the low-hanging fruit, now it’s time to start working on the stuff that’s a little further up the tree.”
“It can serve as sort of an early warning or indicator.”
Headwaters Counseling
2712 SOUTH CALHOUN STREET FORT WAYNE, IN 46807 PHONE: (260) 744-4326
T ROOTS OF ADWATERS COUNSELING GO BACK TO 1873. WE PROVIDE OUTPATIENT COUNSELING SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE BEHAVIORAL ALTH NEEDS OR ARE AT RISK OF HARMFUL INVOLVEMENT WITH ALCOHOL OR OT R DRUGS.
HOW HEADWATERS COUNSELING HELPS CHILDREN WE PROVIDE THERAPY FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY AND/OR SEXUALLY ABUSED, INCLUDING THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT BY THEIR PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS. WE OFFER A CONSTANT IN THE LIVE OF CHILDREN WHO ARE OFTEN MOVED AROUND FROM ONE FOSTER HOME TO THE NEXT AND HAVE LITTLE STABILITY OTHERWISE. WE CAN TEACH A CHILD THAT THEY ARE VALUED, THEY CAN BE HAPPY, THEY DO NOT NEED TO FEAR ADULTS, THEY CAN HAVE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, AND THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO BE HURT BY GROWN UPS.
Headwaters Counseling
2712 SOUTH CALHOUN STREET FORT WAYNE, IN 46807 PHONE: (260) 744-4326
Boom, Bust, and Drugs Study says economic downturn leads to increase in substance use disorders When the economy tanks, drug abuse goes up.That’s the finding of a new study which shows the state of the economy is closely linked with substance abuse disorder rates for a variety of substances. The study, conducted by researchers from Vanderbilt University, the University of Colorado and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), found the use of substances like ecstasy becomes more prevalent during economic downturns. Researchers also found that other drugs like LSD and PCP see increased use only when the economy is strong. But for overall substance use disorders, the findings were clear.
“Problematic use (i.e., substance use disorder) goes up significantly when the economy weakens,” says Christopher Carpenter, one of the lead researchers. “Our results are more limited in telling us why this happens.” Researchers say it’s possible that people turn to substance use as a means of coping with a job loss or other major life changes caused by economic pressures, but their particular study did not pinpoint an exact cause and effect. Not all drugs are equal The study showed that a downward shift in the economy has the biggest impact on painkillers and hallucinogens. Rates of substance abuse disorders were significantly higher for those two categories than any other class of drug.
Researchers also found the change in disorder rates was highest for white adult males, a group which was one of the hardest hit during the Great Recession.They say more research is needed to determine exactly how the economy and drug use are related, but they say the study highlighted some key groups for prevention and treatment workers to target during future economic downturns.
“Problematic use (i.e., substance use disorder) goes up significantly when the economy weakens.” - Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University
Slippery slope Despite some lingering questions, researchers were able to show the significance of the economy’s role in problematic substance use.The study showed that even a small change in the unemployment rate can have a tremendous impact on the risks for substance abuse disorders. “For each percentage point increase in the state unemployment rate, these estimates represent about a 6 percent increase in the likelihood of having a disorder involving analgesics and an 11 percent increase in the likelihood of having a disorder involving hallucinogens,” the authors write. Previous studies have focused on the economy’s link to marijuana and alcohol, with many looking at young people in particular.This study is one of the first to highlight illicit drugs, which given the current opioid epidemic, holds important lessons for those working to curb problematic drug use.
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When it’s needed most The study bears significant weight for treatment facilities and public policy makers in particular. During economic downturns, government agencies typically look to cut spending on treatment programs as a way to save money, something researchers say may be more costly in the end. “Our results suggest that this is unwise,” Carpenter says. “Such spending would likely be particularly effective during downturns since rates of substance use disorders are increasing when unemployment rates rise, at least for disorders involving prescription painkillers and hallucinogens.”
“Spending would likely be particularly effective during downturns since rates of substance use disorders are increasing when unemployment rates rise.” - Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University
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HOW HEADWATERS COUNSELING HELPS THE COMMUNITY WE OFFER SERVICES TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED, AS WELL AS ABUSERS, HELPING TO END THE CYCLE OF ABUSE FROM BOTH SIDES. HEADWATERS COUNSELING MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES IN WAYS THAT OTHERS MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.
Bend But Don’t Break Yoga is being used to help people maintain recovery and avoid relapse
Yoga is no longer exercise your annoying, health-conscious friend won’t stop talking about.The ancient practice is now being used to help people recover from addiction. While scholars estimate yoga was developed sometime around 300 to 400 B.C., the practice hasn’t stopped changing over the last 2,000 years. A new wave of yogis are now helping people in recovery connect their spiritual and physical sides through yoga by combining the practice with more traditional 12-step elements. “It’s just a way of coming back to a sense of wholeness,” says Nikki Myers, a yoga therapist who helped develop the 12-step yoga system. “We use yoga as a process in order to bring that reintegration.”
Myers says she developed the system primarily as a means of relapse prevention. She says a typical 12-step yoga session would begin the same way most 12- step meetings do, with a focus on sharing and discussion of important recovery topics. Once the “meeting” portion of the session is over, the group will then move into a series of yoga poses designed to help participants focus on their physical recovery. “A focus needs to be on the body- based piece as well as the cognitive piece in order for wholeness to really be manifested,”Myers says. “Once you include those things, the whole idea is that these will begin to offer us a set of tools that we can use both on the mat in the yoga practice and off the mat when the triggers of life show up.”
“It’s just a way of coming back to a sense of wholeness.” - Nikki Myers, yoga therapist
The right tools Myers says the idea that yoga can provide a set of tools is critical as the practice of yoga is much more than the poses themselves. She says there’s also a focus on breathing techniques, a meditation of sorts, and a connection to one’s physical reactions that can prove vital when faced with difficult circumstances. Myers recalls how one woman who participated in 12-step yoga later found herself in a very stressful situation at home with her kids misbehaving and everything going wrong. She said she could feel the negativity boiling up inside her. It was the kind of stress that had triggered her to drink in the past, but the woman said in that moment she was able to relax and calm herself by focusing on her breathing and remembering the feeling of tranquility she had experienced in class. “It had a way of creating a space, giving her tools to create a space between her reactions and instead take a different neural pathway,”Myers says. “These are the kind of tools that we’re looking to have people use.” “A focus needs to be on the body-based piece as well as the cognitive piece in order for wholeness to really be manifested.” - Nikki Myers
Not a replacement Myers is quick to point out that yoga is not a substitute for traditional 12-step support, but rather an additional measure that some people may find helpful. She says some people have pushed back against the practice, but others have been enthusiastic about its power, with classes spreading across the country and even internationally. Myers says she hopes that one day 12-step yoga will be as common as other treatment programs. But she says as long as people are maintaining sobriety and finding wholeness within themselves, she’ll be proud of the difference her system has made. “We’ll tell people, ‘Notice this in your body, what it really feels like,’” Myers says. “Healing only happens in safe space.”
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