SearchContingency Management Therapy
At Silver Pines, our facilities provide whole-person, holistic treatment
for alcohol addiction, substance use disorder, and dual diagnosis.
for alcohol addiction, substance use disorder, and dual diagnosis.
Contingency Management Therapy
At Silver Pines, our facilities provide whole-person, holistic treatment for alcohol addiction, substance use disorder, and dual diagnosis.
Addiction is an extremely complex and powerful disease that kills over 100,000 people in America each year. If you’re struggling with an addiction to alcohol or drugs, you may feel as though you have no hope to recover. However, by going to an addiction treatment center, you’ll see that it’s possible to begin a new life of sobriety. For example, a common method in addiction treatment is contingency management therapy, which can help you in your healing and recovery process.
What is Contingency Management Therapy?
Getting sober is only a small part of the battle for recovery, so it’s important to learn the tools necessary to maintain your recovery. In active addiction, you have rewired your brain in a way that you have developed a strong psychological dependence. Therefore, this is why it’s so important to not only detox but go through the entire rehabilitation process. Contingency management therapy involves using evidence-based techniques to help your brain begin to heal.
Moreover, this form of therapy is part of the behavioral therapy model in which you replace old thoughts and behaviors with new ones. The brain is wired in a way where you have gone into a mode of automation in which you turn to drugs and alcohol as your solution. However, through this type of therapy, you begin to identify toxic thoughts and behaviors. Over time, you’ll start to see your cravings and urges begin to diminish as you begin having more control.
Why Contingency Management Therapy?
Contingency management therapy is beneficial when you fully understand how your brain works. Our brains work in a way that helps us survive; context-dependent memory is how we do this. We need this form of learning because it allows us to eat when hungry, drink when thirsty, and avoid danger. The best way to describe this form of learning is through the habit loop model, which involves the following:
- Trigger
- Behavior
- Reward
For example, you may drink or use drugs every time you get into an argument with someone you love. The argument or the emotions are your triggers, and turning to substances is the behavior. Because of the effect substances give, your brain believes that you need to do this every time a situation or emotion happens. However, through therapy, you can identify these situations as they arise and turn to healthier behavior. You’ll be working with a therapist to help you throughout this process. Furthermore, you learn the tools to avoid relapse in the future.
What Works with Contingency Management Therapy?
One of the leading causes of relapse is when you have an untreated mental illness, which is why medications help greatly. Part of this therapy may involve diagnosing an underlying mental illness, like anxiety or depression, and the use of non-narcotic medications. Therefore, by controlling your mental health, you’ll have a much better chance of staying clean. A medical professional will help you find the medication that works best for you to decrease your biggest triggers.
If you’re struggling with an addiction, allow Silver Pines Treatment Center to help you recover. We have a team of people who are here to help you on your road to recovery. For example, we specialize in the following addiction treatment programs:
To begin your new life, call us today at 267.719.8689. In fact, we’re here to ensure your safety while leading you to the sober, exciting lifestyle you deserve.