Rational Emotive Therapy in Drug Rehabilitation

Overview

Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) is about changing our thought process in the way we react to emotions. How we control our emotions, is how we learn to control our behaviors and the way we react to emotional situations may determine whether we use alcohol and/or drugs or not. While we cannot always control situations that happen in our life, we can be responsible for how we react to the situation.

Treatment Methods

Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Rational Emotive Therapy
Moral Reconation Therapy
Spiritual Counseling
Extensive Individual Therapy
Group Therapy
Psychotherapy
Introduction to 12 Step
Related Disorder Management
Dual Diagnosis
Fitness and Nutrition Therapy
Massage Therapy
Personal Adjustment Therapy
Life Adjustment Therapy

Rational Emotive Therapy

What is RET? The primary focus is to assist residents in changing thought patterns that will lead to changing addictive behaviors.

Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) is a therapeutic approach, similar to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The primary focus of this drug treatment is to assist the resident in changing thought patterns that will lead to changing behaviors. It emphasizes changing irrational thinking that cause emotional distress, into more reasonable and rational thoughts. It is belief that thoughts control your feelings and although you can't avoid your feelings, you can change the thinking and the response to those feelings. You can learn to re-think the situations and learn to control negative emotions.