Everyone feels down and out sometimes. Some call it the blues, others call it sadness or melancholy. This is a natural and necessary part of the human experience. However, sometimes symptoms of depression are persistent and interfere with daily life. … Read More
Color Therapy
Color therapy is a system of alternative medicine that utilizes color, usually in the form of projected colored light. Color therapy is an interesting (and beautiful) healing modality. It typically involves the use of different colors on various parts of … Read More
Medication Maintenance: Pros and Cons
In the past couple of years there has been a shift in treatment that allows for non-abstinence-based interventions when they are deemed necessary by a medical professional. Prior to the adoption of these maintenance-based interventions (MBI), the addiction recovery culture … Read More
Cold Turkey: Examining the Potential Dangers
It is critical to understand the necessity of medically assisted detoxification from drugs and alcohol under the supervision of a physician. While there are several important reasons for medically assisted detox, the primary reason is due to the literal potential … Read More
Incarcerated, In Treatment, or Insane
Carl Rogers, the father of Humanist psychology, identified that a certain psychic change must be made before an individual is able to enter into the therapeutic relationship. He stated that, prior to coming into therapy, the individual needed to first … Read More
Trusting In Time
Addiction robs us of our ability to trust in just about anything or anyone. The drugs and alcohol we grow addicted to take on a human-like quality and intentionally funnel our trust into only one place- the place of intoxication. … Read More
The Risk Of Isolation After Treatment
Treatment is quite the shared experience. Everyone who comes to treatment has reached some low point of suffering and struggle in their lives and made the decision to seek help to change things around. During treatment emotions are raw, energy … Read More
Brothers Forever: Staying in Touch with Friends from Treatment
Nothing bonds people quite like facing a common challenge together, and fighting addiction is one of the biggest challenges most people will ever face. Addiction treatment is a transformative time that challenges you mentally, emotionally, and physically. Many people find … Read More
Communication Isn’t Just for Treatment
In treatment here at Tree House PDX, we stress a lot– like the importance of brotherhood, the power of fitness, and the connection between mind, body and soul. No matter what we stress, though, almost none of it would do … Read More
What is DBT
Marsha Linehan, a psychologist from the University of Washington, originally developed dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) in the 1980’s to help treat women with borderline personality disorder (BPD); over time, however, researchers found that DBT could be applied to a wide … Read More