Pittsburgh, PA Drug Detox

Positive Pathways provides individual and group counseling/therapy for opiate addiction in the Pittsburgh, PA area.

Opiate Dependence counseling, what is it?

Professional counselors provide guidance, advice and support to patients suffering from Opioid addiction.  The main goal of counseling is to encourage the patient to abstain from any form of drug abuse.  During sessions, therapists explain the harmful effects of Opioid addiction to the patient’s well-being, as well as to family, friends and the community.  Counseling empowers the patient to understand the negative effects of Opioid addiction.  In addition, counseling helps the patient to recover from the harmful effects of Opioid addiction by looking at their lives with a holistic approach.  The mind, the body and the soul must heal for recovery to be successful.  The counselor assists the patient in re-learning life’s most important values and lessons.

Positive Pathway's Treatment Services:

• Understand that opioid dependence is not only physical, but can also change how you feel (your psychology) and how you act (your behavior).
•  Learn how to identify triggers, things that cause you stress, and high-risk situations that may lead to relapse.
•  Learn how to identify and avoid the triggers and high-risk situations that may lead to relapse—and learn what you can do when you can't avoid them.
•  Cope with emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in healthier ways.
•  Make meaningful lifestyle changes.
•  Take steps to improve your relationships.
•  Work on important life strategies, such as finding the job you want, getting your finances in order, and taking better care of yourself.
•  Follow your treatment plan and keep your medication-assisted therapy on track.

Positive Pathways will help each client to enroll in the HERE TO HELP PROGRAM :

Here to Help you can be an active part of your treatment
The tools in this section are tools for living—created to help you understand where you are today so you can see your way forward and stay on track.
There are tools to help you find motivation, set goals, plan for success, and think ahead. All to help you reach your own personal treatment goals. They are meant to be used together—and returned to often.

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Contact Positive Pathways today at 412-894-8222 for all your Pittsburgh, PA opiate dependence counseling needs.

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