Medicine steadies you. Therapy changes things.

Individual and group therapy form the core, with family education and involvement when clinically appropriate, and specific approaches including CBT, DBT-informed skills, trauma-informed care and life-skills work. Art and music therapy and on-site peer-support meetings — both 12-Step and SMART Recovery — run alongside. Which approaches your plan draws on depends on your assessment.

Your treatment plan is built with you rather than handed to you, and preferences matter — particularly around trauma work, where pace and consent are part of the method. What approach fits is a clinical judgment made together rather than a menu you pick from.

Therapy is scheduled according to your treatment plan. Group therapy runs as part of the residential schedule, and individual sessions are set with your counselor and reviewed as your plan changes; staffing and clinical needs may affect scheduling.

Yes. What you share is protected health information held within your care team to guide your treatment, and substance use records carry stricter federal protection than ordinary medical records. The exceptions are narrow and safety-related, and your counselor will tell you what they are.

Say so early — it's useful clinical information rather than an obstacle, and a poor fit with one therapist or one approach doesn't predict the next. Being able to name what didn't work makes it more likely the next attempt does.

Trauma-informed care — stabilization and coping skills first, then work on trauma symptoms at a pace you can tolerate, delivered within residential treatment. Which approach fits is set by your assessment, and trauma-informed care shapes how staff work with you throughout your stay, not just the therapy hour.