Eastside Center for Healing

Eastside Center for Healing is a specialized behavioral health clinic for those looking for help in addressing and healing from substance abuse, sex/love addiction, codependency & trauma. Our Mission

We strive to make every step of the way in getting help for you and your family as personal, relaxed and uncomplicated as possible. Embarking on a course of treatment and therapy is a process of learning and of discovering and resolving barriers to the full expression of your true self. Our goal is to accompany you and your loved ones in a deep search through the many elements that lead to growth. Counseling often begins with confronting and overcoming a crisis that is inhibiting your ability to independently proceed with the emotional and intellectual work that is your life. A well-grounded relationship with a trusted and familiar coach-therapist is a major contributor to the overall success of therapy. Our Philosophy

Much can be done to prevent the strong psychological and physical urge to drink, smoke a cigarette, gamble, or use drugs. Recurrence of addictive habits does not imply failure has occurred and it does not wash away the gains made in recovery. Recurrence of use is an indication that a review is in order. It is never too late to help a person recover their life from active addiction. In addiction and mental health counseling for all members of the family it is helpful to explore ideas of a personal philosophy and sort through beliefs that are distressing, painful and destructive. How you interpret, perceive and make sense of the world around you plays a large role in explaining the difficulties you are encountering. By developing an inner life through self-reflection and self-challenge, your unconscious self-defeating thoughts and beliefs will emerge. One goal in counseling is to match a person to their stage of readiness for change. Even people who don’t want to change have an opportunity to put into motion the process of change by exploring the dilemmas encountered when others have asked them to change. We work to help a person favor positive change by examining how their addictive behavior is preventing them from achieving a life of purpose and intention. One approach in counseling comes from the Stages of Change model also known as the Transtheoretical Model. These stages help to define one’s readiness to change. We invite discussion about these thoughts and beliefs as they surface. As one’s self-awareness increases the likelihood increases that these self-defeating beliefs will be purged in favor of vital and positive thoughts and actions. It is essential that people develop a personal philosophy to guide their daily attitudes, thoughts and behaviors. The phenomenon of transformation is possible for everyone. We provide counseling not only to the person seeking help for substance abuse or mental health problems but also to the family. We know that recovery is greatly enhanced when family members and other loved ones are also learning about recovery and beginning their own journey to grow out of codependency and enabling behaviors and into healthy self care and improved ability to manage anxious feelings.