WestBridge Dual Diagnosis Treatment

07/25/2025

07/24/2025

Today is International Self-Care Day (July 24)
You can’t pour from an empty cup. National Self-Care Day is your reminder to slow down, breathe, and do something just for you. Your mental health is worth protecting.
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To be able to care for the people you love, you must first take care of yourself. It’s like the advice we’re given on airplanes: put on your own oxygen mask before trying to help someone else with theirs. Taking care of yourself is a valid goal on its own, and it helps you support […]

07/23/2025

The Benefits of Biofeedback Therapy. WestBridge is pleased to offer biofeedback therapy to our participants. Biofeedback therapy is a non-invasive treatment that provides significant benefits to those dealing with mental health conditions and addiction. It empowers individuals to enhance their health and performance by mastering control over involuntary bodily processes like heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension, and skin temperature. Read more at

WestBridge offers biofeedback therapy using the Biosound® Healing Therapy System to support mental health and addiction recovery. This non-invasive treatment helps participants reduce stress, improve sleep, and gain control over physiological responses to enhance emotional well-being.

07/21/2025

"Personally Speaking: A family journey through severe mental illness" by Regina Toffolo. "Mental illness has been present in my family all my life. My grandfather died by su***de. My mother had narcissistic personality disorder, a rare mental illness that made my mother think she was the always the most important person. She also had difficulty empathizing with others. I have bipolar disorder and am a recovering alcoholic. My ex-husband, the father of my children, died by su***de. I have two sons with disabling mental illness, one who has bipolar disorder and a substance use disorder, and another son who suffers from depression, anxiety, and severe ADHD. From generation to generation, this has been a family journey." Read more at

By Regina Toffolo Mental illness has been present in my family all my life. My grandfather died by su***de. My mother had narcissistic personality disorder, a rare mental illness that made my mother think she was the always the most important person. She also had difficulty empathizing with others.....

07/18/2025

The Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) at WestBridge bridges the gap between traditional outpatient therapy and higher levels of care. Designed for adults of all genders, our IOP supports recovery from mental health challenges with or without co-occurring substance use.
For more information about our IOP Program visit https://www.westbridge.org/intensive-outpatient-program/

07/16/2025

"Having Accountability Conversations: The XYZ Method" by The Autism Experts Team. "Allow me to provide you with a simple but powerful script that you can use as a template for having uncomfortable conversations when you need to hold boundaries... without walking on eggshells.
It's called the X, Y, Z method and it has three parts: When you did X in Y situation, I felt Z.
That might sound something like this; "When you came home an hour after curfew last night, I felt worried." Or to give another example; "When you left your coat on the living room floor after school yesterday, I felt frustrated."
What you don't want to say is something like; "When you left your coat on the living room floor after school yesterday, I felt like you didn't respect my time."
So what's wrong with this?" Read more at

Here's simple but powerful script for holding boundaries with someone on the Autistic spectrum... without walking on eggshells.

07/14/2025

Hope Starts With Us: Living With Anxiety and Thriving as Young Adults, A NAMI Podcast. In this episode, Srihitha Dasari, Nadiyah Fisher, Anuj Gandhi, and Caitlyn Jennings share stories about their mental health journeys with us. Their conversation will cover their personal experiences, the many different types of anxiety, some ideas for managing anxiety, how mental health education can help youth, and more. Listen at

Anxiety can present in many different ways, which we’ll explore in this episode with four members of this year’s NAMI Next Gen cohort.

07/11/2025

Life can be stressful. If you are struggling to cope, or the symptoms of your stress or anxiety won’t go away, it could affect your health. Learn more at https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/so-stressed-out-fact-sheet

07/09/2025

Healing happens in community. WestBridge’s residential program provides a home-like environment, 24/7 clinical support, and a therapeutic model built on mutual respect and growth. Located in downtown Manchester, NH, our residence has supported recovery since 2005.
For more information about our residential program visit https://www.westbridge.org/residential-treatment/

07/07/2025

"Hope Starts With Us: Schizophrenia and Coping with Comedy". NAMI Podcast Featuring Kody Green. "In this episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with social media influencer and mental health advocate Kody Green about his experience with schizophrenia and how comedy can help spread awareness and help people cope."

  Jump To: Episode Featured Guest Share About the Host In this episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with social media influencer and mental health advocate Kody Green about his experience with schizophrenia and how comedy can help spread awareness and help people cope...

07/04/2025

From all of us at WestBridge to your family, have a safe and joyful 4th!

07/02/2025

Three days a week. Three hours a day. Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) provides the consistency and connection needed for real progress while allowing participants to maintain work, school, or home routines.
For more information about our IOP Program visit https://www.westbridge.org/intensive-outpatient-program/