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Innovative Gardening Project Enhances Substance Abuse Treatment at Four Circles Recovery Center
Four Circles introduces young adults to the therapeutic benefits of gardening to enhance their recovery from addiction and co-occurring disorders. Read more about Innovative Gardening Project
Addiction Treatment Programs to Co-Host Addiction Workshop for Clinical Professionals
This April, three prominent addiction treatment programs – Four Circles Recovery Center, Sober Living by the Sea and SunHawk Adolescent Recovery Center – and two highly regarded clinical professionals – Susan Berlin, LICSW, CASAC and Don Sloane, MSOD, CPCC – will co-host an event featuring Terence Gorski, an internationally acclaimed addiction treatment professional and pioneer in the area of relapse prevention. Read more about the Addiction Workshop for Clinical Professionals
Addiction is a physical disease, but it is also an illness of the mind and spirit. Because of its healing effects, meditation can be a powerful tool in addiction recovery. The Power of Meditation in Addiction Recovery
Treating “Peter Pan Syndrome” with Wilderness Therapy
“I won’t grow up. I don’t want to wear a tie, and a serious expression in the middle of July.” As charming as the song is, parents all across America are desperately concerned, “Will my son or daughter ever grow up?”
The “Peter Pan Syndrome” is a common phenomenon witnessed by parents: young people in their late teens and twenties who look like adults on the outside, but are still teenagers on the inside. Often, these young adults get caught up with “partying” and staying out all hours of the night, resisting the responsibilities of adulthood and glorifying the “freedom” of adolescence. READ ARTICLE »
-Meghan Vivo
Research Supports Effectiveness of 12-Step Based Addiction Treatment
Many experts believe that the 12 Steps are an integral part of any drug rehab program. But for decades, the success of AA/NA was based primarily on word of mouth and anecdotal evidence rather than scientific research.
However, in the past 10 years, new support for the 12 Steps has surfaced, thanks in large part to a wave of studies that have confirmed the effectiveness of 12-Step based addiction treatment. READ ARTICLE »
Spring Break Worries Lead Families to Seek Sober Alternatives at Four Circles Recovery Center Wilderness Rehab Program for Young Adults
Four Circles wilderness-based addiction treatment program encourages families to get help for their college students’ substance abuse before the annual partying binge begins over spring break.
After just three years of treating young men and women with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders, Four Circles has built an outstanding reputation for clinical excellence. Continue reading Four Circles Recovery Center Celebrates Three Years as a Leader in the Field of Addiction Treatment
There are no matches or lighters. The only materials available to start a fire are primitive ones: sycamore branches, string, a rock for flint and a knife to whittle a sharp stick. Continue reading Young Drug Abusers find Therapy in the Wilderness.
Four Circles Recovery Center Introduces Adventure Curriculum into its Wilderness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program
Rock climbing and fly fishing make their debut at Four Circles substance abuse treatment program as one more way to help young men and women on their path toward recovery.
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RX for Disaster
Prescription pills are cheap, easy to explain, and even easier to score. but kids don't realize how deadly their new drug of choice can be. Click here to read more>>
-Annemarie Conte
Four Circles Recovery Center Invites Clinical Professionals to Engage Their Spirits This Summer
Four Circles substance abuse treatment program will co-host a professional development workshop in June featuring a daylong presentation on “Integrating Spirituality into Therapy.”
In recognition of its two-year anniversary, Four Circles reflects on how far addiction treatment has come, and how much further it can go. Continue reading Four Circles Recovery Center Celebrates Two Years of Cutting-Edge Addiction Treatment for Young Men and Women
Four Circles Recovery Center Recognized for Clinical Excellence
Four Circles was recently recognized by parent company, CRC Health Group, for their commitment to clinical excellence.
According to one of CRC’s Regional Vice Presidents, Joe Procopio, “This award was established to recognize programs which set the standard in terms of the delivery of care.” Continue Reading Four Circles Recovery Center Regognized for Clinical Excellence