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Having "negative" feelings can feel like a failure or that we don't have enough of a positive attitude. Balancing positive attitudes with authentic feelings is tricky. But with support, we can bravely do this, facilitating our healing.
I feel it is tragic that anti-depressant drugs like Zoloft and Paxil have become so prevalent in treating depression because while research has shown that medication can be helpful in treating clinical depression, a pill does not remedy the depression it simply masks the symptoms of it.
“That’s just the way I am”. How many times have we heard ourselves or someone else justify behavior with this statement?
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We Believe in Your Future
All of us at Creative Care Malibu enjoy a view of the ocean’s ever-changing and infinite horizon, reminding us of our unlimited potential to change.
Today, in our role as one of the pioneers of dual diagnosis, we continue our professional commitment to being on the leading edge of new methodologies and clinical excellence.
As each client’s unique treatment begins to work, our view of the coastal tide reminds us that addiction, along with its companion disorders, will ebb, allowing a new wave to renew us with discovery and recovery.
At the heart of Creative Care Malibu's reputation for excellence you'll find the diagnostic clinical talent of Dr. Khaleghi working in combination with a profoundly experienced treatment team led by Dr. Deena Manion.
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First, we listen.
Along with a dependency on drugs or alcohol, there may be undiagnosed psychological and neurological factors, traumas, and developmental history to be considered that have not been dealt with effectively in previous treatment attempts. This is what we call dual diagnosis. Careful discovery of these additional influences, based on sound clinical practices, is key to our building a particular treatment plan for each client.
Take a survey to explore what conditions might be amplifying your addiction.
10 Questions we are most often asked about the Creative Care experience.
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