Our Couples Rehab Idaho Options
Find Couples Rehab Support as Individuals at Icarus Idaho
When offering couples rehab, Idaho substance abuse treatment facilities must take extreme care in the delivery of therapy and integrated services. It takes specialized individual counseling and couples therapy sessions, with both partners making significant strides to sobriety. If one recovers well with the other person struggling after treatment, it can spell double trouble down the line.
Icarus Behavioral Health in Boise, Idaho, is a Joint Commission-accredited rehab facility. Our addiction treatment program for couples addresses more than drug or alcohol addiction. We consider whether either member has underlying mental health disorders or relationship issues have contributed to the substance use disorder. We customize treatment strategies using that determination to suit each person’s specific needs.
Seeking addiction treatment is a brave step. It acknowledges a problem and the need to fix it. Keep reading to learn more about this private and convenient solution and explore additional treatment options.
Couples Addiction Treatment Is Needed if Both Partners Struggle
Substance use disorders can be self-perpetuating. That’s especially true when both partners have alcohol or drug abuse issues; one partner’s triggers and resulting behaviors reinforce the other’s drug addiction. The drug and alcohol use becomes the main thing bonding the romantic relationship, replacing healthy interactions.
Without the intervention of a substance abuse specialist, the behaviors will go unchecked. That can lead to increased chances of overdoses and relapses if the couple tries to quit alone.
A Couples Rehab Program Can Break The Drug Abuse Cycle Safely
Professional couples counseling supports both people as they overcome addiction. As the partners commit to learning about why they have fallen into the trap of drug or alcohol abuse, they become ready to make lasting changes.
Therapists help change the dynamic by providing rehab treatment to each person while also addressing unhealthy relationship dynamics, communication gaps, and co-occurring disorders. This aspect of treating addiction helps them break the cycle and return to a sober life.
Expected Outcomes of Couples Drug and Alcohol Addiction Therapy Sessions
What can couples struggling with addiction and relationship problems expect from attending a specific rehab center that will meet their needs?
- Better communication skills: Couples work with a treatment provider to learn how to communicate without triggering drug or alcohol use. These skills are most helpful in early recovery.
- Become accountable to each other: While receiving treatment, each partner learns how to support the other as they continue the healing journey. They also discover how to avoid enabling behaviors.
- Prevent relapse: Couples learn coping tools for stress and triggers individually and as a couple, becoming an ongoing support system for each other.
- A more stable relationship: Behavioral couples therapy builds trust and respect in couples. Stability is especially important for married couples who can’t easily exit the relationship or for couples with children.
Evidence-based, comprehensive treatment programs, like those we offer at Icarus Idaho can help restore a normal life for the couples and their families.
Other Mental Health Disorders That Benefit from Couples Counseling
Some who seek couples treatment don’t have substance abuse issues but other mental health problems. Here are some other diagnoses that benefit from a couples rehab program:
- Eating disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Trauma or PTSD, especially when associated with past domestic violence
- Bipolar or mood disorders
- Chronic depression
Committed couples who work want individual treatment and couples counseling often find that evidence-based treatment practices can give them the boost they need to succeed.
UP TO 100% OF COUPLES REHAB COSTS COVERED BY INSURANCE
Insurance Covers Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs
Before the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and the Affordable Care Act of 2010, insurance companies used every tiny loophole to deny access to mental health treatment programs. They wrongly and willfully treated behavioral healthcare as less urgent than physical ailments. This practice placed their members at risk, even when they had a severe condition like an opioid addiction.
Fast forward. Many today still believe that mental health care is not covered.
It is covered. But it can still be a little tricky to get them to approve coverage, especially for couples rehab. It requires specific language, with a clear request for individual counseling for each partner. To avoid a denial because of an unclear explanation of what’s needed, we ask that you leave calling the insurance company to our dedicated team. Our admissions representatives work solely on getting you approved and admitted for care. We’ll seek the lowest co-pays and maximum coverage.
Call our admissions department today to allow us to start this process.
The Couples Recovery Process
The Icarus Idaho team can offer support for couples experiencing substance abuse or co-occurring disorders. We can also provide life skills to cope with mental health conditions unrelated to drugs and alcohol.
Please continue reading to learn some of the milestones along the recovery journey.
Medical Detox to End Physical Dependence on Drugs or Alcohol
Addiction treatment at a rehab center starts with a sub-acute medical detox, which addresses withdrawal symptoms and keeps partners safe.
Some struggling with addiction may attempt detoxing at home. But that’s a pretty bad idea. Depending on the nature of your drug addiction, withdrawal can get uncomfortable. That leads people to seek drugs to alleviate the symptoms. In opioid drug or alcohol rehab, the symptoms can even turn deadly without medical supervision.
In a medical setting, treatment options will include FDA-approved prescription drugs and monitoring of your well-being. Detox in conjunction with a rehab program is always the safest option.
Inpatient Rehab or an Outpatient Program
Some couple may require the intensive nature of a residential program, especially if both partners have long-term addictions or may endanger themselves or each other. Inpatient rehab provides 24-hour daily monitoring and treatment professionals to keep the partners safe.
However, many couples rehab programs take place in outpatient treatment centers. An outpatient program allows couples struggling to work on individual counseling and family therapy while meeting the demands of every day life.
Either may apply; the most accurate way to decide whether inpatient rehab or outpatient programs best suit your needs is to call our admissions team for a confidential discussion.
Individual Therapy and Addiction Treatment
For an effective couples rehab program, each person must work on prioritizing individual mental and emotional health. The person cannot be a strong, healthy partner until they resolve their own challenges. Individual substance abuse treatment helps each partner understand the negative behaviors that may contribute to addiction. With that knowledge, they can begin making lasting changes.
Group Therapy During Couples Addiction Treatment
Taking part in group therapy can help partners overcome addiction by working with peers who also struggle with substance abuse. Group therapy peers may include both partners, or they may be in separate groups depending on their relationship issues.
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Behavioral Couples Therapy
Together, the partners work to solve problems, communicate, and provide positive reinforcement to each other. These couple’s addiction treatment tools are valuable tools for learning to work together without triggering negative behaviors.
Joint Goal Setting in Behavioral Therapy
In this couples rehab activity, couples collaborate to set clear achievable goals together. These include goals related to sobriety, strengthening their relationship, and overall wellness. A couples addiction treatment specialist guides the process, helping the couple avoid obstacles during the process.
Drawing up a Recovery Contract During Couples Addiction Treatment
This document is an agreement the partners create during couples addiction treatment to outline their expectations of each other, boundaries, and responsibilities. The goal is to work through any disagreements under the guidance of a behavioral therapy specialist and avoid arguments that could lead to a relapse later.
Letter Writing to Discuss Relationship Issues During a Couples Rehab Program
Letter writing is prevalent in all addiction treatment, including couples rehab. It’s a practical exercise that helps the partners express their feelings, expand on their thoughts, and communicate safely. The role of the therapist in this part of the couple’s rehab process is to guide the partners as they seek to make positive changes after reading the letters to each other.
After Care Planning
Planning to maintain sobriety after leaving the treatment center is a crucial part of a robust couples rehab program.
Attend Recovering Couples Anonymous to Maintain Sobriety
Before leaving your rehab program, you’ll work with a counselor or licensed social worker to craft an aftercare program. This plan includes attending support groups like RCA, a 12-step model based on the Alcoholics Anonymous format.
RCA has one Idaho-based meeting located in Star, Idaho, near Boise. They meet every Friday at 8:30 pm at Life Spring Christian Church, 174 North Star Rd., Star, ID.
If that’s not a good meeting time or place for you, the RCA website lists multiple online opportunities to attend – click this link to find them.
Try a SMART Recovery Meeting
SMART Recovery, an evidence-based community program, offers an alternative to a 12-step model. After leaving couples addiction treatment, each partner must commit to continuing to grow, improve, and stay motivated in recovery.
SMART’s 4-point recovery system helps participants change any unwanted behaviors, which is critical to reinforcing the skills mastered in a couples rehab program.
Like RCA, SMART Recovery offers just one weekly meeting in Boise and a host of online sessions. You can join the group in person each Wednesday at 7:30 pm at 7091 W. Emerald Street, Boise, ID. Click here for their online meetings.
While they are not actual rehab programs, they offer an excellent alternative to treatment centers.
Call Icarus Idaho for Couples Rehab Program Support
Are you ready to experience the benefits of a couples rehab program? Few treatment centers in Idaho, if any, offer an intensive couples rehab program like ours. We welcome any couples struggling with addiction or other mental illnesses and commit to offering each individual only the highest level of care.
A couples addiction treatment program can help you stop using substances while also addressing the relationship issues that keep you caught up in the dangerous cycle of drug or alcohol use. When we confront these challenges simultaneously, we help you change the contours of your relationship so both of you enjoy a clean, sober life.
Call our admissions team today with any questions about our couples rehab program or to start your therapy.
