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Mental health counseling is something that you might benefit from if you have an addiction. Up to half of people who live with alcoholism or drug addiction also have a mental disorder. But even if you don’t suffer from any type of mental illness, mental health counseling can help you cope. This counseling can help you deal with the feelings caused by your addiction, both when you’re using and when you’re trying to stop. If you do have a mental disorder, then this counseling is absolutely necessary when you seek treatment to beat your addiction. This means that you have a dual diagnosis–a mental disorder along with an addiction. You’ll need special dual diagnosis treatment to help you break the bonds of addiction to alcohol and drugs.

Integrated dual diagnosis treatment includes mental health counseling as well as addiction treatment. It’s this treatment that can help someone who suffers with both addiction and mental illness to break free of both of them. Without a dual and balanced treatment approach, the risk of relapse is much higher. In fact, it’s almost impossible to get well if both problems aren’t treated at the same time. At Sunset Malibu, we offer truly integrated treatment for dual diagnosis so that you can get well and live your life free of alcohol and drugs, with the debilitating symptoms of mood disorders. You can benefit from our addiction treatment and mental health counseling if you’ll call Sunset Malibu at 1-800-332-9202.

Dual Diagnosis Mental Health Counseling

Why is mental health counseling so important in the case of a dual diagnosis? A dual diagnosis is a diagnosis that’s made when you’re both suffering from addiction and dealing with a mental disorder like major depression. While many people see the addiction and correctly realize that the drug and alcohol use must stop, they don’t give attention to the mental disorder. It’s a common myth that beating the addiction will also correct any mental illness issues. It’s true that some people with addiction aren’t mentally ill, but can behave like they are. In these cases, the addiction causes many of the same symptoms as mental illness. While mental health counseling can help them, they don’t need to be in a dual diagnosis treatment program.

But people have a mood disorder along with their addiction can’t be cured by them getting off drugs and alcohol. They’ll need mental health counseling and other therapies to treat their mental disorder. Getting off the drugs and alcohol will go a long way toward making them better. But the mental illness must be dealt with, too. Otherwise, it can flare up and make them depressed, paranoid or anxious. And the temptation to go back to the drugs and alcohol to get rid of these feelings can be too strong to resist. If mental health counseling and other treatments alleviate the symptoms of the mental disorder, then it won’t be there to make staying off drugs or alcohol as big a challenge. Call Sunset Malibu today at 1-800-332-9202 to experience our mental health counseling program for yourself.

Privacy and Luxury

Sunset Malibu is a luxury treatment center in beautiful Malibu, California, where you can be treated for a dual diagnosis. You’ll get mental health counseling, addiction treatment and other therapies to help make you well. While you may be able to get dual diagnosis treatment at many other treatment centers, none compare to Sunset Malibu. Our facility and our staff aggressively protect your privacy while you stay with us. Our staff are discreet, and solely concerned with helping you succeed in beating your addiction and mental illness. You can get mental health counseling in a variety of places, too. But few will be as luxurious as Sunset Malibu.

When you get mental health counseling at Sunset Malibu, you won’t be bored between sessions. There are a number of activities available. Enjoy swimming in the ocean with our beach access, or swim in the heated lap pool. Enjoy the beautiful ocean view from a balcony or the sun deck. Exercise in the fitness center with a personal trainer. Go horseback riding. Hike the beautiful grounds. You can’t spend every minute in addiction treatment or mental health counseling. Take advantage of your free time to relax and rejuvenate yourself with a spa treatment or massage. Our luxury facility even has fine furnishings that are visually appealing and comfortable so you’ll feel pampered. Call Sunset Malibu today at 1-800-332-9202.

Mental Health Counseling at Sunset Malibu

When you have a dual diagnosis, both the addiction and the mental illness must be treated at the same time. So at Sunset Malibu, you’ll get mental health counseling at the same times as we’re helping you overcome your addiction. This balanced approach can help you succeed once you leave our facility. We also offer aftercare to give you an even better chance at success. Our mental health counseling after you leave treatment can help you stay strong in your recovery.

It’s not easy to overcome the challenges you face. But when you get treatment and mental health counseling at Sunset Malibu, we give you every tool so that you have the best chance of success. Our luxury facility is the perfect place to fight your addiction. We make it beautiful and comfortable so that you can relax and let go of your everyday worries. You have to go back to your everyday life, though. So from the moment you come, we’re teaching you what you need to know when you leave. To give yourself the best chance of beating your addiction and mental illness, call us at 1-800-332-9202.

Mental Illness and Addiction Recovery

Life is hard when you have an addiction. When you also have a mental disorder, life goes from hard to impossible at times. Every day can feel like one more chore to struggle through. Mental disorders like depression can make you feel like life is hopeless. You might think that no one can every help you. And if you have bipolar disorder, part of the time you might feel like you don’t even need help. But when you’re dealing with a dual diagnosis, you do need help. And you need the specialized help that Sunset Malibu can offer you.

For additional information on the exclusive Mental Health Counseling services at Sunset Malibu, please visit our main Dual Diagnosis page or call us at 1-800-332-9202 any time.