Overview
- Updated On:
- July 28, 2023
Description
It’s time for us to share our decision to permanently retire the Residential aspect of The Clearing. We are intensely focusing our efforts on bringing the remarkable model of recovery The Clearing pioneered in our residential community to the online community. As many of you know, the new and innovative approach to providing treatment by working with Underlying Core Issues achieved astonishing success over our seven years of service. We are excited to offer the same excellence and personal service in this new model, while being able to work with more people at a more affordable price point.
Please continue to check back here for updates about our re-launch. In the meantime, we hope that content of this site will help you in making informed decisions about your care.
“The Clearing separates itself from all the others with its small group format of no more than 10 participants for the entire month, private bedrooms and bathrooms, 6 days a week of structured emotional and cognitive work based on science as well as evidence based psychology work.
The Clearing reveals a variety of methods, modalities and tools which comprehensively come together to re-frame the way you think, the way you view yourself and view the world. It does not infringe on your personal beliefs, nor does it concentrate on your “issue.” It gets to the core emotional events, the root causes which have led you there.
If you are struggling with addiction and or depression and anxiety as I was, you’ll learn to resolve these issues for the last time. You no longer have to live with it. The Clearing will change your life–and your family’s.”
– C.M.
Our graduates have had tremendous success. Over 80% of our graduates report being free of their addiction. Equally important, success is measured in everyday life being an entirely different experience. Family dynamics smooth, patience, optimism and energy return and the strategies you learn here play a huge role in your unfolding life. You have new and effective ways to deal with issues that in the past would have caused life to become imbalanced.
We offer a 28 day fully immersive treatment program that utilizes spiritual psychology to heal the underlying issues that are causing your disorder that offers:
- Our focus on healing underlying core issues
- Groups of 11 begin and end each session together
- Approximately 120 hours of uniquely individual counseling
- Compassionate, courteous, safe, supportive, and respectful environment
- Evidence-based, transformative wellness program
A non 12-Step program is just that, an alternative to traditional 12-Step addiction treatment. AA doesn’t work for everyone. If it doesn’t work for you, you have your reasons, and yours is the only opinion that truly matters.
Your task is to be proactive and empowered in finding something that works for you.
“This program changed my life. I have a whole, healthy new way of approaching life’s challenges. The Clearing has given me an arsenal of tools to keep me sober.”
– K.B.
Underlying core issues become apparent when we began responding to experiences in our life in unhealthy ways. We can see and feel that our reactions are out of proportion or unrelated to the event at hand. When traced to their origin, you’ll discover the underlying core issue causing the upset. The intense feelings, previously a mystery, now make sense and become understandable when you can see how they are connected to the present moment.
Understanding this concept is your first step to change. “The issue isn’t the issue. The issue is how you are with yourself as you go through the issue”.
Are you angry, intolerant, disappointed, impatient and frustrated with yourself and others when something isn’t going as you planned or hoped? Have you noticed that an otherwise minor or manageable problem explodes into chaos when you respond from this place? Now there are hurt feelings, regret for things said, lines in the sand – if I only had cooled down before I responded.
Change is inevitable when you learn to be supportive, reasonable, solution oriented and patient with yourself when things go wrong. The situation exists either way, doesn’t it? But the way you handle it makes it measurably better or worse.
Subtle and extreme traumas and entanglements from our past cause present events to trigger us into experiencing extreme reactions that take us completely by surprise, “why is this encounter bothering me so much?” “I thought I’d dealt with that, let it go”
Untying the knots that tie our past to our present experiences is the key to moving forward into a life lived fully in the present moment. We were never meant to carry past memories and experiences in ways that create suffering today.
Learn how. It’s a whole new life.
Dual Diagnosis Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders
When you suffer from a mental health issue along with substance abuse it is called co-occurrence or dual diagnosis and is more common that you might think. In a study published by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), it is estimated 2.2 million adults suffered from co-occurring issues in 2018. Many people experiencing substance abuse have untreated mental health issues or their addiction might have caused trauma in their lives that worsen the symptoms.
You are not alone and there is help.
Our innovative, residential wellness program focuses on healing the underlying core issues, which fuel substance abuse, depression, anxiety and other challenges to our mental health by identifying your co-occurring disorders and treating them with a dual diagnosis.
If you are experiencing any of the symptoms below, along with substance abuse, you have co-occurring disorders that will benefit from dual diagnosis treatment.
| Depression Anxiety Self-loathing Grief / Loss Sadness Hopelessness Estranged relationships Self-harming behavior | Low self-esteem Lack of confidence Ambivalence Shame / Guilt Regret Health issues Relationship problems Suicidal ideations | Suicidal attempts Trauma Job loss Isolation Financial distress Apathy Lack of purpose Loss of passion |
Every individual is unique and there’s no yardstick to measure a “traumatic” event. Trauma may be as subtle as a painful playground encounter or as horrific as the outer boundaries of assault, abuse, or violation.
For more information, please visit The Clearing After Your Life
