About Effective Living Center – Little Falls
Located in Little Falls, Minnesota, Effective Living Center is a state licensed facility that specializes in treating adults with co-occurring substance use disorders. The treatment options available at this location include the general and intensive outpatient program. The facility is not far from downtown making it convenient to access local restaurants and parks after your treatment sessions.
Effective Living Center uses a range of proven treatments that can assist you in your recovery from addiction. Some of the treatments that the staff may use include moral reconation therapy, dialectical behavioral skills, and anger management.
Moral reconation therapy involves increasing your moral reasoning so you choose to avoid using substances in the future. It can be effective at reducing recidivism among individuals who’ve had legal issues due to addiction.
The dialectical behavioral skills group will focus on mindfulness and emotional regulation. Improving your ability to manage your stress can help reduce your likelihood of relapse. The DBS group meets three hours a week.
Some clients may need additional care to support their addiction recovery. Effective Living Center offers other substance use disorder treatment services at their St. Cloud location. The services available at this location include psychiatric medication assessment and management, gender specific recovery groups, and domestic violence programming.
Mental illnesses can often be a primary cause of substance use disorder and sometimes doesn’t improve from talk therapy alone. The psychiatrist on staff can prescribe psychiatric medications such as antidepressants and mood stabilizers to help manage your symptoms.
