| Many leading American non-12-step, holistic treatment | | | | behavioral use patterns, etc., and not on the cause of |
| centers believe that the future of addiction and mental | | | | the problem which is the way a client perceives and |
| health treatment must focus on the whole person | | | | thinks. Treatment programs today and for the future |
| philosophy and move away from the disease, sickness | | | | should alter their protocols to make the primary |
| model so prevalent in todayâs treatment | | | | therapeutic target the âWhole |
| programs. | | | | personâ Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment® |
| Those involved in holistic treatment believe that | | | | wellness approach. Given such an array of complex |
| traditional addiction and mental health treatment | | | | causes and symptoms in addiction and mental health |
| primarily promote disease, sickness and a fear-based | | | | clients, considering that one approach will work for |
| life where relapse is only a moment away. It appears | | | | everyone lacks insight and does the client and field in |
| that 12-Step and disease model programs get poor | | | | general a disservice. It is impossible to know what |
| results, (some report an 80% relapse rate), because | | | | approach a client may latch on to that may change |
| they focus their attention on the addiction, depression, | | | | their life in the most profound way. |