HOW BALANCE IS DIFFERENT At Balance Treatment Center, we strongly believe that our clients are more than their diagnoses. When we work with clients, we go beyond the diagnosis and the symptoms and act to learn who they are and what is preventing their growth. While the diagnosis is important in providing answers, communicating with professionals and helping to provide relief, it has been our experience that this relief can be temporary. At Balance, we look at the whole person and try to investigate and understand the underlying conflicts causing dysregulation, pain and psychological suffering in our clients and their families. We believe that if we focus solely on the symptoms, we will inhibit a client’s growth trajectory.Our mission at Balance is to help everyone grow by removing the obstacles so that they can create and pursue goals. WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH? Mental health is a state of well-being in which we are able to experience such things as satisfaction, hopefulness, optimism, peace, purpose, self-worth and positive relationships. It is a state in which we are able to cope with the normal stress from life. It is a state in which we are able to live productively and make contributions to our communities. YOU ARE NOT ALONE Mental illness is more widespread than you might guess. Almost 1 in 5 Americans struggles with some form of mental illness, which is why the availability of proper care and treatment is so important. At Balance we want to help remove the stigma surrounding mental illness so that people are able and comfortable reaching out for the help they need.
Intensive Outpatient Programs for Teens and Adults Our Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) are for anyone who may benefit from a stronger source of support and structure in their path toward growth. This type of treatment can serve as a form of aftercare following inpatient or partial hospitalization or as an option for those who find that individual psychotherapy alone is not an adequate source of support for addressing their concerns. Our programs provide structure, support and guidance while allowing clients to remain active in their lives by maintaining daily routines such as work or school. We work with people who suffer from a broad range of mental health struggles such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, gender and sexual identity issues, oppositional defiance, and comorbid substance abuse challenges. Value of Group Therapy To many, the idea of group therapy may sound scary. Most clients express this fear in the beginning. At Balance, we recognize that it is often scary to try something new. Our therapists provide a safe environment, meeting clients where they are, so that they have the opportunity to experience the powerful support from working in a group. Group therapy is not, as some may imagine, simply psychotherapy conducted with a group of people rather than with an individual. While the therapist leading the group is essential in providing safety, encouragement and education, the group itself plays an equally important role in reflecting destructive beliefs and overcoming such negative beliefs through connection and empowerment by peers. Group therapy is a microcosm of the social environment that we, as people, inhabit in everyday life. By providing our clients with the opportunity to operate in a group setting as they would in their daily lives, we reveal blind spots, which ultimately enables change, healthy social habits, opportunities to grow and to create and pursue goals.
