As Clinical Director at Green Gate Intensive, I have seen many changes in addiction treatment over my 30 years in the field. The most exciting change is the increasing understanding of the importance of a holistic approach to addiction treatment.

Holistic care involves the understanding that the body is a complicated system that has multiple components. These components include the following:*

Physical Body   The physical body involves structures - organs and bones.

Electric Body         The nervous system - electrical activity that involves the heart and brain

Mental Body           The mind - conscious and sub-conscious

Universal Mind      The unconscious

The Soul                 Described as our spirit, our relationship with God

*(As described  by Dr. D. Klinghardt)

The dominant medical approach in America treats the physical body. Pharmaceutical companies control much of medicine today, and there are many drugs out there designed to suppress uncomfortable symptoms. There are certainly times when symptom suppression is very important.  But this approach ignores the other levels. For example, what causes the symptoms in the first place? This applies to addiction. Can we simply medicate addiction? Can we simply suppress the symptoms associated with addiction?

Over the many years, I have come to realize that this approach may be effective for some, but it leaves many others out.

At Green Gate Intensive, we understand that there are many layers to addiction. Does the addict care about living? If not, no miracle drug is going to change that. Does the addict have a brain injury that has slowed the firing of brain waves, creating on-going depression and insomnia?  Medications may help on a temporary basis, but neurofeedback has created a permanent change for many people. What happens at the unconscious level to perpetuate the addiction cycle? Quantum biofeedback may help to identify these issues.

We are detectives - motivated by curiosity, free to explore your individual issues above and beyond the physical body. We know from experience that all addiction is not created equally, and we are committed to helping you identify what is causing you to continue in a downward spiral.

Whatever healing path you choose, make sure that your provider listens to you and respects that you are a complicated being!