Alternative to Meds provides personalized, alternative routes to recovery and helps clients taper off psychiatric medications. They provide medication tapering for antidepressants, antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines with
holistic methods for a medication-free recovery. Alternative to Meds treats addiction and mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, trauma, post traumatic stress (PTSD), ADHD, bipolar, and more. They cater to executives with flexible technology policies and treatment methods suited to their unique preferences and needs.
Alternative to Meds uses holistic and evidence-based treatments to help ease medication withdrawal, treat mental health conditions, and promote overall wellness. They run various health tests to address the medical and physical causes of poor mental health and restore optimal brain chemistry. They offer holistic psychiatry and provide
cognitive behavioral therapy (
CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), marriage and family counseling, validation therapy, self-regulation practices, and various alternative therapies. These include art therapy, existential therapy, and expressive arts.
Alternative to Meds incorporates naturopathic methods to promote healing of the mind, body, and spirit. Some of their offerings include:
•Neurotoxin removal
•Lab testing
•Orthomolecular medicine
•Environmental medicine
•Colon hydrotherapy
•Massages
•Qi Gong
•Equine therapy
•Energy medicine techniques like Reiki
Alternative to Meds promotes exercise, mindfulness practices, and offers an organic diet to address underlying health imbalances. They believe that aesthetics are one of the highest forms of healing and provide artistic, comfortable spaces at their facility. They have 18 beds, with private and semi-private bedrooms. All have access to the outdoors. An outdoor lounge and hot tub, on-site spa treatments, and frequent nature outings bring clients outside and into wellness. Alternative to Meds is Joint Commission accredited and accepts a variety of insurance providers.
Evidence-Based Context: According to SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2023), approximately 48.7 million Americans aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder in the past year. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) emphasizes that treatment programs combining behavioral therapy with medication-assisted approaches show the highest rates of sustained recovery. Facilities like Alternative to Meds Center provide structured pathways to evidence-based care.
Sources: SAMHSA NSDUH 2023, NIDA Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment (4th Ed.)