We provide specialized care across three clinical focuses —  mental health, addiction and trauma — each treated as its own or integrated dual- or triple-diagnosis program when conditions co-occur.

Mental Health

At Healing Springs Ranch, we treat the full spectrum of mental health diagnoses in a residential setting — including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI/PTSD), bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, dissociative disorders, and the complex co-occurring presentations that other programs are not equipped to handle. Clients work with licensed clinicians using evidence-based modalities including EMDR, CBT, DBT, Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT), and trauma resolution treatment to name a few. We accept clients whose primary struggle is mental health, with or without an addiction component.

Addiction

Addiction can be described as substance use (drugs and alcohol)  and/or process addiction (a compulsive process we do over and over).   We define addiction as “a pattern of thoughts or behaviors that provide a sense of relief from emotional pain or discomfort- a type of self-soothing by “numbing”. This “numbing” is what people become addicted to. The most recent research has begun to show that the brain’s response to the addictive “rush” created by many process addictions is very similar, if not the same, as that seen with substance use.

Looking beneath the surface of the actual addictive behavior (both chemical and process) provides insight into the “function” behind the addiction itself. In a sense, we practice “functional therapy”. This approach allows us to identify the root cause of the “need to numb” as opposed to simply treating the symptoms. While abstinence is critical, true recovery must address the “function” behind all addictive patterns and mental health issues. Otherwise, one may enter drug rehab only to get stuck in a chronic cycle of relapse, or “addiction substitution”.

Trauma

At Healing Springs Ranch, we treat trauma as the root cause behind most mental health and addiction diagnoses — not a side condition to  be managed in parallel. Where many programs claim to be "trauma-informed" (aware of trauma without addressing it), our clinical team practices trauma resolution treatment: we work to identify and resolve the unresolved experiences driving depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI/PTSD), substance use, and process addictions. Using evidence-based modalities like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT), and the Trauma Model developed by Colin A. Ross, M.D. to name a few, we address the “why” behind each client's symptoms versus focusing on the “what” or behavior/manifestation of the pain. When trauma is resolved at the root, recovery from mental health and addiction conditions is deeper and more sustainable.