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Trauma-Informed Addiction Treatment
Trauma-informed addiction treatment is a client-centered approach that creates a safe, respectful environment where people feel seen and supported. This model of care emphasizes collaboration, trust, and empowerment for people in recovery. Rather than using a cookie-cutter approach, trauma-informed care (TIC) adapts to each person’s lived experience and values their voice in the healing process.
TIC also uses a relationship-based model by establishing rapport through empathy and validation. At Inspire Recovery, we celebrate our clients’ “small” successes and acknowledge positive change so that we can establish the collaboration essential to sustained recovery.
What is Involved in Trauma-Informed Addiction Treatment
Trauma-informed addiction treatment takes into consideration the role that unresolved trauma plays in substance use. Many people turn to drugs or alcohol to manage the emotional pain or physical symptoms caused by past traumatic experiences. While this may offer temporary relief, at the end of the day, it reinforces a cycle of addiction unless the root trauma is addressed.
Inspire Recovery’s trauma-informed care (TIC) uses individual therapeutic modalities like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Seeking Safety to help LGBTQ people process painful memories and develop better coping strategies.
Beyond individual therapy, TIC is a system-wide approach that ensures the entire treatment environment is sensitive to trauma. This includes training staff to spot signs of trauma and respond in a way that provides psychological safety. TIC offers clients choices and empowers them through transparent and collaborative care.
Trauma-informed treatment centers like Inspire Recovery improve client engagement, reduce relapse rates, and enhance both emotional healing and long-term recovery outcomes. Our treatment approach manages addiction holistically and sustainably.
How Traditional Addiction Treatment Disadvantages LGBTQ People
While traditional addiction treatment programs do help people recover from substance abuse, they often fall short with LGBTQ people. Structural barriers like high costs, lack of insurance, and stigma already limit access to care. But for LGBTQ individuals, the hurdles are even more difficult to overcome. Many programs are simply not designed with their needs in mind.
A huge part of the problem stems from the lack of cultural competence among providers. Many healthcare staff possess a limited understanding of LGBTQ identities and may unintentionally engage in harmful practices like making assumptions about a person’s partner or, misgendering them or linking a client’s mental health conditions solely to their sexual orientation or gender identity. These interactions leave LGBTQ clients feeling unseen and misunderstood and make them less likely to stay in or return to treatment.
Heteronormative and exclusionary practices are frustrating and damaging. A 2020 study by Health Service Research showed that LGBTQ people report lower satisfaction with traditional treatment and are more likely to drop out prematurely, especially when their identities are disregarded. In contrast, LGBTQ-specific programs tend to yield better outcomes. Addiction treatment programs like Inspire Recovery offer trauma-informed care, affirming environments, and specialized services like HIV/STI testing. This holistic care helps the full scope of LGBTQ folks’ needs.
Get Trauma-Informed Treatment for Addiction and Co-Occurring Disorders
Despite growing evidence of their effectiveness, LGBTQ-specific programs remain limited and unevenly distributed. To truly support LGBTQ people in recovery, Inspire Recovery has created a center that offers inclusivity, cultural sensitivity, and trauma-informed care.
If you or someone you care about is LGBTQ and struggling with drug use and a co-occurring disorder like anxiety, bipolar, or even a personality disorder, Inspire Recovery can help. In the community of peers and compassionate staff, you can find true healing. Call us today at 561-621-2226 to speak to someone who cares and learn more about our services.
How does trauma-informed care specifically support LGBTQ people?
Trauma-informed care specifically supports LGBTQ people by acknowledging how being a member of a gender or sexual minority shapes experiences and contributes to substance abuse. This approach to addiction treatment does not view people as a collection of symptoms but understands the weight of systemic bias, rejection and violence LGBTQ people carry, often from a young age. In invalidating spaces, these wounds can be overlooked or deepened, preventing healing. Trauma-informed care actively works against this by providing environments where people’s orientation and identity are fully catered to and affirmed.
How is trauma-informed care different from regular addiction treatment?
Trauma-informed care (TIC) is different from regular addiction treatment because it prioritizes client safety and collaborates with them in their care so that they feel empowered, safe, and respected. Traditional addiction treatment often unintentionally delays or prevents recovery by ignoring or invalidating the lived experience of LGBTQ people. Meanwhile trauma-informed care centers it, makes clients feel seen and heard, and improves their engagement with treatment.
What are the values and principles of trauma-informed care?
The core values and principles of trauma-informed care include safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment. These principles reduce the risk of re-traumatization and promote healing. They serve as a framework for how providers and staff engage with clients, shape policies, environments, and interactions to be more supportive and respectful. Trauma-informed care also emphasizes universal precautions that keep in mind the fact that anyone may have experienced trauma. TIC integrates DEIAJ (diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice) to ensure culturally responsive and equitable support.
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