Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment in Portland
Integrated Mental Health & Addiction Care at Cielo Treatment Center
When substance use and mental health challenges exist at the same time, treating only one rarely works.
Many individuals struggling with addiction are also experiencing anxiety, depression, PTSD, mood instability, or trauma-related symptoms. These conditions feed into each other. Substance use may temporarily numb emotional pain, but over time it intensifies the underlying mental health condition.
At Cielo Treatment Center, we specialize in treating co-occurring disorders, also known as dual diagnosis. Our approach addresses both substance use and mental health together — because real recovery requires both.
Understanding Co-Occurring Disorders
Many people who struggle with substance use are also living with anxiety, depression, trauma, or mood instability. Substances often become a way to cope with emotional pain, overwhelming stress, or unresolved experiences.
Over time, both conditions begin to fuel each other.
You may notice that mood shifts make it harder to stay sober. Or that past treatment helped temporarily, but something still felt unresolved. You may have been told to “just stop using” without anyone taking the time to explore what is driving the behavior underneath.
At Cielo Treatment Center, we treat co-occurring disorders by addressing both mental health and substance use together. Treatment plans are individualized and may include:
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Individual Addiction Therapy
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Individual Mental Health Therapy
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Case management
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Mindfulness-based relapse prevention
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Psycho-education
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DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy)
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Healthy relationships group
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Boundaries Group
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REBT/SMART Recovery
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Role Play CBT/Thinking Errors
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Process groups
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Culturally specific treatment
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Family support
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Recovery Yoga
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Heart Core Healing
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Nutrition and Wellness
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Stress Management
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Regulating emotions
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Life skills time management
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Financial Planning/Budgeting
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Art Therapy
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Anger Management
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and More
