- Optional Assessments Lead to Better Diagnoses, Improved Recovery
When patients are initially admitted for residential treatment at Sierra Tucson, they undergo routine tests to assess depression, hopelessness, and suicidal thoughts. more...
- Experiential Therapy Puts Feelings into Action
Through Experiential Therapy, anger is viewed as a positive emotion when expressed appropriately in a safe, therapeutic environment with appropriate direction and containment. more...
- Recognizing and Treating Sexual Addiction
Sexual addiction is a brain disorder, it often starts as a reaction to childhood trauma, and it is treatable.
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- Treating Traumatic Brain Injury
Patients entering Sierra Tucson to treat their substance abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), or other addictions may end up having to deal with something they had not expected - the effects of a traumatic brain injury. more...
- The Benefits of Receiving Life Coaching During Treatment
Life coaching has aided many people in diverse ways and is a perfect fit for those who need to make accommodations to their lives in order to stay well and to prosper. more...
- Acting Out Your Issues Through Psychodrama
Psychodrama is a form of role-playing during which people in the group act out scenes from one persons life in order to help them process a painful issue. more...
- Finding Recovery Among the Stars with Therapeutic Stargazing
The clear night sky surrounding Sierra Tucson can be beneficial to patients in many ways. It creates a sense of stillness and calm, can be relaxing, and puts them in tune with nature. It can also provide therapy.
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- Treating Codependency: Learning to Be True to Yourself
Many patients who enter our treatment center struggle with codependency issues, and all programs at Sierra Tucson address codependency as part of treatment. more...
- Adventure Therapy: Focusing Patients on the 'Here and Now'
Sierra Tucson's use of Adventure Therapy provides patients with a break from the normal treatment modalities and an opportunity to gain new perspectives. By completing ropes courses, climbing walls, and interacting with horses, patients can learn to become more open and gain new awareness of their behaviors. more...
- EMDR Intensives: Taking Healing to the Next Level
Addressing six weeks' worth of therapy in two weeks sounds next to impossible. But Sierra Tucson's new EMDR Intensives track in the Progressions Program aims to do just that to help patients more quickly work through their unresolved traumas. more...
- Enhanced Smoking Cessation Group Begins September 14, 2009
To help the nearly 60 percent of patients entering Sierra Tucson who are nicotine-dependent, the residential treatment center is re-creating its smoking cessation group beginning Sept. 14. more...
- A Full Cradle and Empty Heart
Postpartum depression is a mood disorder similar to other forms of depression and/or anxiety. But depression that occurs post-childbirth and endures longer than the "baby blues" and that often accompanies childbirth is referred to as PPD, and may be linked to our early development. more...
- Sierra Tucson Selected as One of "America's Best Hospitals"
Sierra Tucson is honored to be ranked among "America's Best Hospitals" in 2009, specifically in the category of Psychiatry. more...
- Sierra Tucson Introduces Brain SPECT Scanning
Sierra Tucson expanded its neuroscience capabilities with the introduction of brain SPECT scanning. more...
- Sierra Tucson's Medical Director Discusses Services on Inexcess.tv
Sierra Tucson's ability to provide top-of-the-line treatment in a restorative setting to patients with a variety of disorders was the topic of discussion during an Inexcess.tv interview of the facility's Medical Director, Dr. Robert Johnson. more...
- Sierra Tucson Addiction Treatment Programs Featured in Tucson Lifestyle Magazine
Sierra Tucson's addiction treatment programs and professional staff were recently featured in Tucson Lifestyle magazine. more...
Sierra Tucson hosts many events for our alumni and behavioral health professionals.
