Carmela S.
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Depression and Addiction Treatment in West Palm Beach
When low mood and substance use keep feeding each other, we treat the cycle.
Depression treated alongside substance use in outpatient PHP, IOP and OP, with therapy, psychiatric care and a team that tracks how you’re actually doing.
The cycle
How Depression and Substance Use Feed Each Other
Relief that turns into the next low
At Sunview, depression is treated as part of dual diagnosis treatment, alongside substance use, within our Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient programs. Depressive disorders are among the conditions we see most often in people who come to us for addiction treatment.
The cycle tends to look familiar. Drinking or using starts as a way to cope with emotional pain: to get through a heavy evening, to feel something, or to feel less. For a while it helps. Then continued use deepens the depression it was supposed to ease, and the low mood makes the next drink or pill feel more necessary.
Over time the two become hard to pull apart. That’s why we don’t treat them as separate problems. We look at how they connect in your life and work on the whole pattern.
At Sunview
Treating Depression Alongside Addiction at Sunview
One connected picture, not two separate problems
One team, one plan
Your therapist, group facilitator and psychiatric provider work from the same understanding of how your mood and your substance use affect each other.
Progress you can measure
We use the PHQ-9 throughout treatment to track depressive symptoms, and your therapist reviews your treatment plan with you every month.
Structure when motivation is low
A group that meets at the same time, with the same facilitator and the same people, gives your week a shape even on days you don’t feel like it.
Real life brought back to group
You go home every day. The hard evening or the good morning comes back to the room, and we work through it together.
Therapy
Therapy Approaches We Use
Skills for today, insight for what’s underneath
Coping skills help you get through a low day. Insight helps you understand why the low days and the using became linked in the first place. We work on both, at a pace that feels safe.
How therapy works at Sunview- Psychodynamic therapy
- Looks at how past experiences and relationships may still shape how you feel today.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Helps you understand the different parts of yourself, including the part that goes numb or reaches for a substance.
- CBT
- Works on the thought patterns that keep low mood and substance use going.
- DBT
- Builds skills for intense emotions and hard moments, so you have options besides using.
- Trauma-informed care
- Every clinician is trauma-informed, because depression often sits on top of older pain.
Medication
Psychiatric Care and Medication
Included in treatment, and there after you finish
Psychiatric evaluation and medication management are part of every program through our partner, Telemed Clinix. Your provider reviews any antidepressant or other medication you already take and adjusts only when it’s clinically indicated. Appointments happen virtually from a private office at Sunview, and prescriptions go to the pharmacy you choose.
Medication can help you stabilize. The therapy is where you build the insight and skills that last. And when you finish, you can keep the same provider.
What psychiatric care includes
- Evaluation and review of your current medications
- Appointments scheduled for you, on site
- The same provider after discharge, if you want
Level of care
Which Level of Care Fits
Our Clinical Director helps you decide
Many people start in the Partial Hospitalization Program, where daily structure helps when motivation is low, especially after detox or residential care. The Intensive Outpatient Program, day or evening, fits when you need depth and have to keep working. The Outpatient Program keeps support in place as life fills back up.
Sunview is outpatient care.
If detox, residential treatment or housing needs to come first, we’ll help you get there and plan Sunview as your next step.
What People Say About Sunview Wellness
Jake J.
Sunview Wellness is second to none. The staff at Sunview are amazing people who truly want to make their clients lives better and healthier. The staff provides you and others with an environment conducive to healing, learning and managing your life. You are able to express yourself without judgment from the staff or other clients. You are provided guidance through group sessions, private one-on-one sessions with a therapist and written materials to use outside of the facility. Although Sunview Wellness is a business and needs revenue to survive, the staff focuses predominately on your health and not on its bottom line. I highly recommend Sunview Wellness as an option for your path to healthier and more productive life.
Bonita K.
Wonderful place: caring, understanding, supportive, efficient, knowledgeable and friendly staff.
Matthew L.
Gabe is awesome! I have had therapists before at other practices and he is one of the most empathetic and down to earth providers I have had. The group facilitators and other staff there are very kind and helpful as well. The support to get you back onto a good mental health path is amazing. Would recommend if you want more help than just a one on one therapist but want to still go home and/or work after.
Erica S.
I just wanted to express my gratitude, every single staff was so kind and compassionate. It took me a while to actually be receptive to the things they were teaching me and trying to help me. But once I was and truly understood and was willing to help myself too it was magic. I’m grateful for them. I’d recommend them to anyone! I also would recommend for Sunview to include same sex groups at least once a week, I believe it helps common issues and resolution insight and connection a more comfortable space for the same sex to connect to each other without feeling judgement or afraid to express their opinions and experiences in front of the other sex. (In my afternoon groups was primary female and it was an amazing experience) so much props to Sunview for giving me the tools and resources to believe myself and better myself! Thank for to every staff member there!!!!
Francina U.
I came to sunview on my own and um glad I came I hot the help that I needed they were very loving and kind to me they lived me when I didn't love my self and I am grateful...
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About Depression Treatment
Straight answers before you call
All admissions FAQsWe treat depression when it comes with substance use, in our PHP, IOP and OP programs, with therapy and psychiatric care in one plan. If you’re looking for depression care on its own, we’ll help you find the right fit.
Often, yes. Your Telemed Clinix provider reviews what you take, how well it’s working and whether anything needs to change. We don’t switch medications just because you start a program.
We track depressive symptoms with the PHQ-9 during treatment, and your therapist reviews your treatment plan and goals with you every month.
Our Clinical Director reviews your pre-screening and recommends a level of care using ASAM criteria and clinical judgment. Compare PHP, IOP and OP.
We watch for changes in your mental health and functioning. If symptoms significantly worsen or your safety becomes a concern, we help you reach a more intensive level of care for stabilization.
Your Community. Your Recovery.
A true outpatient model for real life. Call or send a message: we listen first, check your insurance for free, and help you work out the right level of care. Free door-to-door transportation is included.