Evidence-Based Therapies

Discover the evidence-based therapies we utilize at Hammocks on the Edisto.

Unique Therapies at Hammocks on the Edisto

Hammocks on the Edisto believes recovery is a process and not an event. Every woman’s path is unique in what challenges they are presented within life, what strengths they possess, and where they strive to grow. Our fundamental principles and practices are built on the disease concept of “addiction”- that it should be treated as a chronic disease, and not an acute episode. Our evidence-based therapies address the disease of addiction as a whole. Our approaches and programmings activities are focused on restoration and growth into a lifestyle of recovery. To learn about the women’s addiction treatment options available, please call our team today at 833.549.0383.

Hammocks on the Edisto provides individualized care in a serene, supportive environment. Our South Carolina women’s rehab programs help our guests develop the skills they need to manage their addiction and build a foundation for a sober future. Through holistic therapies and a focus on overall wellness, we help our guests create a sustainable, healthy lifestyle.

If you or a loved one is struggling with addiction, we encourage you to reach out. Call 833.549.0383 today to learn more.

Our Approach to Healing

At Hammocks on the Edisto, residents participate in an intensive and focused discovery of root cause and addiction patterns. These lay the groundwork for their daily routine, meeting schedule, and self-care regimen. Nutrition and overall wellness of the body and mind are paramount to a healthy lifestyle. At Hammocks on the Edisto, we believe finding the right therapeutic regimen is essential for our residents’ recovery. To begin the admissions process, please contact Hammocks on the Edisto today at 833.549.0383. We offer a variety of options for individual therapy and group therapy programs, as well as trauma-informed care.

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Our Addiction Treatment Programs

Real Change Program

Our treatment programs for women are designed to provide individualized care while immersed in a safe & supportive environment.

Evidence-Based Therapies

Our unique therapies provide our clients with a truly customized treatment rooted in holistic and evidence-based therapies.

Dual-Diagnosis Treatment

We offer dual-diagnosis treatment rooted in trauma-informed care to assist our clients with co-occurring disorders on the path to healing.

Insurance Can Help Cover up to 100% of the cost of treatment

We Accept Most Major Insurance

Hammocks Recovery is an in-network provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna and Aetna. Contact us today to find out if your insurance will help cover many of the costs associated with treatment at our program.

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Group Therapy at Hammocks

For those who come to Hammocks on the Edisto, our group therapy option is an invaluable recovery option. We can host this therapeutic option in nearly any location, from our well-apportioned therapy room to our lovely porch to our dining room table.

With our beautiful campus and home-like environment, Hammocks on the Edisto takes the opportunity to create a healing environment for our residents. We’ll take the time to listen to our residents’ challenges and help them overcome them. We teach our residents how to manage their addictions and learn how to make healthy changes in the future. Each resident will take part in group therapy. However, the timeline looks different for each person because there is no single way to treat substance abuse for everyone.

Group therapy and counseling are successful when our residents connect to other people who can share the burdens and joys of their experiences. In group therapy, residents help each other by sharing those experiences and the wisdom they’ve gained. Our therapists will facilitate discussions about topics that are relevant to the resident’s healing and recovery. Groups can utilize a range of formats to make significant changes while at Hammocks on the Edisto.

Process Groups

This therapy group is facilitated by a therapist where residents discuss relevant issues at the moment. It utilizes the process for practical problem-solving, feedback, assistance, and insight.

Psychoeducation Groups

Staff from various disciplines, including medical experts or nurses, will utilize their expertise and passions to facilitate education. They may also encourage discussion on a variety of topics related to understanding addiction and the recovery process. These groups will include using therapies and interventions to address substance use disorders and related issues.

Mutual-Help/12 Step Facilitation

Our residents regularly engage in mutual-help groups, such as 12-step therapy, AA, NA, and similar organizations. This treatment is a standard part of the healing process through fellowship and engagement with residents. Doing so helps our residents achieve sobriety and learn to incorporate and practice skills learned through an introduction to the 12 Steps or other groups daily.

Life-Enrichment Activities

The sober living skills one can obtain in a group format through other non-traditional holistic therapies. Furthermore, we use health and nutrition classes, exercises, and recreational outings to change and expand one’s horizons. Throughout our residents’ treatment stay, they will participate in activities and experiences that strengthen their journey into a lifestyle of recovery.

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Helping Families Heal Together

Family Support at Hammocks

At Hammocks on the Edisto, we believe that incorporating the family at the outset of the treatment experience, even before admission, can be essential to one’s success. When someone is admitted to our facility, they will have the opportunity to have their family engaged on a weekly basis for Family Support sessions with other families via telehealth and in person. There are also other opportunities to engage in counseling sessions with the resident and their therapist.

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Evidence-Based Care at Hammocks

Clinical Approaches to Treating Addiction

For those who come to Hammocks on the Edisto, our group therapy option is an invaluable recovery option. We can host this therapeutic option in nearly any location, from our well-apportioned therapy room to our lovely porch to our dining room table.

With our beautiful campus and home-like environment, Hammocks on the Edisto takes the opportunity to create a healing environment for our residents. We’ll take the time to listen to our residents’ challenges and help them overcome them. We teach our residents how to manage their addictions and learn how to make healthy changes in the future. Each resident will take part in group therapy. However, the timeline looks different for each person because there is no single way to treat substance abuse for everyone.

Group therapy and counseling are successful when our residents connect to other people who can share the burdens and joys of their experiences. In group therapy, residents help each other by sharing those experiences and the wisdom they’ve gained. Our therapists will facilitate discussions about topics that are relevant to the resident’s healing and recovery. Groups can utilize a range of formats to make significant changes while at Hammocks on the Edisto.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Developed by Aaron Beck in the 1960s, cognitive-behavioral therapy is a problem-focused intervention that helps patients meet goals in a number of ways. For instance, a therapist and patient will work together in order to complete tasks such as:

  1. Identifying the patient’s goals for treatment
  2. Examining the patient’s automatic, negative thoughts/beliefs, otherwise known as cognitive distortions
  3. Exploring the feelings and behaviors that occur in relation to those thoughts/beliefs

With practice, patients may begin to see patterns emerging related to how their cognitive distortions can lead to unhealthy emotional responses and behaviors. Their therapist can help patients break this cycle by assisting patients in reframing their negative thoughts and exploring the subsequent changes in their feelings and behaviors.

At Hammocks on the Edisto, our clinical team combines CBT with other techniques such as motivational interventions, contingency management, dialectical-behavior therapy, and relapse prevention education to provide residents with a solid recovery foundation upon which they can continue to build.

Cognitive Processing

Cognitive processing therapy or CPT is similar to cognitive-behavioral therapy in its approach but is considered a trauma-focused treatment. The traumas that commonly accompany or precede substance use disorders are central to our focus and efforts and inform our team’s use of appropriate therapeutic interventions. Cognitive processing therapy focuses on helping the individual rework trauma-related thoughts and responses. The purpose of CPT is to maintain and manage trauma symptoms by helping facilitate the emotional processing of the traumatic event ¹ and improve understanding of PTSD.

Dialectic Behavioral

Dialectical behavior therapy at Hammocks on the Edisto takes place in both individual therapy sessions and in a group setting with other residents. It is comprised of four primary components: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills.

Mindfulness, or mindfulness-based stress reduction, has its roots in the practice of meditation. Engaging in mindfulness involves purposely paying attention to the present moment in a non-judgmental fashion. To do so requires practice, however, it can be beneficial for individuals who either focus too much energy ruminating on the past or worrying about the future. Making use of the five senses (sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste) to help focus the mind on the present is a common practice when engaging in mindfulness exercises.

Distress tolerance is a skill that develops with the practice of mindfulness. By focusing on the present moment without judgment, individuals learn to adopt radical acceptance of a given situation rather than reacting or attempt to change it. To embrace and practice distress tolerance means learning to experience painful emotions gracefully, rather than over-reacting or numbing emotions with drugs or alcohol.

When an individual has difficulty managing their emotions in a healthy manner, they may use alcohol and/or drugs in order to cope with their feelings.

For some, emotional dysregulation can be due to genetics, traumatic childhood experiences, or a lack of positive role models. Emotion regulation involves learning to gain control over the expression of our feelings. DBT skills teach individuals how to identify and label emotions, as well as healthy ways to cope with them.

Interpersonal effectiveness involves learning healthy communication skills, like assertiveness and problem-solving, and utilizing these skills to foster healthy relationships. When individuals develop positive and effective communication, they are better equipped to articulate their needs, which in turn can boost self-confidence and self-respect.

Motivational Interviewing

One of the biggest reasons that the therapeutic process can falter is a disconnect between patient and therapist. The patient may not feel comfortable with their therapist and often think that they don’t understand them. When a therapist uses the motivational interviewing technique, it can facilitate a deeper connection between patient and therapist, allowing for a better experience in their recovery.

The basic principles of motivational interviewing involve encouraging the patient to discuss their mental health issues in a supportive and persuasive conversation. The five principles of motivational interviewing include:

  1. Expressing empathy through listening and engaging.
  2. Pointing out differences between the patient’s words and actions.
  3. Facilitate healthy discussions of a difficult topic
  4. Fine-tuning the session based on patients’ statements/actions.
  5. Being supportive and optimistic.

Each session must have a clear purpose or goal to get the patient to be an active participant. At the same time, the therapist will interject at crucial moments to help the patient better understand the difference between what they say and what they do. Once this happens, the patient will better understand how they are self-sabotaging their recovery and will be able to move forward.

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Women's Stories of Hope

I stayed at the Hammocks in the spring of 2022. I can’t say enough wonderful things about my time there. I came into the Hammocks in a very low place but left feeling empowered, motivated and ready to start my life in sobriety. The staff and administration are fantastic, and the house and grounds are gorgeous. I felt more like a welcomed guest rather than a patient.

Lauren B.

The most incredible treatment facility ever! They offer a holistic approach centered in therapy, science, and female empowerment. Eric, Sarah, Jonas, Katie, and all of the other staff offer a level of compassion that I’ve never seen before in any treatment facility. And that says a lot coming from a child of two addicts who have been in and out of facilities my entire life. They are always available and respond quickly to any questions or discussions you may bring up. The family groups were amazing and I miss them every week. They truly care and believe that recovery is possible for all!

Rhapsody C.

I stayed at the Hammocks in the spring of 2022. I can’t say enough wonderful things about my time there. I came into the Hammocks in a very low place but left feeling empowered, motivated and ready to start my life in sobriety. The staff and administration are fantastic, and the house and grounds are gorgeous. I felt more like a welcomed guest rather than a patient.

Lauren B.

My wife spent a month at the Hammocks and I have nothing but incredible things to say about the facility. The help and therapy she received has truly been life changing for our family. From the day I called to discuss admission, Jonas, the director, made himself immediately available to any questions or concerns I had. Throughout her stay, I participated in multiple family sessions a week with Sarah or Eric who were both excellent. They were kind and accepting, but also thought-provoking and challenging. Not to mention, the whole facility is absolutely beautiful. I would highly recommend the Hammocks to any family in need of a recovery center.

Erica U.

This facility has absolutely saved my life. It is secluded, peaceful, beautiful, and a lovely gone environment that makes external and internal healing much easier to tackle. Being away from family and doing the intense work needed for recovery is hard enough in any environment but the Hammocks makes you feel like you are nothing shy of family. You are treated with respect and kindness, and your needs are listened to and accommodated and the staff is so loving and supportive.

Krista B.

This facility has absolutely saved my life. It is secluded, peaceful, beautiful, and a lovely gone environment that makes external and internal healing much easier to tackle. Being away from family and doing the intense work needed for recovery is hard enough in any environment but the Hammocks makes you feel like you are nothing shy of family. You are treated with respect and kindness, and your needs are listened to and accommodated and the staff is so loving and supportive.

Krista B.

As a therapist at Hammocks on the Edisto, I am so proud to be a part of this great team of caring professionals. Being directly involved in the process of change for our clients is a honor. The facility is beautiful and inviting and provides a healthy environment for our residents to thrive. The programming is like nothing I’ve been part of before. From our comprehensive and diverse group sessions, the wellness and yoga component, our individual therapy, medical and nursing care, nutrition and on site chef, and a great team of recovery associates, we collectively provide a great recovery experience.

Eric H.

Hammocks on the Edisto is a dream come true in so many ways. This is a unique place where women can progress on their journey to recovery surrounded by the beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry and supported by a team of compassionate expert providers. Offerings beyond talk therapy include yoga, cooking demonstrations, adventures to local parks and beaches, and wellness coaching. The facility is never over crowded and each woman gets lots of personalized care. The healing potential is felt as soon as you drive down the long private driveway to the house. Highly recommend.

Kate A.

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At Hammocks on the Edisto, we’re committed to providing exceptional treatment for every woman in our care.

Located just south of Charleston, SC, our women’s residential facility is ready to help guide you on the path to recovery! For more information on our addiction treatment program, call us at 833.549.0383.

Hammocks on the Edisto is committed to providing women with the tools and support necessary to recover from addiction. There is hope for the future. Please reach out to Hammocks on the Edisto at 833.549.0383 today to learn more about our women’s rehab programs.

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