Substance Misuse

Recovery from substance misuse can be a long and difficult road – holistic therapy can help ease patients through withdrawal as well as helping them tackle the issues and symptoms related to substance misuse. Many individuals who have access to holistic therapy find it is a valuable tool during this time.
Over the past 3 years Vida has gained vast experience in working with Substance misusers. We offer a unique field specific service designed to help alleviate the physical and emotional effects of withdrawal.

How does Holistic Therapy help?

Typical issues for our clients are anxiety, depression, paranoia, panic attacks, poor sleep pattern, low energy levels, low self-esteem, poor liver function, low confidence, poor appetite and general aches and pains. The hands on touch of a therapist can help ease aches and pains, release tension and bring about a feeling of warmth and comfort and for a short time the world may not seem as awful for them.

Each therapeutic treatment we offer can help ease the effects of withdrawal and cravings by calming the mind and body.

Substance Misusers often have chaotic and stressful lives, these stresses often overwhelm them causing them to drop out of treatment and recovery programmes.

With regular holistic therapy sessions clients become calmer, more co-operative and much less fearful and paranoid. Confidence is improved and clients have an increased ability to socialise in a group environment. As self worth is restored broken relationships are rebuilt.

Benefits of holistic therapies are numerous; here are just a few of the key ones:

Reduces stress and anxiety: Calming the nervous system is one of the effects of massage. This aids relaxation and can lessen anxiety.

Improves the health of skin: The skin is the body’s largest organ, massage can help the skin become suppler and improve its condition, this can have a wonderful effect on the client.

Increased sense of wellbeing and self worth: Holistic therapy on its own cannot help someone completely recover from substance misuse, but combined with the right psychosocial support, it can help get them in the right mindset to become more confident in their recovery.

What we offer

A Full range of holistic therapies – Reflexology, Swedish Massage, Indian Head Massage, Holistic Facial and Reiki, we also offer foot spas and manicures all in a positive friendly atsmosphere.

Specialised Therapies - Auricular Acupuncture – works very well in reducing cravings and calming the mind, it can help improve poor sleep patterns.

Lifestyle advice – Diet, exercise, water intake, hand, feet and nail care, sleep.

Guided Meditations – can help improve self esteem, confidence and poor sleep patterns.

Vida Holistic Living, Warrington