Addiction in Young Adults & Failure to Launch Syndrome

Addiction in Young Adults For many young adults, identifying as an addict is a terrifying and foreign notion that doesn’t come easily and isn’t well understood by their peers. The field of addiction is growing and changing every day, with research continually working to identify the factors in the environment and genetic makeup of individuals…

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Disconnecting to Connect

Treatment Internet Addiction OPI Living Los Angeles

At Optimum Performance Institute we treat the WHOLE person. While this is a familiar phrase to most, what does “the whole person” actually mean? What constitutes a whole human being? Most think of their minds and bodies as separate parts of a self, whereas treating the whole person means looking beyond a physical diagnosis and…

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How to Recognize the 8 Warning Signs of Internet Addiction

Residential Intensive Treatment Internet Addicts

For the last two decades, maladaptive Internet use and addiction have been on the rise among adolescents and young adults. Residential and intensive outpatient treatment centers have emerged with treatment programs for Internet addiction. Community centers and college campuses have also begun to address the maladaptive use of online gaming and internet use. The Internet…

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10 Lively Ways to Have Sober Fun

10 Ways to Have Sober Fun

Most people struggling with addiction have found it challenging to rebuild their lives on a foundation of sobriety. Each new activity is approached with thoughts like, “How can I do this sober” and “I was only able to do this before because I drank/used.” Life met with sobriety can be a whole new learning process.…

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Reflections on the Recovery Process in National Recovery Month

National Recovery Month at OPI Living

Every September during National Recovery Month, the Addictions Counseling Department, along with the entire Optimum Performance Institute, takes time to reflect on the recoveries of our clients, family and friends, and even our own. Recovery doesn’t always look the way people think it does. The process of recovery can relate to traumatic events in childhood,…

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Intensive Outpatient Program at OPI Living Expands Services For Local Young Adults

We Treat the Whole Person, Not Just the Disorder

Young adults aged 17–28 in the Los Angeles area who need help defining goals and becoming independent can now participate in a unique Intensive Outpatient Program at the Optimum Performance Institute. This program offers everything from individual and group psychotherapy, life coaching and career development classes to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), yoga, tennis, hiking and…

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Q & A with Jacqueline Mullis, MA – Director of Addiction Counseling Services for OPI Living Programs

Jacqueline Mullis, MA - Director of Addiction Counseling Services

In a recent discussion, we sat down with our Director of Addiction Counseling Services for OPI Living programs, Jacqueline Mullis, MA, and discussed her involvement and department’s role with program participants. The Department of Addiction Counseling Services supports the Optimum Performance Institute, specialized OPI Intensive and our new Intensive Outpatient Services. Q: How do you…

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The Reality of Addiction: Bath Salts

Bath Salts Drug

Jacqueline  Mullis, MA, Director of Addiction Counseling Services at OPI,  recently visited La Ventana Treatment Center for an educational seminar on Bath Salts, given by Neva Chauppette, Psy D. The following notes highlight some of Dr. Chaupette’s key points about addiction, and then more specifically, the drug Bath Salts. To begin with, the drug is…

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