Addiction and Trauma Recovery in Paradise: How Bali’s Natural Environment Supports Healing

The Lighthouse Bali offers personalized, one-on-one recovery programs for addiction and trauma in a private, luxury setting. Combining evidence-based therapy with holistic and spiritual practices, the center uses Bali’s natural, calming environment to support deep healing and long-term wellness.
Healing the Root Cause: Addressing Trauma for Lasting Addiction Recovery

Addiction often stems from unresolved trauma. Lasting recovery means addressing the root cause—healing the nervous system, rebuilding self-worth, and learning healthy ways to cope.
The Power of Connection: Why Support Networks Can Fuel Mental Health Recovery

Support networks in mental health recovery are a vital part of healing. Whether you’re facing addiction, anxiety, or trauma, having the right people around you can ease the burden and strengthen your path to recovery. This article explores how connection fuels lasting change.
5 Ways to Distinguish Complex Trauma from Depression and Anxiety

Complex trauma, often called C-PTSD, is characterized by repeated or prolonged exposure to multiple, usually interconnected traumatic experiences – along with the lasting challenges that come from adapting to or surviving these events
The Value of Trauma-Informed Care: How It Transforms Lives and Creates Safer Spaces for Those in Recovery

It’s the month when many people around-the-world give their bodies a break from the consumption of alcohol.
Whether you (or someone close to you) have taken part, this wellness challenge has grown in popularity over the last decade or so, and for a good reason.
Many people have reported significant physical and mental health benefits associated with quitting alcohol even after a month, some of which will be covered in this article.
The Mental and Physical Benefits of Dry January and How to Make Sobriety Last

It’s the month when many people around-the-world give their bodies a break from the consumption of alcohol.
Whether you (or someone close to you) have taken part, this wellness challenge has grown in popularity over the last decade or so, and for a good reason.
Many people have reported significant physical and mental health benefits associated with quitting alcohol even after a month, some of which will be covered in this article.
5 Ways to Avoid High-Intensity Binge Drinking During the Holiday Season

Co-occurring disorders, also called dual diagnosis or comorbidity, refer to the simultaneous presence of a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder within the same individual.
How the EMDR protocol works with relapse prevention

EMDR is an effective, some might even say, pioneering treatment for addiction and substance use disorder primarily because it targets the underlying causes of these conditions, such as trauma, childhood development and PTSD.As the research landscape on substance misuse evolves, so does our understanding of the pivotal role that trauma very often plays in alcohol and drug addiction.
The Connection Between Addiction and Trauma

Countless research studies confirm the profound link between addiction and trauma.
Nowadays, you’d be hard-pressed to read an article or research paper that doesn’t corroborate these findings.
Childhood trauma, specifically, can increase an individual’s risk of addiction in adulthood; but why is this, and, more importantly, how can you recognize the signs within yourself or someone you care about?
Trauma Causes and Care

There are many causes of trauma and in this Blog we will look at some of the most common, as well how utilizing an intensive Schema and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) approach can bring about incredible results.