Addiction Treatment Therapies in Kansas City

In addition to treating the physical side of an addiction, it’s essential to address the underlying psychological factors that have fueled your substance use disorder. 

At Empowered Recovery Kansas City, we customize each patient’s treatment plan to include a number of therapy formats — including individual, group, and family — as well several therapy modalities, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), trauma-informed therapy, holistic therapies, and more. By offering comprehensive addiction treatment therapies, our Kansas City drug and alcohol rehab can help you achieve lasting sobriety.

Types of Addiction Therapies 

Your sobriety journey is unique; and because of that, your therapeutic treatment plan should be customized to what will best serve you in resolving your addiction. To create the most effective recovery road map possible, we offer a variety of therapies for addiction treatment for our patients.

After getting to know you, our team will curate a treatment plan with a combination of therapies — honing in on the methods and formats that will most benefit you. From individual to group to family sessions, you’ll get the opportunity to unpack the deeper reasons behind your addiction on your own and with the support of others.  

Individual Therapy 

During individual therapy for addiction, you work with one of our compassionate licensed therapists one-on-one. In this judgment-free space, you have the ability to talk through issues you may never have felt safe discussing before. 

Our therapist will use a variety of modalities, including CBT, DBT, trauma therapy, and more, to guide you in addressing the psychological barriers that have been limiting your life. From negative thought patterns to traumatic experiences, you’ll have the opportunity to work through any underlying issues affecting your addiction. 

Group Therapy

Isolation and loneliness are some of addiction’s strongest allies. When you remove yourself from your family, your friends, and your community, it’s easy to convince yourself that no one understands your addiction, and no one can help. 

In reality, there are many people struggling with addiction and co-occurring disorders just like you are. In group therapy for substance use disorders, you’re able to hear others’ stories about what led to their drug use disorder or alcohol use disorder. 

People often find that they have much more empathy when hearing about someone else’s struggles; and in group therapy, a trained therapist can use methods like CBT, DBT, holistic, and trauma-informed therapy to help you turn that compassion toward yourself. 

Family Therapy 

The effects of addiction spread far beyond the patient themselves. In family addiction therapy sessions, a therapist will lead you and your loved one(s) through a dialogue to resolve conflicts, address feelings of hurt, anger, or shame, and rebuild a healthy foundation of communication. 

Different types of addiction therapy resonate with different families. While some families may connect with trauma therapy, others may find results through DBT, CBT, or holistic therapeutic options. No matter the combination, our clinical team will find the best therapy type for you and your loved ones. 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) 

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely accepted forms of therapy for treating addiction. CBT is based on the idea that psychological problems (and addictive behaviors) come from learned patterns of unhelpful thinking.1 

Our therapy team uses CBT to help patients recognize that their old way of thinking only led to negative results. Instead of using that old mindset, our therapists teach our patients new, healthier ways to cope with difficult situations in life. 

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) 

Many people with an addiction also struggle to regulate their emotions. This can include everything from having heated arguments with your spouse to bottling all your feelings up. 

Our therapists help our patients use acceptance (of themselves and their emotions) to move away from their self-destructive behaviors. While dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) can be valuable for many people, it can be particularly effective for patients struggling with co-occurring disorders such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and borderline personality disorder.2

Trauma Therapy 

Approximately 70% of people experience a traumatic event at some point in their lives.3 A wide range of dangerous, shocking, or fear-inducing situations can be qualified as traumatic4 and these events can have lingering effects on your mental, emotional, and physical health. 

Many patients wrestling with a substance use disorder have experienced some level of trauma in their lives. Trauma-informed therapy is designed to help a patient acknowledge the impact of a traumatic event and learn how to develop resilience to heal and move forward. 

Exposure Therapy

Many patients at Empowered Recovery Kansas City experience anxiety, OCD, PTSD, or other fear-based conditions alongside addiction. Exposure therapy helps our patients gradually face situations, memories, or emotions they’ve been avoiding so these triggers lose their power over daily life. In a supportive therapeutic setting, this process helps our patients reduce anxiety, challenge their fears, and build confidence in their ability to cope without substances.

At our Kansas City rehab, we often utilize psychodrama groups, a dynamic and experiential approach where patients safely reenact real-life scenarios connected to their fears or past experiences. By combining exposure principles with group work, psychodrama empowers patients to move toward healing with renewed clarity and emotional strength.

Does Insurance Cover Addiction Therapies? 

Nearly every insurance plan covers addiction therapy services. The Affordable Care Act designated mental, behavioral, and substance use treatment as essential health benefits — meaning they are regarded just as seriously as any physical health condition. 

Each insurance plan is unique and provides a different amount of coverage. To learn exactly how much your insurance plan will cover, contact your insurance company directly. You can also contact our admissions team, who can verify your insurance benefits online. After the verification, they’ll be able to give you specific information about your plan and answer any questions about how to use your insurance to pay for rehab. 

Therapy & Addiction Treatment in Kansas City 

Our Empowered Recovery Center clinical team knows that drug addiction therapy is essential in achieving sobriety. We design a personalized therapy treatment plan for every patient that considers many factors, such as past traumatic events, the right balance of individual, group, and family therapy, the best therapeutic modality, and more. 

We offer multiple levels of rehab care to support patients at every phase of their journey, including partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), and standard outpatient rehab. Once you complete our program, we continue to support you through one year of free recovery coaching. 

We strive to make our program as accessible as possible by accepting many types of insurance. If you’d like to find out what your insurance policy would cover, contact our admissions team today. Not only can they verify your insurance benefits, but they can also explain other rehab payment options, such as our long-term payment plans. 

If you’re ready to take the first step in resolving your substance use disorder, give us a call or fill out our contact form today. 

References 

1. What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? (2017). American Psychological Association. Retrieved March 25, 2025 from https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioral
2. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). (2024, October 25). Yale Medicine. Retrieved March 25, 2025 from https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt
3. Yadav, G., McNamara, S., & Gunturu, S. (2024, August 16). Trauma-Informed therapy. Retrieved March 25, 2025 from StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK604200/
4. Coping with traumatic events. (n.d.). National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Retrieved March 25, 2025 from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/coping-with-traumatic-events