Friday, December 5, 2008

BILINGUAL THERAPISTS ~ A Better Tomorrow

Jeff Crider: (760) 469-5905 NEWS RELEASE
jeffreycrider@cox.net

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REHABILITATION CLINIC IS HIRING BILINGUAL THERAPISTS TO BETTER SERVE THE HISPANIC COMMUNITIES OF MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES

MURRIETA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2008 – A Better Tomorrow, a fast growing Southern California-based rehabilitation center, is seeking bilingual therapists to better serve the Hispanic communities of Mexico and the United States.

“Every week we get calls from Hispanic people seeking help for their addictions,” said Sylvia Reynolds, a bilingual therapist from A Better Tomorrow with nearly two decades of experience in counseling.

“And these calls are not just from people in the United States,” Reynolds said. “We are also receiving calls from people from all over Mexico, including the Federal District, because of the relative shortage of high quality addiction treatment facilities in Mexico. That’s why we’re looking for more bilingual therapists to help us better serve the Hispanic communities from both countries.”

A Better Tomorrow is attracting Spanish speaking clientes from Mexico and the United States through its website, www.adicciondedrogas.com, and through a Google advertising program based on specific keyword searches, said Jerrod Menz, A Better Tomorrow’s president and director of business development.

Josie Gann, a bilingual program manager and cofounder of A Better Tomorrow, said addition is an illness without borders and that A Better Tomorrow is doing everything possible to help its clients from Mexico who are looking for medical and psychological solutions to control their addictions.

A Better Tomorrow provides residential and outpatient treatment programs for individuals suffering from alcohol and gambling addictions as well as addictions to illegal and prescription drugs. Residential programs are typically provided in 30-, 60- and 90-day increments with the length of stay reflecting the severity of the addiction and the level of treatment needed to efficiently reintegrate the patient back into society.

For more information on A Better Tomorrow, call (558) 525-6936 from Mexico. Reporters who would like to schedule interviews with directors or therapists from A Better Tomorrow can do so by calling Jeff Crider in California at (760) 469-5905 or by emailing him at jeffreycrider@cox.net

Thursday, December 4, 2008

News Release ~ Dec 4, 2008

Jim Fent NEWS RELEASE
(800) 757-9867


NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY ARE BUSIEST TIMES OF YEAR
FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHABILITATION CENTERS

“In the four years we’ve been open, we always pick up right at Thanksgiving,” said Jim Fent, executive vice president of
A Better Tomorrow Treatment Center in Murrieta, California


MURRIETA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2008 – Counselors at A Better Tomorrow Treatment Center in Southern California don’t need a calendar to know when the holidays have arrived. They can tell by looking at their caseload of new clients seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse.

“November, December and January is when we have the most new clients coming in,” said Jim Fent, A Better Tomorrow’s executive vice president, adding that the surge in new patients usually starts right at Thanksgiving.

“In the four years we’ve been open, we always pick up right at Thanksgiving,” Fent said.

A Better Tomorrow, in fact, had three new clients sign up for treatment on Monday, all three of which were “stressed out” about seeing family members on Thanksgiving.
“Emotions run high during the holiday season,” Fent explained. “People use more alcohol and drugs as a coping mechanism, and that sets the stage for a crisis.”
Fent said family gatherings are usually the biggest stressors for drug and alcohol addicts because mental health problems often have their roots in difficult family relationships.

The good thing, however, is that the stress that drug and alcohol addicts experience during the holidays often prompts them to seek treatment for their addictions. In many cases, the erratic behavior that drug and alcohol addicts display at family get togethers also prompts families to seek professional interventions to force their loved ones into treatment if they are unwilling to get the help they need on their own.

Drug and alcohol addicts often deny that they have a problem, even when their addictions are tearing apart their families or leading them down a path toward unemployment or financial ruin. That’s why a professional interventionist is often needed to convince the addict to seek professional counseling and treatment, Fent said.

A Better Tomorrow provides professional intervention services as well as inpatient and outpatient treatment programs for alcohol abuse as well as addiction to illegal and prescription drugs.

Based in Murrieta, Calif., A Better Tomorrow has the highest level of certification of any drug or alcohol treatment center in southwest Riverside County. The clinic is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), placing it in the top 5 percent of drug and alcohol treatment clinics in California. For more information about A Better Tomorrow, please contact Jim Fent at (800) 757-9867. Additional information is available on the clinic’s website at http://www.abttc.com/.