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Our group members experience support, understanding, empathy and encouragement from one another. Clients boost their self-confidence by sharing their lives and experiences. Group sessions are beneficial in healing all emotional and psychological struggles people experience: anger, anxiety, depression, fear, shame, etc. Group members learn how to accept support from others and start to understand the difficulties in other peoples’ lives. Participating in group sessions gives clients purpose, responsibility and a sense of belonging.
Geared specifically to women, this book brings a feminine perspective to the Twelve Step program, searching out the healing messages beneath the male-oriented words (Hazelden).
Connections draws on empirically based strategies to help clients recognize shame as a universal experience and embrace authentic living as a foundation for shame resilience. Topics include:
Defining shame
Practicing empathy
Exploring triggers and vulnerabilities
Practicing critical awareness
Reaching out to others
Creating, embracing, and inspiring change
The Connections cirriculum engages clients on a cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal level. Clients learn via group and personal exercises, handouts, and reading assignments from Brown’s best-selling book I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power. (www.hazelden.org)
The Seeking Safety curriculum is a therapeutic approach designed to help individuals struggling with trauma and substance use disorders. It focuses on building safety in relationships, emotions, and thinking patterns. The program is structured around 25 specific topics, including grounding techniques, self-care, and healthy relationships, emphasizing a strengths-based perspective.
Seeking Safety is designed for various settings, including group and individual therapy, and is adaptable for diverse populations. The ultimate goal is to empower participants to achieve safety and stability in their lives, promoting recovery from trauma and addiction concurrently.
Our assessment services provide a comprehensive evaluation that identifies the needs, abilities, strengths and preferences of the potential client. The evaluator reviews the assessment and recommends an individual treatment plan that best suits the client’s needs.
Screening for Mental Health Concerns
We provide screening services to identify the complexity or severity of their addiction along with any possible mental health disorders.
Often times our clients have been in what many refer to as a revolving door with chemical dependency and mental health services. In order to help, we need to address core issues and root causes and treat them at the same time.
Trauma-informed services:
Services are specifically designed to address violence, trauma, and related symptoms and reactions. The intent is to increase skills and strategies that allow survivors to manage their symptoms and reactions with minimal disruption to the quality or obligations of daily life as well as reduce or eliminate debilitating symptoms and to prevent further traumatization and violence.
