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OUTPATIENT TREATMENT
Our focus is on Life Skills and almost every group in various forms, addresses new skills, dealing with underlying trauma and teaching ways to cope with emotions. Our goal is to increase emotional intelligence whilst working on supporting our clients in new ways to remain clean and sober. Our approach is one of a Bio-Psycho-Social methodology and we are not just a 12-step treatment centre. We are dual diagnoses clinic/programmes and support our clients who are on medication and under psychiatric care. The groups are designed around a holistic approach to recovery and we believe that if we address all three aspects, a client has a stronger opportunity to remain clean and sober.
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Ideally if a client has a semblance of functionality; an ability to hold down employment/ attend to their studies; and a strong family or employment support structure and cannot leave their lives to attend treatment, then Outpatient Treatment could be the solution and may suit their needs very well.
Morning or evening Options are available and the choice is based on their responsibilities, and the circumstances which pertain to their particular situation.
Morning groups start at 9.30am and run till 1pm with a half hour break and including a half-hour step work.
Evening groups start at 4.30pm and run till 7pm with a half hour break.
Clients will receive their schedules upon admission in their treatment file and given a timeslot for their individual counselling session. They also need to attend 4 12 Step Meetings per week, two are attended at changes on a Monday and Tuesday after group.
Upon completion of the Inpatient Treatment Program, Clients are encouraged to move into the Halfway House to consolidate their process to enhance long term recovery and sobriety, if they are not working or studying, we recommend participation in both morning and evenings groups until they feel more stable and able to start looking at future prospects.
We offer Outpatient Care for up to 12 months of the person’s sobriety. We encourage ongoing individual therapy, ongoing 12 step support group meetings, and an ongoing relationship with their 12 Step Sponsor. Attendance at aftercare for as long as the client feels it is necessary to attend. Most of our long term recovering clients attend aftercare for a minimum of 2 years. There is no extra charge for this service.