Program Pillars

Recovery may seem elusive for many, but it is certainly not unobtainable. Our goal is to help them replace unhealthy coping mechanisms with productive ones. We spend time introducing them to different recovery programs such as The 12 steps, SMART, and Refuge Recovery. We also help them identify the triggers that have caused relapses in the past, so they can address them head on, and work through them. 

• The 4 Rs/Recovery Overview
• Telling your Recovery Story
• Identifying Internal & External Triggers
• Systems of Support (12 Steps, SMART, Refuge, meetings, finding a sponsor)
• Evaluating Lifestyle and Its Role in Recovery
• Making Changes
• Managing Impulsivity
• Building New Habits
• Recovery and The Brain
• Stages of Change
• Taking Back Your Power: Reframing
• Split Self

Values, Spirituality, & Identities is a Launch pillar centered on a post-modern, narrative philosophy that seeks to gain a rich understanding of clients, their struggles, and what stands in the way of their hopes and dreams. It looks at all of the socio-cultural factors that we integrate into our value system and visions of ourselves. By discussing perspectives on gender socialization, race, religion, language, socio-economic status, the culture of one’s family system, and binaries of abstinence and addiction, clients are given more freedom to decide how they prefer to see themselves in the face of taken for granted and sometimes “oppressive” labels. 

In groups, we hope to take a look at the context of people’s lives as a way of understanding both the problems they face as well as the knowledge and skills they have in spite of those challenges. Through this pillar, we hope to support clients in finding their “why” and how to cultivate positive behaviors that support this life purpose.

• My Values
• Language and Worldview
• Countering Sobriety
• Names We Call Ourselves
• Patriarchy and Gender Socialization
• Race, Culture, and Identity
• Beyond Fear to Your Authentic Self
• Finding Your Why
• Identity by Way of Diagnosis
• Barriers to Values
• The Values We’ve Inherited
• Mindfulness & Spirituality 

As many young adults would say, they didn’t learn the basics of life skills in high school. We spend years teaching them algebra, history, biology, but people seldom take the time to sit down with young people and walk them through things such as budgeting, the importance of credit, or how to make a weekly grocery list. For many adults these seem like obvious skills that people should develop, but based on a client’s life story, this may not have been possible. We do our best to help our clients learn basic skills so that they can move forward, towards an independent life outside of treatment. 

• Housing
• Nutrition
• Meal Planning
• Budgeting
• Credit
• Savings/Retirement/Investment
• Self-Care
• Time Management
• Exercise
• Personal Care
• Health Appointments/Progress
• Stress Management