What To Expect

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• Therapy sessions begin with a comprehensive interview to understand the individual's life events that have contributed to their inability to cope in a healthy manner without the use of chemicals or out-of-control behavior.
• Intensive Individual Therapy may include:
  •         12-Step Work
  •          Education - Utilizing the "Living in Balance" evidence based curriculum. 
  •              And for Sex Addiction, the "Recovery Start Kit" By Dr. Patrick Carnes
  •          Relapse Prevention
  •          Thoughts and Feelings and how they relate to triggers
  •          Triggers and Rituals
  •          More than just "Talk Therapy"
• Couples Therapy may include:
  •          Developing healthy communication skills
  •          Education
  •          Disclosing secrets
  •          Setting healthy boundaries, etc.
• Each session will be focused on the goal of providing skills development for sustained recovery.  Recovery skills include:
  •         The ability to tolerate emotional distress
  •         The ability to self-soothe in an appropriate manner
  •         The ability to motivate self
  •         The ability to stop, think and respond and not react
  •         The ability to control impulses
  •         The ability to delay gratification
  •         The ability to ask for help when needed
• Many therapists can provide the same treatment methods.  However, few, especially those not treating addictions, have an understanding of the goals necessary for sustained recovery and how to achieve them.