Intensive Outpatient
Program

Using motivational interviewing skills and CBT techniques, these sessions help reduce ambivalence in the client. When necessary, significant others and family members are included in these sessions to address the current needs of the client and to educate family members on issues associated with substance abuse, addiction, and dependence.

Group sessions focused on early recovery skills are completed over the first month of treatment and are co-facilitated by the therapist and a client that is established in recovery. They are intended to be more educational than therapeutic. The ERS group is focused on the concept that the client has the power to increase the odds of abstinence and that while individual treatment can be helpful, someone attempting to achieve lasting recovery will benefit most from also attending community-based groups.

This group focuses on the idea that relapse is a predictable, non-random event that is obvious to the therapist and other clients. The goal of these groups is to educate the client and identify the signs of relapse early so it can be prevented. Topics involve shame, guilt, and resentment, finding appropriate uses of time, ways to build motivation, identifying triggers of relapse and building self-monitoring skills while downplaying the role of willpower.

At Andy’s House, we believe that treatment outcomes improve when the entire family and support network of the client are active in treatment. The family will learn information related to addiction and recovery and will receive education regarding the signs of relapse and ways to modify their behaviors to be more desirable and helpful for the client. Both clients and their families are encouraged to attend these sessions together.