Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program (Group)

This is a low intensity psycho-educational group that runs for nine sessions.  These sessions have been designed around information that clients need to know or understand about their lives to live without relying on alcohol and or drugs.  These areas have been identified in the literature and include: changing friends and activities, developing drug and alcohol free activities and hobbies, learning to manage anger and other negative feelings appropriately, and learning to communicate in an effective manner.   

The client is required to attend and participate for 9 sessions that cover alcohol and drug use as well as aspects of daily living to allow the client to focus on his/her life changes to make for abstinence from alcohol and/or drugs.

The client is required to take an Attitude and Behavior pretest/posttest, as well as a Readiness To Change pretest/posttest to identify the stage of change the client presents, both at admission and again at discharge from treatment.

The presenter is very good at engaging noncompliant and difficult clients.  Almost all of the participants feel that his style makes them feel positive about their ability to change for the better.  This group is a non-confronting, low stress group which is designed to engage the participants in positive behavior change.

The presenter has a proven history of working with participants who have very negative attitudes, and or have been unsuccessful at other programs.  He is able to engage them either in the group process, in casual encounters on breaks, or in individual counseling.  He will often see people individually who initially entered the group with no intention of ever engaging in counseling. Most of these people who are so engaged show improvements in both attitude and behavior.

GROUP TOPICS:

• Week #1: The Influence of Alcohol
• Week #2: The Influence of Other Drugs
• Week #3: The Relationship Between Tension (Stress), Feelings, and Obligations
• Week #4: Communication
• Week #5: Values, Morals and Priorities
• Week #6: Problem Solving
• Week #7: AA, NA, CA Slogans, and Spirituality
• Week #8: Depression and Other Mental Health/Emotional Problems
• Week #9: Family Dynamics

GROUP SCHEDULE:

• Wooster: Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.; 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• Rittman: Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• Orrville: Thursdays, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.