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Dakoske - Phoenix Addiction Treatment Services   Dakoske - Phoenix Addiction Treatment Services  
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Our Therapies
 
Individual Therapies

One-hour sessions within residential, intensive outpatient or outpatient treatment programs. Therapy centers around talk therapy with work on recovery/wellness issues, mental health issues, and the emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being of the individual with assignments to be completed.

After an in-house psychological evaluation, clients may be referred to a nonresident psychologist for further psychological evaluation. This additional evaluation would consider dual-diagnosis, or the existence of mental health issues in addition to addiction.

Family therapy topics are specific to the needs of individual clients and their familles or significant. others. Therapy centers around recovery/wellness learning skills and processing through individual, personal issues.

Groups within residential and intensive outpatient treatment programs meet to discuss, understand and process recovery/wellness issues as well as emotional, spiritual, and physical issues. Assignments are given. Relapse triggers are explored and relapse prevention tactics are processed.

Groups meet within residential and intensive outpatient treatment programs. Emphasis is on learning about addiction, recovery, relapse prevention, spirituality, the physiology of addiction and emotions. Educational therapy includes lectures, videos and assignments. Groups also create in art therapy classes and participate in small group activities.

Groups discuss and learn to identify relapse triggers and warning signs. Therapists use process techniques, assignments and activities to teach specific skills to avoid relapse.

Therapy is specific to those in early recovery. A range of techniques is used to teach skills for long term sobriety.

Groups for just men or women explore targeted gender-specific issues in relation to recovery and wellness.

Family members or significant others learn about the disease of addiction, the role of the family in addiction and skills to help family members cope and heal. Family members also learn how to encourage and reinforce recovery for their addicted loved one.

Clients in the residential treatment program learn daily living skills by participating in daily operations (cleaning, cooking, personal grooming, being on time, being responsible, team work, sharing issues and problems, journaling feelings, chairing in-house Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous groups.)

Clients in the residential treatment program attend weekly exercise groups. Exercise ranges from weight training and fitness programs to sports activities.

Clients in the residential treatment program participate in volunteerism. Volunteer activity occurs at various local organizations.

Specifically designed for women, clients attend trauma and loss group therapy weekly while in the residential treatment program. This group focuses on specific issues related to past trauma, loss and grief.

Clients attend Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Alcoholics for Christ, or Lamda (for gays and lesbians).

Clients attend spiritual groups focusing on higher powers as taught by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.

Clients attend educational groups on the cognitive process and help change cognitive distortions related to maladaptive behavior.

Specifically designed groups to help clients meet the challenges of beginning the recovery process.

Hope Happens Here
All of our therapies are based upon standards of care that work. Self-exploration and awareness exercises are combined with education about addictions, relapse prevention, family interactions and wellness. Recreation, art and volunteer therapies further the healing process. A healthy new life begins with our caring, successful therapies.

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