Intensive Outpatient Therapy for Substance Abuse

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• Have small groups of 12 or less
• Has a minimum of three (3) sessions per week for at least ten (10) weeks. 
• Session times may vary but cannot be less than one (1) hour and cannot exceed three (3) hours daily 
• Individuals will receive a maximum of nine (9) total hours of group therapy per week. 

Groups may be centered around any of the following topics: 

• Psycho education  
• skills-development  
• drug or alcohol refusal training  
• relapse prevention techniques  
• assertiveness training
• stress management
• support groups (e.g., process-oriented recovery groups),  
• single-interest groups (can include gender issues, sexual orientation, criminal offense and histories of physical and sexual abuse)
• family or couples groups
   

• Discover, label, and learn to recognize feeling states 
• Initiate a foundation for sober living 
• Identify primary emotional "triggers" 
• Develop a wide variety of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral coping skills 
• Learn to employ and actively use appropriate coping skills in daily life 
• Seek out possible relapse warning signs 
• Construct a supportive recovery environment 
• Create a personalized and applicable Relapse Prevention Plan 
• Utilize and assist other group members constructively in the treatment experience