Outpatient
Types of Services from Outpatient Counseling at Hope House
- Individual Therapy: Individual session utilizing MI to enhance treatment readiness, commitment to recovery, followed by CBT interventions for psychoeducation, skills development, improved interpersonal and coping skills development.
- Relapse Prevention Group: A weekly group with a focus on maintaining recovery. Topics vary based on the needs of current clients. The treatment team meets weekly to plan for treatment groups and researches appropriate topics. Treatment team involved with group planning includes a mix of Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors.
- Twelve Step Education: This multi-session evidence-based outpatient treatment is for clients with substance use disorders. Its primary goal is to facilitate active involvement in a Twelve Step fellowship such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. The Twelve Step Facilitation Program is designed for individual therapy sessions, as well as, group treatment. It can be used for clients who have never been exposed to a Twelve Step program as well as those who have already been in previous treatment or have had voluntary involvement in 12 step programs.
In addition, when appropriate gender specific material will be used to enhance understanding of the 12 steps:
A Woman’s Way Through the Twelve Steps – by Stephanie Cunningham
A Man’s Way Through the Twelve Steps – by Dan Griffin
- Seeking Safety©: This is a present-focused evidenced based CBT therapy program designed to help people attain safety from trauma and substance abuse. The treatment was designed for flexible use. It can be conducted in group and individual therapy sessions with women, and men. Clinicians may utilize all topics or choose topics based on client needs.
- Anger Management: The goal of Anger Management is to reduce the emotional and physical effects anger has on your life and the lives of those around you. Anger is a normal emotion that we all have from time to time and it cannot be avoided. You can explore and change how you express anger, and even change the way you respond when angry.
- Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Group: The goal of the Medication Assisted Treatment group is to provide a supportive place for those utilizing various types of medications in the treatment of their substance dependence. Many times individuals don’t have a place to discuss the recovery process while being open and honest about being on medications, in this group you can.
- Being on MAT and attending 12 step meetings, coping with the views of friends and family, reducing stigma, myths of being on MAT, when to stay and when to stop MAT, among other topics to be covered.
Treatment Approaches for Outpatient Counseling at Hope House
The mission of this program is to provide counseling services for men and women challenged by substance abuse. Our goal is to provide effective treatment for substance abuse in a safe, supportive community outpatient setting. Clients learn the skills necessary to begin and maintain recovery, develop community supports, while identifying community resources to enhance opportunities for maintaining their recovery.
Outpatient Counseling will promote self-care, self-reliance and community responsibility through clinical services and continued support. All Outpatient Counselors will use Evidence Based Practices (EBP) including; Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Seeking Safety©, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as the primary methods of treatment.
The program seeks to assists individuals accomplish the following:
- Reduction in the amount and frequency of alcohol and substance use
- Improved interpersonal skills
- Development of coping skills that increase the ability to maintain or obtain employment and/or engage in an educational/vocational program
- Improvement of physical and overall mental health along with improving self-care
- Address any legal issues
Information and Referral to Hope House Outpatient Counseling: 617-971-9360