Bimini Program Rules/Guidelines
Things not allowed in group rooms.
What is food, drinks other than water, and cell phones?
Favorite seeking safety group facilitator.
What is DEE NICE?
Step 2
We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Examples of group norms.
Encouraging positive behavior; for example, “be honest”) or proscriptive (discouraging negative behavior; for example, “do not cheat."
What is PTSD short for?
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
Length of a black-out period.
What is 15 days?
Is Seeking Safety an Evidence-based?
What is yes?
Step 4
We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What are group norms?
Group norms are ground rules/expectations that can encourage a group to work efficiently & discourage behaviors that hinder its effectiveness. Although unwritten, they govern how group members interact w/ each other, work as a team, make decisions, & even how they dress.
What is PTSD?
What is a set of emotional problems that can occur after someone has experienced a terrible, stressful life event?
What time does the house close on Fridays and Saturdays?
What is 11:30 pm?
Favorite group at Bimini
What is Seeking Safety?
Step 1
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Confidentiality in group
What is everything said in the group is confidential. To agree to not disclose names of other members of the group, what is said in the group, and what occurs.
The effects PTSD has on an individual.
Who is allowed in your room?
What is my roommate and self?
Benefits of Seeking Safety
What is it can help residents recover from their traumatic past so they can regain the footing they need to move forward in life. Seeking Safety does not ask the client to delve deep into the recesses and details of the trauma. The treatment focuses on the present. One is to envision what safety would currently feel like in one's life and teaches one coping skills to achieve that vision?
Step 7
Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
Benefit of group therapy
Group therapy helps individuals develop communication skills&socialization skills, & allows clients to learn how to express their issues& accept criticism from others. Group therapy allows individuals to develop self-awareness by listening to others w/ similar issues.
The link between PTSD and Substance Abuse.
What is the most common dual diagnoses?
Among women 30%-59%
Amond men 11%-38%
What are the names of the primary counselors?
What is Carl, Yvette, Christie, and James?
What are the four contents of seeking safety?
cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, and case management.
Step 12
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Exception to confidentiality
The group leader is a mandated reporter. They are required to report child abuse, elder abuse, and reported harm to self/harm to others.
Two types of PTSD.
What is Simple PTSD?
A single incident such as a car accident or a tornado, usually as an adult.
What is complex PTSD?
Repeated incidents such as DV or ongoing childhood abuse. It includes such as self-harm, suicide, dissociation ("losing time"), relationships, memory, sexuality, health, anger, shame, guilt, numbness, loss of faith, and trust, and feeling damaged.