Therapy
This contains goals to focus on during treatment alongside a therapist. It is updated in session every 45 days.
What is a Plan of Care?
This practice involves writing thoughts and feelings regularly to process emotions.
What is journaling?
reality as it is, even if it’s painful or unfair, without fighting or denying it. It doesn’t mean you like or approve of the situation—it means letting go of struggling against what cannot be changed so you can respond more calmly and effectively
what is radical acceptance ?
45 Days
What is the Minimum amount of time required in the IOP (Intensive Outpatient) level of care?
considered a chronic brain disorder, not simply a lack of self-control.
What is the disease of addiction?
This common therapy type focuses on changing negative thought patterns and behaviors.
What is CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) ?
This daily practice helps reduce stress by focusing attention on the present moment.
What is mindfulness?
This hormone is released during stress and is often called the “stress hormone.”
What is cortisol?
short reflection from recovery literature that members read each day to support their recovery. It usually includes a brief message about sobriety, personal growth, or spiritual principles, followed by a thought or focus for the day to encourage mindful living and staying clean.
What is a daily reading or daily meditation? (just for today, language of letting go, etc)
people who provide encouragement, guidance, and practical help during challenging times. It can include family, friends, peers, mentors, therapists, or groups, and it helps individuals feel understood, stay motivated, and maintain recovery or well-being.
What are supports?
Communication skill involves expressing feelings, using phrases, such as "I feel" instead of blaming others.
What are "I" statements?
a calming exercise that helps reduce anxiety by bringing your attention to the present moment. You slowly identify things you see, feel, hear, smell, and taste, which helps shift focus away from distressing thoughts and back to your surroundings.
What is the 5 senses grounding technique ?
chemical in your brain that helps you feel motivated, focused, and rewarded. It plays a big role in pleasure, learning, and movement, and is released when you do something enjoyable or achieve a goal.
What is dopamine ?
in group therapy, this term describes interrupting, or giving unsolicited advice.
What is cross talk?
set of strategies aimed at reducing the negative consequences of risky behaviors, like substance use, without requiring full abstinence. It focuses on safety, health, and well-being. ex, using clean needles, practicing safer drinking, or accessing support services—to minimize harm and support gradual positive change.
what is harm reduction?
a structured form of therapy that helps people manage intense emotions and improve relationships. It teaches skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, and is commonly used to treat borderline personality disorder, self-harm behaviors, and mood disorders.
What is DBT (Dialectical behavioral therapy) ?
This quality helps individuals bounce back from adversity
What is resilience ?
idea that explains suffering in two steps: the first stressor unavoidable pain or hardship, and the second stressor is the additional suffering we create by reacting with anger, fear, or resistance.
What is the two arrows theory?
This core group principle means what is shared in the room stays in the room.
What is confidentiality?
Intense urges to use often short lived, typically last about ____ minutes before fading if not acted on.
5 minutes
when your heart races and your body prepares for danger, the system is activated.
what is fight or flight response?
A self-help method that combines gentle tapping on specific acupressure points with focused attention on emotional issues. It is designed to help reduce stress, anxiety, and negative emotions by calming the body’s stress response.
What is EFT (emotional freedom technique) ?
part of your brain that helps you make decisions, problem solve, impulse control, control emotions, and manage behavior.
What is the frontal lobe or prefrontal cortex ?
A DBT skill used in IOP. The skill teaches people how to survive and de-escalate during a time of high stress or a trigger.
What is distress tolerance?
This behavior involves protecting someone from the consequences of their addiction, even though it may unintentionally support continued use.
what is enabling?