Community as a Method
A model of treatment where participants come together in a safe environment to work toward recovery and personal change.
What is therapeutic community?
Give full attention, summarize, share thoughts and feelings, hand back with a question.
What is active listening?
A daily reminder of what you are working to accomplish in treatment.
What is the Community Philosophy?
Strengthen community ties and support positive change.
What is Community Activities?
Reflects the values and goals of the community.
What is Unit Appearance?
What is safety in the community?
Talk without labeling, calm voice, identify consequences, state what could be changed about the behavior.
What is to GIVE constructive feedback?
Community uses to help or lift up someone to an awareness of an unhealthy or unhelpful behavior.
What is a Pull-up or Help-up?
Help the community stay safe and focused on prosocial behavior.
What is Rules and Norms?
Progression, different stages.
What is Transitions?
Being aware of your own mental, emotional, and physical health needs, and being able to say no and yes in ways that allow you to meet those needs.
What is setting boundaries?
What is to RECEIVE constructive feedback?
To point out what is working well right now, gratitude toward one another.
What is positive praise?
Helps keep the community functioning and build a sense of responsibility and achievement.
What is Service Committee?
Identify challenges and goals to overcome them.
What is Treatment Plan?
Confidentiality, Punctuality, No putdowns, I-Statements, Feedback, No Blame, Practice, Respecting Boundaries.
What are group agreements?
Strengthens your community as method approach to treatment.
What is practicing skills for healthy communication?
Uplifting, lively event, get active.
What is an Upbeat Ritual?
Focus on the language of the community, helps to try out new behaviors and write about what worked.
What is Treatment through Journals?
Way of thinking, feeling confident, working on a change by behaving as though it's already been achieved.
What is acting as if?
Tolerance of other people's differences gives you an opportunity to learn and grow.
What is having respect?
Desires, Abilities, Reasons, Needs for making change.
What is D.A.R.N. Language?
Current events, sharing information, staying connected to the outside world.
What is news, weather, sports?
Interact and engage with one another's change efforts, can be the most rewarding part of treatment.
What is Small Therapy Groups?
Practicing a Balanced Lifestyle.
What is Meaning and Purpose, Eat Healthy, Get Physical Activity, Get Enough Sleep?