Group therapy sessions are an integral part of the Inneractions Program. The group setting accomplishes a few things: First, it provides the community and support that clients need while navigating the recovery process. Second, groups gives clients the opportunity to tackle complex subjects in front of peers and family. And third, clients practice cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, mindfulness and breathing exercises, and acupuncture all in a group setting.
Each group therapy session is guided by our trained facilitators and is focused around a specific topic. We offer three one hour sessions per day and all clients are required to attend three out of four days per week (Mon-Thurs). Special groups like our Family Programming Group and Acupuncture Group meet bi-weekly or monthly.
Monthly Groups
Family Programming Group
When: Last Friday of every month
Duration: 3 hrs
Description: Family members and significant others are offered the opportunity to participate in client/family sessions with other families, program therapist and counselor.
Sobriety Groups (Women:The Balancing Act)
When: Monthly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: Come join other women in recovery who want to feel nurtured, understood and guided in their busy lives. It can be daunting to balance the multiple roles that many women play, while trying to remain healthy and grounded.
More: http://inneractions.net/sobriety-groups-woman-the-balancing-act/
Bi-Weekly Groups
Codependency Group
When: Bi-weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: Come join others in learning how to have healthier and more fulfilling relationships by relinquishing the imaginary ability you may believe you have to keep our loved ones safe. Codependent relationships are a struggle for many. Adopting new methods of demonstrating compassion while at the same time setting healthy boundaries, can free you of the painful burden of feeling you are responsible for your loved ones recovery at the cost of your own emotional and physical health.
Acupuncture Group
When: Bi-weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: Our licensed acupuncturist specializes in helping the mind and body achieve a sense of calm and healing during recovery.
Men’s Group
When: Bi-Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: We provide a cognitive/behavioral approach to helping men recapture their personal power. We create an environment where their sense of direction is regained and their careers, relationships and financial successes are re-actualized.
More: http://inneractions.net/taking-charge-of-your-life-mens-groups/
Weekly Groups
Mindfulness Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: The link between stress and addiction is well-known. Stress increases the likelihood of alcohol and drug use, and can precipitate relapses following treatment. The goal of this group is to assist our clients in replacing substance use with healthy coping skills when confronted with the inevitable stressors that threaten sobriety.
Reaching For Recovery
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: While everyone faces stress, it is important for those in recovery to find new ways to cope with it, as the risk of relapse is very high. Our Reaching for Recovery group provides many tools to manage daily and underlying stressors so clients can learn to manage life in a more successful manner.
Creative Expressions Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: An experiential group providing each client with the opportunity to explore their sense of self through artistic expression, movement, and group insight.
It’s Where I Come From Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group provides clients with the opportunity to explore family of origin and the types of beliefs and behaviors which become part of their ongoing story.
Living Sober Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group is run as a gender specific group which explores recovery and how it relates to your way of living within the Twelve Principles. We teach the importance of applying recovery, personal values within the concept of these Principles and joy for life. This is an opportunity to learn the principles behind the steps as they are played out through lifestyle, work, money, sex and intimacy. Our goal is to assist you in attaining personal goals in living a life that offers balance, focus and harmony.
Living Sober Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: Clients use this time to explore the steps in depth in a group format, where there is opportunity for discussion, debate and exploration. Discussions, presentations and exploration of the disease of addiction and important issues relating to recovery.
Gender Specific Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group provides clients with a gender specific environment to address sensitive or specific issues which arise during early recovery. These are safe and intimate groups where space is made to look at deeper issues which affect their relationships, self-image, and sexuality.
Reaching For Recovery Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group addresses the underlying issues which manifest while continuing the journey towards recovery and sobriety. This is an in-depth, process group which allows the clients to look at the past motivations for using substances and the new tools they can adopt to manage their pain.
Healing Core Pain Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group provides a safe environment to address and understand trauma. It is run by a trauma specialist who helps create the safety needed to untangle the past pain which infiltrates many aspects of their lives.
Digging In Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group addresses the underlying issues which manifest while continuing the journey towards recovery and sobriety. This is an in-depth, process group which allows clients to delve even deeper into exploring the real pain that lies at the center of their addiction while developing specific and individualized techniques for coping.
Anything Goes Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group is a process group allowing clients to review the week’s work and the way in which they will integrate their knowledge and their behavior to effect change.
Jumping Into Recovery Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group has been designed to provide a container for the client to begin to construct their own recovery and to utilize principles of recovery to craft their lives.
Principles Of Expression Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group invites the clients to connect with and explore their conscious and unconscious emotions in an activity based group.
Addiction and Psycho-Educational Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: Discussions, presentations and exploration of the disease of addiction and important issues relating to recovery.
Gratitude Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This group demonstrates the power of gratitude and allows clients to utilize mindfullness to recognize at the very least, one behavior, relationship, insight, event, opportunity or feeling to complete their IOP week
Anger and Stress Management Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: This is a structured group that we will be implementing soon but in the meantime these issues are addressed albeit less formally in the other groups.
The Four Agreements Group
When: Weekly
Duration: 1 hr
Description: A copy of Four Agreements by Don Miguel are given to clients upon admission and the concepts are used in a group setting to help clients gain a better understanding of the etiology of their beliefs, their behaviors and their feelings. Within this structure clients begin to challenge old beliefs and replace them with ones that are more productive, nurturing and that will allow for personal growth.