DBT group:
A Therapeutic group that addresses skills regarding emotional regulation. Core mindfulness skills help clients experience emotions in the moment and help clients gain a nonjudgmental perspective on the world. Interpersonal effectiveness skills are helpful to assist clients in problem-solving. Emotional regulation skills give clients the tools to identify and label their emotions and increase positive emotional events. Distress tolerance skills focus on radical acceptance, turning the mind toward acceptance, distracting oneself, self-soothing, improving the moment, and thinking of pros and cons.

Nutrition/Culinary Group:
Support group that promotes healthy eating, cooking and living. Group will address nutrition, a balanced diet and exercise. Group will make visits to Whole Foods Market, enjoy local vegan cuisine, and participate in nature walks. There will be group discussions about how to modify meals to fit everyone’s unique nutritional needs.

Family Dynamics Group:
A Therapeutic group that addresses family relationships and promotes positive healthy communication. Group discussions include family conflict and problem solving, codependency, family roles, and healthy boundaries. Group members are able to identify and process feelings about family dysfunction and issues of grief and loss.

Coping Skills:
This group provides an opportunity for clients to share their individual struggles and get feedback from the group leader and peers. Specific topics have included assertiveness, communication, conflict management, relaxation techniques, and distorted thinking.

Life Skills:
Teaches powerful concepts designed to help individuals and families dramatically improve the quality of their lives as the pathway to independence.

OCD group:
A clinical group that educates clients on the diagnosis of OCD. Members are encouraged to explore the roots of their disorder, as well as sharing their specific obsessive and compulsive behaviors. They are given tools on how to manage and eventually reduce these behaviors.

Asperger's Group:
Group members learn to recognize, cope with and overcome behaviors associated with the Aspergers Syndrome diagnosis. The group focuses on Appropriate Social Skills, social interactions, and daily struggles that are related to Aspergers. The group learns specific skills and then puts them in to practice.

Mental Health Group:
This group is designed to alleviate some of the fear and stigma around having a diagnosis. Group members discuss various topics related to mental health. This group is somewhat of an open forum where residents ask questions that they have been afraid to ask in regards to mental health. It helps educate them on their particular diagnosis as well as the diagnosis of others.

Chemical Dependency group:
An open guided discussion group that focuses on supportive process for issues related to chemical dependency and substance abuse. Participants process their own personal histories, explore motivations for change, and identify healthy behaviors and new coping skills and strategies that support long-term recovery in a challenging and supportive environment.

Recovery Focus:
An open process group that focuses on psychoeducation related 12 Step recovery methodologies and relapse prevention planning. Participants explore various ways to apply traditional and nontraditional recovery methods to their own lives. Group topics include process and interpretation of recovery literature, education on the 12 Steps and traditions found in common support groups and the development of relapse prevention planning through sober support systems.

Smoke Free Times:
10:00-11:00, 2:30-3:30, 5:00-6:00
No smoking during groups, no TV or games during groups.

Smoking is restricted while groups are in progress. Please refrain from playing games and watching TV during groups. 
AA Community Meetings are available at Off Site Location Sunday – Friday at 12:00, 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. Individual Relapse Prevention Sessions on Monday’s at 2:30 – 4:00 pm.