We offer group treatment for a variety of substance and mental health concerns. Please ask us directly about groups focusing on particular conditions of interest to you. We are currently offering a Suboxone Group Treatment Program detailed below on a repeating cycle every six weeks.
Apex Treatment Services provides a weekly group treatment program for patients in active outpatient Suboxone maintenance therapy. This program runs six to twelve weeks on a repeating cycle to provide three important care objectives:
PROGRAM CONTENT:
Pharmacology of addiction, the brain reward circuitry, and the
rationale for Suboxone maintenance in full agonist opiate
treatment.
Assessing the need for detoxification and craving
management.
Relapse prevention and relapse planning
Importance of exercise, rest, relaxation, and nutrition in
recovery
Defining personal goals and structuring time
Achieving balance in life
Mindfulness training
Engaging in non-substance-using activities
Regular use of recovery tools in daily life
Acceptance of addiction
Motivation to change and motivational struggles
Tips for quitting alcohol or drug use
Pros and cons of change. Pros and cons of abstinence
Denial and other defenses
Phases of recovery and domains of recovery
(physical, psychological, family, social, spiritual)
Addictive thinking
Understanding and identifying emotions and feelings and
their effect on relapse
Managing anxiety
Managing depression
Managing feelings of emptiness
Managing boredom
Reducing shame and guilt
Grief and loss issues
Self-esteem
Self-defeating and therapy-sabotaging behaviors
Psychiatric comorbidities
Relapse and personal growth
High risk factors or dangerous situations for relapse
Relapse warning signs
Relapse set-ups
Lapse/relapse interruption
Spirituality
Meditation
Effects of addiction on family and interpersonal relationships
Role of the family in treatment/recovery
Resolving marital or family conflicts
Making amends to family or others
Managing high-risk people, places, and events
Engaging in healthy leisure interests
Addressing social life and relationship problems or deficits
Resisting social pressures to drink alcohol or use other drugs
Presenting a history of addictive disorders to the employer
Facing versus avoiding interpersonal conflicts
Learning to ask for help and support
Love and intimacy
Self-help programs in recovery
The Twelve Steps
Seeking and using an AA or NA sponsor
PROGRAM DETAILS:
Groups are currently open for referral and are operating on a
six week cycle. Fax referrals to 303-831-9601 or phone us
at 303-674-6074.
Our practice can provide:
Apex Treatment Services provides a weekly group treatment program for patients in active outpatient Suboxone maintenance therapy. This program runs six to twelve weeks on a repeating cycle to provide three important care objectives:
- An educational program that teaches our patients
about the physiology and pharmacology supporting
Suboxone treatment. - A focus on moving beyond abstinence toward
recovery. Relapse prevention planning and relapse
planning that offer critical elements for patients in
substance treatment. - Facilitated group support that allows those on
Suboxone maintenance the rare opportunity to hear
the stories of other patients, to share their common
experience, and to gain insight into recovery from
others who have walked a mile in their shoes.
PROGRAM CONTENT:
Pharmacology of addiction, the brain reward circuitry, and the
rationale for Suboxone maintenance in full agonist opiate
treatment.
Assessing the need for detoxification and craving
management.
Relapse prevention and relapse planning
Importance of exercise, rest, relaxation, and nutrition in
recovery
Defining personal goals and structuring time
Achieving balance in life
Mindfulness training
Engaging in non-substance-using activities
Regular use of recovery tools in daily life
Acceptance of addiction
Motivation to change and motivational struggles
Tips for quitting alcohol or drug use
Pros and cons of change. Pros and cons of abstinence
Denial and other defenses
Phases of recovery and domains of recovery
(physical, psychological, family, social, spiritual)
Addictive thinking
Understanding and identifying emotions and feelings and
their effect on relapse
Managing anxiety
Managing depression
Managing feelings of emptiness
Managing boredom
Reducing shame and guilt
Grief and loss issues
Self-esteem
Self-defeating and therapy-sabotaging behaviors
Psychiatric comorbidities
Relapse and personal growth
High risk factors or dangerous situations for relapse
Relapse warning signs
Relapse set-ups
Lapse/relapse interruption
Spirituality
Meditation
Effects of addiction on family and interpersonal relationships
Role of the family in treatment/recovery
Resolving marital or family conflicts
Making amends to family or others
Managing high-risk people, places, and events
Engaging in healthy leisure interests
Addressing social life and relationship problems or deficits
Resisting social pressures to drink alcohol or use other drugs
Presenting a history of addictive disorders to the employer
Facing versus avoiding interpersonal conflicts
Learning to ask for help and support
Love and intimacy
Self-help programs in recovery
The Twelve Steps
Seeking and using an AA or NA sponsor
PROGRAM DETAILS:
Groups are currently open for referral and are operating on a
six week cycle. Fax referrals to 303-831-9601 or phone us
at 303-674-6074.
Our practice can provide:
- Pharmacologic management of suboxone
- Individual addiction counseling for patients already in
pharmacologic treatment elsewhere. - Group only options for patients receiving pharmacologic
care and addiction counseling elsewhere.
