Details of Our Addiction Recovery Program

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

Within the first couple of weeks in our program, our clients are often feeling better than they have in years and have begun the process of retraining the brain’s ability to effectively process information and apply what they will learn. Now we can focus on your life and the tools it will take to walk away from substance abuse.

Emotional responses to circumstances in life and “triggers” for the desire to use drugs and alcohol are deeply rooted in our thought processes and belief structures. The way we perceive ourselves is often based on our abilities to react rationally to events and circumstances in our lives. The way we manage relationships, process emotions, and deal with stress, trauma, and challenges in life is crucial to the outcomes we will experience and directly relates to our overall satisfaction and fulfillment.

By human nature, we all want to experience happiness. For the most part, our happiness is derived from our working, living and relationship environments. For some, this also includes their faith. When we struggle with these and don’t know how to fix or resolve the problems, we tend to seek experiences and other things that will help us feel better. This is where dependencies to drugs or alcohol begin. The problem, however, is that these are only temporary fixes, and they also move us farther from real solutions that will have lasting effects.

CBT is consistently shown to be the most effective therapeutic method for treatment of substance abuse. Our program employs the very latest in CBT techniques, developed by world-renowned addiction researchers to instill the tools necessary to understand why you think, feel, and behave the way you do—and how to change those responses! To learn more about the therapeutic techniques and program used at the St. Gregory Recovery Center, Click to learn more about cognitive behavior therapy!

Health & Wellness

The St. Gregory Health & Wellness program integrates the latest in nutritional education and exercise trends. We incorporate positive recreational sports and physical activities into our health and wellness programs to promote healthier lifestyles.

After admission to our substance abuse treatment centers, St. Gregory clients go through a full medical history and physical (H&P), to provide the initial information for the Health Assessment. The results cover several risk factors including, readiness-to-change, personal and family medical history, immunizations, and more. The result of this assessment develops the road map clients will follow, guided by health and wellness staff in developing and tracking client-centered workout goals based on cardio, strength, and lifestyle (smoking, eating, activity, etc).

Recovery Coaching & Life Planning

The later portion of the St. Gregory program begins to take a serious look at how our guests can apply the tools they have learned here to their lives when they return home. This is one of the most important aspects of our program as it provides clearly planned goals and objectives for recovery and is an invaluable resource to help our graduates maintain the motivation and resilience necessary for abstinence.

Each person works with his or her counselor on mapping out a recovery plan for when they return home to their jobs and families. This plan puts into action the tools learned here and includes both short-term and long-term goals for themselves, their relationships, their careers, and their overall direction in life.

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