San Diego – April, 2017–After you have undergone medical detoxification and inpatient treatment to battle addiction, you move to outpatient services for ongoing care. Alternatively, you may move to an intensive outpatient program directly after detox, if you can’t stay in a residential facility, due to family and/or work responsibilities. Outpatient rehabilitation is where a patient travels to a center to attend therapy sessions and can return home the same day.Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) have proven highly effective in addiction treatment and recovery.
Intensive Outpatient Programs
Addiction treatment programs vary in the duration and intensity of outpatient treatment. Intensive outpatient treatments can last anywhere from a couple of months to a year or longer.
The number of hours and days per week, that people participate in, varies depending on individual needs from 6 to 30 hours per week.
Treatment Plan
Outpatient treatment includes psychoeducational therapy and counseling, skill-development, support, and interpersonal process groups.
Group counseling sessions,often scheduled for 90 minutes, support people in treatment by –
• providing opportunities to develop communication skills and participate in socialization experiences
• establishing an environment of helping and supporting each other
• introducing routine and structure into a chaotic lifestyle
• reinforcing healthy ways of interacting in a safe, therapeutic environment
• guiding people as they practice new behaviors
Intensive Outpatient Programs Stages
Four primary stages of intensive outpatient addiction treatment include –
Stage 1: Assessment
During the initial stage of addiction treatment, your rehab counselor will assess physical and psychological needs, goals and expectations.
Stage 2: Early Recovery
Recovering addicts learn about addiction, its impact on your life, and the psychological issues that drive your drug or alcohol use. Treatment during this time will be both individual, one-on-one counseling as well as group sessions.
Educational activities, group involvement and new behaviors help you develop recovery skills, preventrelapsesand create a drug-free lifestyle.
In addition, aqua therapy, counseling, hypnotherapy, physical restorative therapy and psychoeducation may be used too.
Stage 3: Maintenance
When you complete stage1 and 2 of your treatment, you enter the maintenance phase where you –
• practice abstinence and relapse prevention
• improve emotional functioning
• address any other problem areas
Stage 4: Transition to Ongoing Care
A detailed and individualized discharge plan is created for ongoing recovery in the community using available resources. Periodiccontact can also help you in your recovery. Other aspects of continuing care, which may vary from one rehab to another, include –
• vocational training
• recreational therapy
• family therapy
• medical care
If you are looking for intensive outpatient treatment in San Diego, call Pacific Bay Recovery at 858-263-9700. The San Diego rehab offers innovative therapies utilizing a combination of group therapy, individual psychotherapy and holistic treatment techniques that have proven high success rates.