Avoiding slippery people, places and things is a great first step. You’ve heard this before. If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you always got. That includes “old you” choices. If you are currently in treatment or have ‘graduated’ and are now out, in-community, in recovery, you need […]
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RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A PROCESS.
Recovery is a journey. If you have been following each blog post in order you have covered a lot of information. It could all be new to you. For someone new on the “Trail to Transendence” (beyond the road to recovery) for the first time it could be information overload. A good idea would be […]
CBT – SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY.
So far I have been adding pieces of the recovery puzzle that will make your journey easier to understand and achieve. Let’s put all the pieces together. Once you master or fully understand the concept illustrated by the CBT Map at the beginning of this blog and how it relates to the 14 Recovery Themes […]
RECOVERY RESOURCES. “YOU ALREADY HAVE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED,” CARL ROGERS.
“Clients already have the resources they need to explore and resolve their issues.” Carl Rogers The second part of that quote is “given a healthy environment.” That’s the purpose of this blog: to create a healthy environment to explore and resolve your own issues. As you have read in previous posts behavior change begins […]
“WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER YOU DO BETTER.” OPRAH.
Sometimes it’s easy to be really hard on ourselves and heap on the blame – for everything. That is an example of irrational thinking and hurtful, negative self-talk. We and therapists need to listen to our Meta Model clues or violations. The Meta Model will be explained more later. Due to a faulty belief/values system […]
STRENGTHS BASED RECOVERY THEMES HELP YOU
An explanation of the relevance of the Recovery Themes could be useful at this point. It is very empowering for the clients to realize just how much control they have over their feelings and emotions. Recovery Theme 1 is an example of how effective these themes can be for ourselves and our clients. As can […]