Treatment Programs: Intensive Evening Outpatient Program (IEOP)

Challenges' Intensive Outpatient Addiction Treatment Program is an evening program which utilizes the Gorski Relapse Treatment model for relapse treatment and basic chemical dependency education. This component meets three evenings per week over twelve weeks for a total of 36 sessions, and Includes group and family sessions. All work is goal-oriented with measurable outcomes.

Participation in the IEOP includes:

• Psychosocial Assessments and Family Therapy
• Continuing Aftercare
• Outpatient Medical Assessments
• Chemical Dependency Education Series
• Continuing Outcome Studies
• Individual Case Management with Reporting
• Lectures, Videos, and Interactive Groups Focused on Relapse Prevention
• All Gorski Relapse Work Models and Books including Aftercare Workbooks
• Referral to Other Appropriate Local Recovery Resources

Sample Program Description

¤ Addictive Disease:

• A Bio-Psycho-Social Disease
• The Addiction Cycle
• Recovery from Addictive Disease

¤ Post Acute Withdrawal

• Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms
• Post Acute Withdrawal Episode
• Stress and Post Acute Withdrawal

¤ Managing Post Acute Withdrawal

• Support Systems
• Healthful Living
• Personal and Spiritual Growth

¤ The Recovery Process

• Developmental Model of Recovery
• Pretreatment, Stabilization & Early Recovery
• Middle Recovery, Late Recovery & Maintenance

¤ Understanding Relapse

• Expanding Your Concept of Relapse
• Mistaken Beliefs about Relapse
• The Relapse Syndrome

¤ Phases and Warning Signs of Relapse

• Initial Relapse Signals
• Emotional Signs of Relapse
• Behavioral Manifestations of Relapse

¤ Relapse Prevention Planning

• Stabilization, Assessment & Education
• Warning Signs Management
• Review of Recovery Program

¤ Family Involvement in Relapse Prevention Planning

• Co-Addiction and Relapse
• The Relapse Prevention Network
• Family Relapse Prevention Planning