Your initial individual therapy session will last for 60 minutes and subsequent therapy sessions will be 50 minutes. During this time, your trained, licensed therapist will listen attentively to you and start the process of “getting to know you”, gather information about what sparked you to seek counseling and based on your answers, make notations on how we can be most effective in your treatment. The frequency of appointments will depend on your specific needs. Regular attendance is recommended for the fastest path to recovery.

At Recovery Inside Out, we provide a soothing environment, so you will feel safe, acknowledged, supported and validated to share your innermost feelings and experiences with us. During your therapy session, you will be treated with respect, understanding, empathy, care and compassion. We will encourage you to work through issues at your own pace. We will guide you every step of the way. We will help you figure out the best next steps to creating a life worth living.

At Recovery Inside Out, we specialize in the treatment of adolescents and young adults. Many of our clients are parents who are in your exact situation. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with panic, desperation and fear of what will happen if your child does not get the appropriate “therapeutic help” that’s needed, let us reassure you that we understand how you feel and we are here to help.

No matter what the young person is seeking counseling for, our therapists are very sensitive to the fact that he/she may not be entirely ready to be “open and honest” with us--- And that’s OK. We will meet the young person wherever they are in the process. Our therapists are highly sensitive to the needs of young people. It’s extremely important to us that we are able to cultivate trust and hope between the young person and therapist--- creating a solid connection is absolutely crucial to the success of the patient’s recovery.

Unfortunately, many young people have seen countless therapists only to be met with utter disappointment, resulting in a universal mistrust of mental health professionals and a lack of faith in the overall therapeutic process. Therapy has left a “bad taste” in their mouth and we get it.

At Recovery Inside Out, you can feel confident that you’re receiving high-quality, specialized care. Our team of professional, licensed therapists are highly experienced and thoroughly trained in specialty fields such as substance use and therapy for young people. At Recovery Inside out, we strive to offer the young person a place of understanding where no judgment is passed and provide them with life tools to help them build self-confidence, self-acceptance and, if applicable, achieving/maintaining sobriety.

The process begins with one of our therapists meeting with the parents and/or caregivers for a 1.5-hour session. The goal during this session is to understand the family system, the dynamics between family members, the parent(s) and the young person from another’s perspective. It’s also an opportunity for your therapist to learn detailed information about past experiences and the motivations/reasons that prompted you to seek therapy. Our therapist will also discuss how we share information with your family and the expectation of the therapist in regards to treatment and communication.

The next session is for the young person only and lasts for 60 minutes. During this session, the goal is to understand the young person, their likes, their struggles, their experience in the family and most importantly, what he/she wants to achieve from their therapeutic process. Our therapist will also discuss how we share information with the family and the role of the therapist in this process. Subsequent therapy sessions will be 50 minutes.

HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF YOUNG PEOPLE’S LIFE CHALLENGES WE TREAT:

• Self-harm behavior

• Suicidal Ideation

• Substance use, abuse, addiction

• Disordered eating

• Social anxiety/ Anxiety/ PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

• Depression

• Cultivating lasting relationships and interpersonal skills to maintain healthy relationships

• Building confidence, self-esteem, truly valuing self (changing negative thought patterns and beliefs)

• Creating a life worth living

• Impacts of trauma (whether in relationships, ability to live in the world, or thoughts with self)

• Recovery Support (related to support after leaving treatment or while in treatment)

• Changing Unhealthy patterns- in relationships or parenting

• Helping parents and loved ones (mothers, fathers, spouses, significant others) learn how to love someone with substance use, addiction, addictive behaviors and mental health concerns.

Sometimes you may not know what you’re feeling and you’re finding it hard to identify your emotions. Maybe you just feel “stuck”--- Stuck in life, uninterested in activities you used to enjoy, lack of energy or you’re just feeling “blah”. At Recovery Inside Out, we provide sessions to help get you “UNSTUCK”. Whether your “STUCK FEELING” is due to poor decision-making, recreating unhealthy roles, re-occurring depression or anxiety or being stuck in old beliefs, we utilize a variety of therapeutic modalities and intuitive therapy methods to encourage and empower you to make the changes you want in your life.

Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed with STRESS--- the stress of a big geographic move, change in job, loss of job, loss of a loved one, divorce, relationship problems, etc. Maybe you already know what mental challenge(s) you’re dealing with such as DEPRESSION or ANXIETY and you’re looking for healthier ways in managing your mental illness. Whatever the challenge you’re facing, we’ll help you figure out the root cause. You are not meant to suffer--- you deserve to live a joyful life and we’re here to help you get there.

DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

Stress, depression and anxiety can manifest in your life in different ways and the “way it shows up” in your life is different for everyone. Stress can seriously affect your body and mind. Because stress and anxiety share many of the same characteristics, it can be hard to tell the difference between them. It’s important to know when it’s time to seek professional help. Our professional team of qualified, licensed therapists will guide you through the therapeutic process. We will carefully customize your treatment plan to maximize successful results in your recovery.

IT’S A THINKING PROBLEM. NOT A “YOU” PROBLEM.

Have you ever tried to figure out a problem in your life and no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to find a solution? Relate much? We get it and it’s not a “YOU” problem, it’s a thinking problem. It’s a common dilemma--- the good news is that we have a solution to your “thinking problem”. Often, the answer may be staring you straight in the face, but you’re too “close” (to the situation) to it to see it. At Recovery Inside Out, we help give you a fresh perspective on the way you handle “life’s problems”.

Sometimes it’s not possible to sort through a tough problem on your own. Sometimes you need professional help--- and that’s OK. There is no shame in getting help. Seeking help is COURAGEOUS and HEALTHY. That’s why we’re here--- to give you solutions to your problems.

1. You just found out how out-of-control your child is and you are scared he/she might die. You are not sure how to approach your child and you feel like time is running out.

2. Your child has been to countless therapists and treatment programs and nothing seems to work. You are beginning to doubt therapy works at all.

3. Your child is financially dependent on you--- whether that means he/she is living in the same household or you pay for his/her living expenses.

A Parent Consultation session lasts 1.5-hours. To achieve the best results, it is important for both parents or caregivers to attend and participate in the process.

At Recovery Inside Out, we provide a pleasant, private and peaceful environment. It’s important to us that you feel safe and comfortable during your session. Assisting in the next best steps for the young person might include: therapists, Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), inpatient program, residential treatment, interventionists and/or parent support. After the Parent Consultation session has concluded, we can discuss the option of continuing our services and introducing Family Counseling. The main goal for the Family Counseling sessions will focus on how to motivate the young person to get the help he/she needs.

At Recovery Inside Out, we specialize in the treatment of young people. We understand how scared you feel when you discover your child is suffering from addiction and/or mental health concerns. We make it our mission to provide the answers you need quickly and efficiently, so we can assist your child the best way possible.

• We serve as guide throughout the process.

• This is a prepaid service for a term of 6 months.

• We will follow the patient for 6 months.

Is utilized for families or loved ones with substance use or mental health concerns who need more than individual counseling or who need additional support during, through out, or after seeking treatment. It’s a comprehensive approach to allow families and/or individuals support at all points of the recovery process.

The Case Management /Consulting Service is more than helping with treatment oversight— it’s really a service that provides a long-term advocate for the individual and family.

Recovery Inside Out’s Case Management /Consulting Service ensures everyone is getting the care they deserve and are paying for.

1. Treatment planning.

2. Coordinating and ongoing monitoring with all providers in the treatment process, as well as referrals to providers through out the recovery process for both the individual and the family.

3. Acting as an advocate for the individual and assisting with planning next steps.

With substance use counseling it’s really important for us to meet the person where they are. We draw from the stages of change, motivational interviewing, 12-step, abstinence based, harm reduction approaches. Our job is to meet the person where they are and motivate them to change. Our therapists really go the extra mile to help them figure out their goals. Sometimes their goals are focused on getting privileges back and other times it’s using substances less. It really doesn’t matter if they see their substance use/drinking as problematic, we can start anywhere.

Help begins with you, our client. You have to be the one who wants it. We support our clients 100% and we want them to succeed.

We work with a lot of young people getting out of treatment or who are in early recovery. Our goal with our clients is to support them in their recovery process. We like to consider ourselves an addition to a sponsor--- similar to that of a spiritual advisor. We will incorporate the 12 steps or even the principles into the counseling process.

Our hope is to enhance the recovery process for them and allow them to process issues more deeply than they are able to with a sponsor or at a meeting. We can really begin to focus on trauma or other mental health concerns.

SE SESSION FORMAT:

SE sessions are done seated in a chair or couch depending on your preference. You will be asked to share an impression of the sensations that you feel in your body, such as tightness, heat, shakiness, expansion, relaxations, etc. I will teach you ways to track, or follow, these sensations with your awareness and come to a place of rebalance.

TOUCH:

SE is not a form of massage. I may offer you touch support for the following reasons: grounding, containment, support, mobilization, or awareness building. You will always be asked before being touched and have the right and my full support to decline. If you do not feel comfortable with touch, or if the session does not call for it, session work will not include touch.

If we are working online, I may offer “intentional touch”, which is a way of placing attention at different places in your body to bring awareness and to bring support to your own experience, even though I will not be physically touching your body.

DBT focuses on mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.

Recovery Inside Out utilizes Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) & Substance Use Disorders (SUD) which is a unique subset of DBT and implements specific skills to address substance use from a DBT approach.

SE SESSION FORMAT:

SE sessions are done seated in a chair or couch depending on your preference. You will be asked to share an impression of the sensations that you feel in your body, such as tightness, heat, shakiness, expansion, relaxations, etc. I will teach you ways to track, or follow, these sensations with your awareness and come to a place of rebalance.

TOUCH:

SE is not a form of massage. I may offer you touch support for the following reasons: grounding, containment, support, mobilization, or awareness building. You will always be asked before being touched and have the right and my full support to decline. If you do not feel comfortable with touch, or if the session does not call for it, session work will not include touch.

If we are working online, I may offer “intentional touch”, which is a way of placing attention at different places in your body to bring awareness and to bring support to your own experience, even though I will not be physically touching your body.

The reason I decided to seek this training is because of my work with families who have been impacted by substance use and mental health. I found I was working with many parents who had been impacted by their child’s use or mental health in a way where they themselves were experiencing post-traumatic symptoms, such as intrusive thoughts, intense anxiety, fear, debilitating depression, nightmares, etc.

Talk therapy, attendance at family recovery support meetings and focusing on their overall health did not bring about lasting change. Sometimes these symptoms even interfered with their child’s recovery and other relationships. I knew this was a result of the traumatic impacts of loving someone with untreated substance use and or mental health.

I wanted to learn a way to resolve this conflict— so these parents could have their lives back— so they could experience recovery, too. I research all of the modes of trauma treatment and felt that SE was most in line with what I believe.