Substance Abuse and Relapse Prevention Group for Professionals
Cost: $60
Have questions? Contact me for details.
Substance abuse is a life-long disease that affects a person’s mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. There is no cure from addiction but recovery halts the destructive nature of the disease and how it affects a person, and provides the tools a person needs to achieve sobriety. Recovery from addiction involves a commitment to abstinence as well as learning about and working through the underlying issues that led one to addiction. Since shame. isolation, low self-worth, and the inability to manage feelings are core issues for substance abusers, group therapy provides a safe and restorative space to work through these issues with others. This mirroring reduces shame and builds upon self-esteem, self-acceptance, self-love, and self-forgiveness.
I run a substance abuse group for people who have been through treatment and are actively committed to their recovery. The group's focus will be to:
- Provide insight and support
- Help with affect tolerance
- Help build self-esteem
- Practice healthier ways of achieving intimacy and forgiveness with self and others
- Understand how one’s history is impacting life today in harmful ways
- Explore relapse triggers
- Practice new coping skills
My theoretical orientation for this group comes from Khantzion, Halliday, and McAuliffe’s book, Addiction and the Vulnerable Self – Modified Dynamic Group Therapy for Substance Abusers.
Please contact me, Ginger Edwards @ (919) 949-3302 or ginger@gingeroffershope.com
I am based in Durham NC.