10-week Intensive Outpatient Programme

Alongside our established 14-week Start2Stop Intensive Outpatient Programme, we have now introduced a new 10-week programme. A client’s appropriateness for the 10-week pathway would be established at point of assessment.

Outline & Basic Structure

Overview

The 10-week programme has been specially designed for those coming home from 28-days + primary treatment, who want help, support and scaffolding as they build a life in recovery in London.

It may also be a very appropriate programme for a person already well-rooted in 12- Step fellowships but struggling to stay clean & sober for any meaningful period of time (binge pattern).

It may also be relevant for those finding it difficult to access the 14-week programme due to financial constraints.

The 10-week programme aims to cover broadly the same addiction-recovery material that we would offer over the 14-week program, and is therefore suited to highly motivated clients, with a degree of stability and self-efficacy on board, but who would benefit from an additional period of support, community and accountability.

10-Week Programme outline

Sessions take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (18:00–21:00), as well as on Saturdays (11:00–13:30) for the first 5 weeks.

The programme consists of a combination of individual therapy, family work, group therapy, workshops, homework, 12-Step meeting attendance and educational lectures. Our clients are also drug and alcohol screened every week.

In brief, the core areas of focus include:

  • Examining the personal narrative that sustained addiction
  • Developing a deeper understanding or construct of addiction
  • Developing and working through a programme of change
  • Building the architecture needed for long-term and sustainable recovery

These aims are achieved through various formats such as group therapy; life story presentations; topic/themed groups; lectures; family work; individual counselling; and more.

The first phase (5 weeks) focuses on the damages caused by the addiction and on building a recovery community. After this period, clients will transition into the Secondary Phase of the program, during which Saturday sessions are no longer required.

The second 5-week phase offers a broader exploration of issues related to relationships, cross‑addiction, family dynamics and relapse prevention, with group process remaining a key component throughout.

In addition, clients will have a weekly one‑to‑one session with a dedicated counsellor at a mutually agreed time. Clients will be assigned written work to review in session.

Clients will also be expected to attend 12-Step Meetings, secure a sponsor and attain a service position. A weekly family support group is also very much on offer to loved ones.

Saturday sessions (during the first 5-week phase) include creative and expressive therapies such as yoga; art; meditation and chanting, as well as a Recovery Review group.

USPs

  1. Ideal for people who have completed 28-day inpatient primary treatment and want to successfully navigate the transition back home
  2. Well suited to highly motivated people with bingepattern addiction problems
  3. Appropriate for people who have been in recovery but had a relapse and want a recovery top-up
  4. Allows one to build the recovery architecture while living at home and working
  5. Cost-effective, convenient and effective

All family members will have access to our weekly family support group (on Zoom).

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