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 Substance Abuse
You may be using marijuana, cocaine, meth or any other drug for any number of reasons:
- I’m stressed
- It’s an escape
- It enhances my sex life
- I can get more done
- I like being high
…. The list goes on
Nobody starts out using drugs saying, “ I want to be an addict.”
Maybe you are addicted, maybe you’re not sure if you are or not-
maybe the courts are telling you to get help—to quit—even if you don’t want to.
Cognitive Therapy- Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change (SSC)
Genesis Counseling’s Cognitive Therapy Program consists of three phases:
- Phase I - Challenge to Change: This 18-session program deals with motivating the client to change by developing a rapport and trust and helping them to understand their thinking patterns, behavior and beliefs with lead them to criminal conduct, alcohol and drug abuse.
- Phase II - Commitment to Change: This 22-session program teaches coping, social and communication skills needed to strengthen the client’s basis skills for self-improvement and change. We enhance their thinking and behavioral patterns in the areas of criminal conduct and drug abuse.
- Phase III - Taking Ownership of Change: This 10-session program deals with maintaining the client’s sobriety and new life. We strengthen their awareness of and reinforce skills to manage high-risk thinking, actions, and situations that may
lead to relapse.
Marijuana- A Reality Check
Our Marijuana specific group is a 12, 16 or 20 week program designed to explore the social and personal issues with lead to marijuana use and abuse. This program contains three stages: Identification, Personal Assessment and Skill Building.
Separate groups exist for both adults and adolescents. Both the adult and adolescent groups are an hour and a half per session.
The Stimulant Group
Genesis Counseling, the agency that introduced “Marijuana- A Reality Check”, also offers the first 20 week program specific to Stimulant users and abusers, such as methamphetamine, cocaine, crack and amphetamines.
Stimulants are highly toxic and addictive drugs which are now being used in many areas of the country and their uses are increasing among populations not previously know n to use these drugs. Research shows that stimulants are powerfully addictive drugs that dramatically affect many areas of the central nervous system and are associated with serious health conditions, including memory loss, aggression, violence, psychotic behavior, and potential heart and neurological damage. They also contribute to increased transmission of infectious diseases, especially hepatitis and HIV/AIDS.
The focus of this program is to help clients identify the personal effects that stimulant drugs have had on them as well as develop a strong sobriety plan in order to reduce or eliminate the risk of relapse.
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