Program Schedule

Monday

7:00 AM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM

Goals Group

This group encourages residents to take an active role in their treatment by setting a personal, treatment-related goal for that day.

9:00 AM

Movement and Meditation

Residents are taught energizing and relaxing moving meditations based on T’ai Chi Chuan.

10:00 AM

Psychodynamics

This process group provides an opportunity for residents to discuss their anxieties and depressive concerns, expanding on their individual therapy and milieu activity.

11:00 AM

DBT Therapy Group

This DBT group focuses on each resident’s individual experiences throughout the week, and the application of DBT skills to these experiences.

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

2:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

3:00 PM

Healing the Self

An experiential group in which residents explore various psychotherapeutic topics.

4:00 PM

Psychotherapeutic Themes

Residents bring a song that has personal meaning to them to play and discuss within the group.

6:00 PM

Dinner

6:30 PM

Wrap Up

Residents meet with the nursing staff to process their day and to discuss how they worked to achieve their daily goal.

7:00 PM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

Tuesday

7:00 AM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM

Goals Group/ Rounds

This group encourages residents to take an active role in their treatment by setting a personal, treatment-related goal for that day. Once weekly, residents meet with the medical director, program director, and senior nurse to relay feedback about their experience and to discuss their progression in treatment.

9:00 AM

Gentle Yoga

These sessions primarily focus on breath work and restorative poses to increase flexibility, counteract the fight/flight response and self-acceptance.

10:00 AM

DBT Skills Training

This didactic group teaches a skill from one of four skills sets (Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness) each week.

11:00 AM

Meditation Techniques

In this group you will learn Eastern traditions of mindfulness and meditation practices including breathing techniques, visualizations, and movement and body awareness exercises.

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

2:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

3:00 PM

DBT Mindfulness Training

This group teaches the concept of mindfulness as a core component of DBT skills training.

4:00 PM

Addictions Treatment Group

This group encourages resident to freely discuss how to address their specific substance abuse problems.

5:00 PM

Merritt Athletic Club

The Retreat offers residents membership to the local Merritt Athletic Club during their stay.

6:00 PM

Dinner

6:30 PM

Wrap Up

Residents meet with the nursing staff to process their day and to discuss how they worked to achieve their daily goal.

7:00 PM

Wellness Education

This group focuses on topics related to self-care and exploration of the tools to achieving a higher state of well-being.

7:00 PM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

Wednesday

7:00 AM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM

Goals Group

Goals group encourages residents to take an active role in their treatment by setting a personal, treatment-related goal for that day.

9:00 AM

Homework Assistance

Residents work on homework assignments from other therapy groups or sessions, and may ask questions or request assistance from staff in order to more fully comprehend the assignment.

10:00 AM

Art Therapy

Residents spend time making art to then process with the group to bring thoughts and feelings into awareness.

11:00 AM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

2:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

3:00 PM

Experiential Therapy

Residents work together to complete a challenge encouraging personal growth and the development of new coping skills.

4:00 PM

Biomedical Psychoeducation

This didactic group provides a forum to answer questions regarding the diagnosis and biological treatments of psychiatric illness.

6:00 PM

Dinner

6:30 PM

Wrap Up

Residents meet with the nursing staff to process their day and to discuss how they worked to achieve their daily goal.

7:00 PM

Alcohol Education Lecture Series

This educational program is open to the public. It covers eight topics over eight weeks providing an overview of the disease of addiction and recovery from it.

Thursday

7:00 AM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM

Goals Group & Weekend Planning

Goals group encourages residents to take an active role in their treatment by setting a personal, treatment-related goal for that day. Residents also collaborate to form a plan for the upcoming therapeutic outing and other weekend activities.

9:00 AM

Active Lifestyles

Residents have the opportunity to engage in aerobic conditioning, strength training, flexibility, and core exercises.

10:00 AM

DBT Skills Training

This didactic group teaches a skill from one of four skills sets (Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness) each week.

11:00 AM

Mind-Body Connection

Residents explore the relationship between their physical and emotional selves.

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

2:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

3:00 PM

Family Issues

Residents have the opportunity to explore in greater depth any issues regarding family relationships that are critical to them.

4:00 PM

Art Techniques Class

Art Techniques Class is an opportunity to learn how to use different art tools and materials.

5:00 PM

Merritt Athletic Club

The Retreat offers residents membership to the local Merritt Athletic Club during their stay.

6:00 PM

Dinner

6:30 PM

Wrap Up

Residents meet with the nursing staff to process their day and to discuss how they worked to achieve their daily goal.

7:00 PM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

Friday

7:00 AM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM

DBT Therapy Group

This DBT group focuses on each resident’s individual experiences throughout the week, and the application of DBT skills to these experiences.

10:00 AM

Psychodynamics

This process group provides an opportunity for residents to discuss their anxieties and depressive concerns, expanding on their individual therapy and milieu activity.

11:00 AM

Self Massage and Listening Hands

Residents will learn the principles of self administered massage based on T’ai Chi Chuan techniques.

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

2:00 PM

Individual Sessions

Our doctors and specialists use this time to focus on problems and concerns specific to the individual patient.

3:00 PM

Healing the Self

An experiential group in which residents explore various psychotherapeutic topics.

4:00 PM

Rock Climbing

Residents attend sessions at a local indoor rock climbing gym to explore and reinforce concepts revealed in other therapies at the Retreat.

5:45 PM

Merritt Athletic Club

The Retreat offers residents membership to the local Merritt Athletic Club during their stay.

6:00 PM

Dinner

6:30 PM

Wrap Up

Residents meet with the nursing staff to process their day and to discuss how they worked to achieve their daily goal.

7:00 PM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

Saturday

7:00 AM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM

Goals Group

This group encourages residents to take an active role in their treatment by setting a personal, treatment-related goal for that day.

9:00 AM

Emotions in Motion

Residents learn to recognize the physical manifestations they experience with certain emotions, and how to transform their previous reactions into more thoughtful responses.

10:00 AM

Psychodynamics

This process group provides an opportunity for residents to discuss their anxieties and depressive concerns, expanding on their individual therapy and milieu activity.

11:00 AM

Art Therapy

Residents spend time making art to then process with the group to bring thoughts and feelings into awareness.

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Therapeutic Outing

Residents attend a planned outing to explore issues of communication and trust.

6:00 PM

Dinner

6:30 PM

Wrap Up

7:00 PM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

Sunday

7:00 AM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM

Weekend Attending Group

Residents meet with the attending psychiatrist on call to review group and individual issues.

12:00 PM

Lunch

6:00 PM

Dinner

6:30 PM

Wrap Up

7:00 PM

AA Meeting

Residents struggling with addictions are strongly and consistently encouraged to avail themselves of these meeting as well as meeting of Narcotics Anonymous when appropriate.