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

Addictions Group

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

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

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

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

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

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

Experiential Therapy

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

4:00 PM

Stress Management

This group teaches relaxation techniques such as progressive relaxation, guided imagery, and meditation.

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.

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/ 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

Active Lifestyles

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

10:00 AM

Art Therapy

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

11:30 AM

Pet Therapy/Gibson Museum

On alternating weeks, a therapy dog and his handler visit the Retreat to interact with our residents. Other weeks, residents are offered a tour of the Gibson Museum, which houses artifacts associated with the founders of Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.

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

Family Issues

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

5:00 PM

Addictions Treatment Group

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

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

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

Weekend Planning

Residents collaborate to form a plan for the upcoming therapeutic outing and other weekend activities.

10:00 AM

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

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

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

Biomedical Psychoeducation

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

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.

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.

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

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

Self Massage and Listening Hands

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

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

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

Healing the Self

An experiential group in which residents explore various psychotherapeutic topics.

4:00 PM

Art Techniques Class

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

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.