Completing a rehabilitation program requires hard work and dedication. Often times, individuals feel completely rejuvenated and ready to embark on their next step in the journey of their recovery. However, while many individuals make progress while in an inpatient treatment program, there is still more work to complete after treatment is over.
A common societal misconception about addiction is that the disorder can be “fixed” or “cured”. Recovery from the disease of addiction demands a lifelong approach to treatment. Many individuals assume that detox and treatment are the only methods required to achieve long term sobriety. Rehabilitation is sometimes considered a pit stop for individuals who have hit rock bottom and are seeking temporary relief. However, addiction treatment is far more complex. Instead, clients are monitored over an extended period of time to ensure continuous progress in their recovery.
What is a Luxury Aftercare Program?
The risk of relapsing is greatly reduced with a solid aftercare plan in place. Treating mental illness is no different than treating your body after an injury. The process requires exercising brain muscles, emotions, and spiritual principles just as you would if you were rehabilitating after surgery. It is important to redirect the recovering individual’s awareness and behavior to produce better self-care, self-esteem, and build a solid foundation of healthy boundaries.
The goal of a luxury aftercare program is to learn how to execute and successfully perform simple daily routines in early recovery. This concept is often foreign to individuals who are newly sober. After all, recovering addicts often require guidance navigating through disciplines and simple chores associated with everyday living. Upon entering treatment, many individuals have neglected everything from hygiene, food shopping, work responsibilities, and even legal challenges. Fortunately, a solid aftercare plan will help restore relationships, establish healthy coping skills, reset boundaries, and connect the individual to a strong recovery community.
Aftercare Planning
Aftercare planning is a tool to keep an individual from returning to drugs or alcohol after addiction treatment. However, this specific tool helps to keep you committed to your recovery as you transition from inpatient treatment to real life. The goal of planning for aftercare is:
- Helping you identify triggers to prevent relapse
- Encouraging healthy relationships and establishing boundaries
- Reiterating the skills taught in treatment
- Teaching you how to avoid and cope in high-stress situations
- Helping you connect to a network of support
- Continues therapy and other personal coping techniques
From private therapy sessions, sober companions, to full-service concierge aftercare, luxury aftercare programs in Thousand Oaks, California provide a wide variety of services. These customized services focus on relapse prevention, work-life, and building a positive social life. Moreover, if you have damaged relationships in the wake of your addiction, as most people in recovery do, these programs can help you rebuild those, too.
Recovery Coaching
There is often a misconception surrounding the idea of a recovery coach. Similarly, many people assume a sober companion is only for the rich and famous. While many celebrities utilize this service, recovery coaching has been around for a long time. A sober coach is a certified addiction specialist that is available to you during your early recovery, or perhaps at times when you feel that your sobriety is shaky. They are not a sponsor, or a counselor, however he or she may pull from both of these roles in your life.
A sober coach should be nurturing and attentive, however, he or she will not hesitate to discuss apprehensions, signs of relapse, and be honest and upfront with you. In addition, sober companions will encourage your successes and help you to establish a firm foundation in your recovery as you continue to learn how to live as a sober individual.
Benefits of personalized recovery coaching include:
- A sober companion will encourage you to steer clear of isolation.
- Helps you identify triggers
- Establishes new, healthy coping skills that you can implement in the moment
- A sober coach ensures you have real-time addiction support when you need it most.
- Be a constant point of contact to talk to about your addiction and other stressors
- Encourage you to get back on track if you experience a relapse
- Be the support you need if you experience a terrible relapse and stage a crisis intervention if needed
Private Therapy
Individual and group therapy are major components of substance abuse recovery. Therapy and counseling sessions occur daily (sometimes multiple times a day) in inpatient rehab facilities. Continuing therapy and counseling after leaving rehab can be critical for your recovery. It is recommended that newly sober individuals attend weekly counseling sessions. After all, the goal is for the individual to gradually reduce the frequency to bi-weekly and monthly as time goes on and their sobriety is more secure. Therapy and counseling are especially important for recovering individuals struggling with a dual diagnosis with an additional mental health condition.
There are many types of aftercare therapies including:
- Biofeedback Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Faith-Based Counseling
- Holistic Therapy
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Connect with Concierge Aftercare Services Today!
At The Parallax Solution, in Thousand Oaks, California, we are not corporate-owned and we pride ourselves on offering all-inclusive services. Our boutique concierge aftercare services are ideal for individuals, families, and professionals interested in creating real changes in their lives. We shift and redirect a person’s awareness and behavior to produce better self- care, self-esteem and cement solid boundaries.
Through Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy skills, our clients establish new outlooks and designs for living, rather than continue to do self-harm to themselves, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Personal, professional and family experiences lead to the sum of The Parallax Solution. We help clients free themselves from the control of past events and trauma. We customize each client’s plan based on their medical, social, and professional histories to ensure the treatment is right for them. Ours’ is a multi-disciplined treatment plan for aftercare following rehab. A seamless continuation of therapies and additional support after you leave treatment in your environment, to provide additional support as you face your day-to-day life free of substances and other destructive behaviors.