About Outpatient Rehab
If you are looking to change and stop letting your addictions control your life, there are a number of different resources. Being able to have some guidance in understanding and embracing a recovery plan that is a fit for you is essential.
What Is Outpatient Rehab?
Outpatient is the next step down from inpatient treatment. Recovery is not a race, it is a process and it is important to build a foundation if you want to obtain and maintain long-term recovery. When you enroll in an outpatient program , a number of options open up for you. Outpatient gives you an option to continue to live at home while you take part in your rehabilitation.
This is great for people who have responsibilities such as going to work, maintaining their housing, going to school, or looking after children.
Since you have more independence when you attend outpatient drug rehab, you’ll need to be sufficiently motivated to complete the program.
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If you have a history of relapse, outpatient rehab without supportive housing might not be a suitable program for you. If you’re committed to your recovery, you’ll find that outpatient programs centers can work very well for treating your addiction.
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There are many different kinds of outpatient rehab. Which one you choose to attend depends on a variety of factors.
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Supportive Housing
Some outpatients such as Konnect Wellness center do however offer Supportive Housing if needed to enhance your success rate while in programming. Being in supportive housing (A Sober Living or Recovery Home) gives you the ability to be with peers and have a structured and safe environment that empowers you to focus on building your foundation.
You live with other peers that are all working at changing and staying clean and sober. This can be very helpful and keeps you involved and motivated. Being around people that are continuing to use and trigger us to self-medicate can be very detrimental to our process. While you should certainly consider a supportive environment to assist in your transformation, sometimes, it simply isn’t feasible.
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Intensive Outpatient Program
When you attend an intensive outpatient program (IOP), you create a treatment plan that has measurable milestones and goals in place. Initially, you’ll spend a lot of time trying to meet the first of these milestones.
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Our Intensive Outpatient Program Consists of 3 to 5 days a week of Group Therapy (3 hour groups), 1 Individual Therapy, up to an hour of Case Management, 3 hours of Peer Support, up to 16 hours of Job Development (If Needed) and some life skills.
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If you are living at home, and may not be able to attend all of these our Therapists can tailor a schedule that will enable you to be successful.
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Our Intensive Outpatient Program is 8 to 12 weeks depending on your goals being met so you can move down to the next level of your treatment plan. After you start to reach your goals, the number of hours per week that the program requires decreases.
This is a great option if you’re serious about changing your behaviors and perception.
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Continuing Care
It is important to have a recovery plan. The goal is to use programming to get you to a point where you can be a productive member of your family and society while embracing who you are and the life you have. If you are serious about getting better and not self-destructing then it is essential to build a plan and stick to it.
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Continuing care can keep supporting you in your sobriety months or even years after you initially complete rehab. If you’ve just completed a rehab program, you might feel like you’ve beaten your addictions and don’t need any continuing care. But from years of research and experience we know that it takes much more than stopping to use a substance to stay clean and serene.
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When you’ve successfully completed your rehab program, it doesn’t make sense to stop getting support completely. In order to build a foundation that is sustaining and will empower you to have a successful life, you need anywhere for 6 to 18 months at a minimum of programming.
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​​Benefits and Flexibility of Outpatient Rehab
Having a place where you can still get therapy while starting to slowly integrate back into the everyday challenge of life can be a critical component of being successful in your transformation.
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You can still have a place to talk and get feedback and have support.
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Outpatient allows you to get a job, start building relationships back with family and learn to balance your responsibility with your recovery.
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Outpatient also has peer support, case management, skills training and job development to help you on this journey.
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You also may benefit from an outpatient if you still have a job, family and a place and want to do something about your problem before you lose everything. We here at Konnet Wellness Center believe that you do not have to lose everything to get help.
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​Outpatients can be more flexible with your scheduling when necessary and build specific treatment plans to meet you where you are at.
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​Choosing the Right Facility
Choosing the right facility can make all the difference when it comes to becoming sober and staying sober. If you’re not sure which kind of treatment facility would be best for you, you should consider contacting someone you know that may have lived experience and can guide you to some good facilities.
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Make sure to check that the facility is licensed by the State of Arizona. Here is a link https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/index.php#databases
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If you are going to a Supportive Housing make sure the recovery home has a state license and / or has some oversight by an agency that holds them to a certain set of standards and ethics.
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Call the facility and ask questions. See what the expectations are and how they hold people accountable.