CBT Relapse Prevention Group

This skill-building group is for you if you are recently abstinent and seeking support in early recovery. The group meets each week over a 12-week period. The goal of the group is to help you enhance self-control. In parallel, we strive to help you maintain abstinence by raising awareness of problematic thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with new more effective thoughts, skills, and strategies. Based on a cognitive behavioral model established at Yale University School of Medicine, we focus on topics such as exploring positive and negative consequences of continued use, self-monitoring to recognize craving early on, identifying internal and external triggers, coping with cravings, practicing refusal skills, articulating goals and addressing ambivalence. Homework will be given to help you reinforce skills learned in group meetings. We encourage you to also share insights from this group with your individual therapist.