Welcome to our Alumni Page! We have hi-lighted aspects
of our aftercare program and encourage you to get
involved in them. We want your recovery to be successful
and hope to give you the added support necessary
to make lasting life changes. Our desire is to actively
promote recovery. Many of these support programs
are offered to out-patients as well.
If you have any questions or feedback on
any of the following items. Please contact Rita
Woods, Aftercare Coordinator at rwoods@centerforchange.com or
801-224-8255 ext. 150
Warm & Cozy Service Project
If any former patients are looking for a volunteer project to do on their own time, they may make hats and scarves for the needy and mail them to:
Center for Change
Attn: Rita
1790 N. State St.
Orem, UT 84058
Outpatient Process Group
The process group on Wednesday evenings runs from 6:00-7:30 pm in the Building B lobby.
The cost is $25, which can be paid at the receptionist desk on the night of the group, or $35 if we bill you.
Participants are encouraged to be committed to group attendance as the group members build bonds with one another. The group focuses on issues such as trust, emotional intimacy, emotional regulation, and self-betrayal. Group goals are self-care, sobriety, and forming healthy attachments while they are working on their recovery. Group members offer suggestions, advice, constructive feedback, and support to one another. Group size is kept to under ten people. Group members need to be in individual therapy and be working on intense issues such as sexual and emotional abuse or drug abuse, as these issues will be touched on but not dealt with on an intense level in process group.
This Process Group is led by Mike Cox, LCSW. Before you attend, you or your therapist needs to contact Mike Cox at
mcox@centerforchange.com, or by phone at #801-224-8255
Sharing
Hope and Inspiration - Alumni Message Boards
Welcome!
I'm excited that the CFC message board is now available
to our alumni. This can be a beneficial tool to use
on your journey through recovery and to establish
a healthy lifestyle. As you participate, you will
find support and make new connections with others.
By sharing emotions, feedback and support, this board
will be a safe place to get reassurance and provide
inspiration to fellow alumni. As a reminder, this
board does not provide professional support and should
not be used as a substitute for therapy or nutritional
counseling. We also encourage you to find people
outside this board for additional support.
We are excited to have a message board to share hope
and inspiration with each other. Our desire is to
actively promote recovery. I hope you will share
your recovery stories, poems, thoughts, and milestones,
and ideas that have helped you through recovery and
hard times. I'd like this to be somewhere that you
can celebrate victories and strengthen your recoveries
by sharing with each other. Again, remember we want
this to be a safe place for you as you look for understanding,
support and motivation.
Visit
Message Board »
The
purpose of the response system is to help the client
and family continue with their aftercare and discharge
plan.
Go to the Response System »
Life
Strategies
While
at the Center for Change you were fortunate to participate
in the powerful Life Quest workshop. As part of our
aftercare program, we offer a follow up booster workshop
after discharge, Life Strategies.
The Life Strategies workshop will
emphasize five Core Strategies that are the roadmap
to living from your higher self. These principles
will lead to fulfillment and personal success. As
you begin to believe and use these principles, you
will learn to handle your life in new and better
ways. The principles and experiences of this workshop
will build and expand on the lessons you learned
in the
Life Quest Workshop . Dr. Berrett
and Dr. Hardman will present this three-day Life
Strategies workshop, which was created by Dr. Roger
Allen Ph.D.
Upcoming Dates: June 8-10, 2009 and October 26-28, 2009
For more information or to register please contact Rita
Woods.
12
Step is held every Thursday
Eating Disorders Anonymous/12 Step
This is a free program, and is always opent to new attendees.
7:00 to 8:15 pm at Center for Change in building B lobby
Come and strengthen your recovery!
It Works - When You Work It!
Gain more desire for recovery as you, along with
others, share experiences of strength and hope.
DBT
Outpatient Group
Dialectical
Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines cognitive-behavioral
techniques with concepts from Eastern philosophy.
It is designed to address skill deficits in affect
regulation, impulse control, assertiveness, and distress
tolerance. Clients learn cognitive-behavioral and
mindfulness skills to better identify and manage
their emotional. They then practice applying these
skills to better tolerate difficult life events and
improve their ability to interact effectively with
others.
Although originally developed to treat individuals
with borderline personality disorder, it has since
been proven effective in treating a variety of
other disorders that include eating disorders.
This group is appropriate for clients with severe
or long-standing difficulties with mood and impulse
control, eating disorders, anger management problems
and self-destructive behavior. It is geared towards
relatively high functioning individuals (such as
those who are working, attending school, or volunteering
to participate in-group). Because the group is
primarily educational and skills based, clients
are required to be in individual therapy as a condition
of group membership.
It takes approximately 16 - 18 weeks to complete
the 4 skills training modules: mindfulness, emotion
regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal
effectiveness. Mastery of the skills generally
requires a minimum of 6 months or more of skills
training and clients are encouraged to continue
skills training at the conclusion of the 16 to
18 week cycle, thus repeating the four skills training
modules.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy at Center For Change
is led by Espra Andrus, LCSW and is held on Wednesday
evenings from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the building B lobby. The cost per group
is $35 if paid at time of service and $45 if we
bill you. Those interested are encouraged to contact
Center for Change to determine the most appropriate
time for them to begin the DBT training
An Emotional Eating Group is held on Tuesdays from 6:00-7:30 pm in the Building B lobby.
The cost is $25 at the time of group, or $35 if we bill you.
Taught by Cheryl McBride
This group is a 12-week rotation, and before you can attend, you or your therapist must contact Cheryl McBride at cmcbride@centerforchange.com, or by phone at #801-224-8255.
This group is held on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-6:30 in the Building B lobby.
This is a free group, and is always open to new attendees.
This group is taught by Espra Andrus, LCSW.
A Center for Change DVD is available to interested clients and professionals working with women suffering with eating disorders. The new DVD includes video to get to know Center for Change, our comprehensive treatment programs, and our wonderful and loving staff, facility tour, client interviews, staff interviews and music composed and recorded by the Center for Change choir.
