GSBH will perform a free Family Intervention for families who choose to use our GSBH treatment center. Please call for details.
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Why GSBH Works
Why GSBH Works
- GSBH offers the most effective treatment and intervention service with the lowest possible cost.
- GSBH will be an intense program of recovery with a small clientele concentrating on the physiological, social, psychological, and spiritual devastation of the disease of addiction.
- Clients will be treated with dignity and respect. We will work with each client and give them every opportunity to help themselves.
- GSBH will offer clients personal psychotherapy on a weekly basis. Also included will be group counseling, Motivational Interviewing, intense 12-step work, sponsorship, outside 12-step meetings, and Intensive Outpatient Care based on all aspects of modern recovery that have a proven record of success.
- Clients and staff will live together in a typical suburban home. Cooking, shopping and cleaning together so they learn how to become responsible citizens again and to keep costs down.
- Since GSBH will be limited to only 10 clients at a time, we will tailor a unique recovery program for each individual client. Most treatment programs expect all clients to follow the same rigid treatment guidelines; but each client has a unique set of circumstances that affects each client differently.
- Clients will have the opportunity to use medications, when appropriate, for the purpose of relapse prevention. These medications could include Suboxen or Subtex, which are used for opioid (heroin) dependence. However, it is our goal to try and get all clients free from medications when appropriate.
- Families will be required to work with the GSBH therapist to learn how to deal with a person going through recovery. We have learned from our experiences, that not only must the addict change, but the family must also learn how to recover. If the family does not heal, the addict can end up in the same trouble when they return home.
- Since spiritual oblivion is the bases of all addictions, GSBH includes the use Native American spirituality in its recovery program. Everything we do is based upon the principles and natural laws handed down to us by our Elders.
- Clients will be able to participate in Native American sweat lodges and other ceremonies on an ongoing basis. For clients not interested in Native American spirituality, we will assist them in finding another suitable spiritual path conducive to the client's wishes.
- The program at GSBH will allow clients to progress at their own speed no matter how long it takes. Some clients may only need 30 days; some may need 120 days or more. We cannot pigeon hole clients and expect them to "get it" right away.
- Our treatment program will provide activities to enhance a client's ability to recover. Such activities will include, camping, bowling, art therapy, and ropes courses. Clients will have the opportunity to choose other activities with the staff's input.
- Clients will be referred to our own halfway houses after treatment, if applicable. This will allow us to follow up closely with clients and to make sure they have a strong foundation for recovery. They will have the opportunity to continue with outpatient programming, individual therapy, and family therapy.
- Learning to love oneself and to love one another will be another cornerstone of our program.
- GSBH is an intense treatment program for those entering a recovery environment for the first time or for those who have struggled with chronic relapse. Clients will only be advised to leave when the client, family and staff have a reasonable expectation that the client will succeed in recovery.
