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Day Treatment
The Aurora Centre offers day treatment to women who live within commuting distance of Vancouver. Women may choose between our five-week intensive treatment program, and two two-week programs designed for women in early recovery who are not ready for the intensity of the longer program.
Like our residential program, our day programs are tobacco-free and grounded in the bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach; which encourages women to focus on their emotional, physical, mental and spiritual growth while also gaining insight into their patterns of substance misuse and how to prevent further misuse.
Words from an Aurora Day Program graduate:
“I regained confidence in myself, my feelings and opinions and regained connection with other women and the world. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”
Five-Week Intensive If you choose to attend our five-week intensive program, you will learn skills to identify, express, and process feelings in a healthy way. You will learn life skills such as assertive communication and boundary setting. You will have the chance to bond with other women, and within a group setting, share your drug and alcohol history and explore emotional issues related to your substance misuse. Topics such as depression, anger, grief and loss, and unhealthy/healthy relationships are covered. The final days focus on relapse prevention and planning for the future.
You can expect support in taking healthy risks to change your behaviour. Most women leave our day program with greater self-awareness, an increased understanding of addiction and their own self-destructive patterns, a set of new skills, enhanced self-esteem, and perhaps most important, supportive connections with other women.
This program runs four days per week, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Light refreshments are provided.
If you are interested in attending the five-week program, you will be asked to attend an assessment interview. You are required to have a minimum of four weeks’ abstinence from mood-altering substances, other than nicotine and approved medications, prior to the start date of the sessions. As with all of our programs, pregnant women receive preferential admission.
Referral Line at 604-875-2595
Two-Week Finding & Keeping BalanceIf you have never had any group treatment experience, are in very early recovery, or are not sure you are ready for the more intensive five-week program, you might wish to consider attending either one or both of our two-week group sessions. These sessions introduce you to group work, increase your level of trust with other women, and help you to increase your commitment to ongoing recovery.
The focus of these groups is finding balance in your new life as a woman in early recovery. In Phase I, Finding Balance, we will help you to look at ways to achieve a healthier life through exercise, nutrition, stress reduction, improving your relationships, and making other positive changes. In Phase Two, Keeping Balance, you will learn more about the process of addiction, and focus on improving self-esteem, your communication style, and relapse prevention strategies.
The “Finding and Keeping Balance” programs run four days per week, Monday through Thursday, for two weeks each, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. If you are interested in attending, you must have a minimum of 10 days abstinence from mood-altering substances other than nicotine and approved medications. As with all of our programs, pregnant women receive preferential admission.
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