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Day Treatment
Day Treatment Option
Clients who live within commuting distance of Aurora Centre can choose to commute on a daily basis for Aurora’s core treatment program, which will be offered Monday through Friday, from 8:45 a.m. until 1:00 pm. A morning snack will be provided, but no lunch. So if commuter clients are staying to participate in optional afternoon programs they need to arrange for their own lunch. There is a refrigerator and a lunch room available.
Mornings begin with a client-led Aurora community meeting from 8:45 am to 9:15 am. From 9:30 am to 12:00 pm clients meet together with residential clients in a small therapy group facilitated by a counsellor. On some days program will be extended until 1:00 pm to allow for individual treatment planning and goal review. Clients commuting for the day need to be aware about the amount of time commitment required in order to fully benefit from the program offered. Clients are expected to maintain a focus on their treatment experience, spend time with self-reflection, and complete daily homework assignments in order to be prepared for group the next day. Clients are also expected to participate in self-care activities on a daily basis so that they can benefit from the healing process and consider choices for creating a healthy, balanced lifestyle.
Commuter clients have the option of joining residential clients for many aspects of program offered during afternoons, evenings and weekends. These include exercise programs, information workshops, group outings, and volunteer-led groups teaching skills such as knitting, quilting, poetry writing, and journaling.
During treatment clients have an opportunity to learn about many things that will support them in recovery, such as setting and achieving personal goals; effective communication skills; healthy boundaries and relationships; developing a healthy support system; personal patterns underlying addictive substance use; the role of spirituality in recovery; and developing an effective relapse prevention plan.
Clients can expect support in taking healthy risks to change behaviour. Women leave reporting greater self-awareness, better self-esteem, and increased understanding of how addiction has impacted their lives. Women also celebrate new skills to repair self-destructive patterns and, perhaps most important, deep and supportive connections with other women.
Words from Aurora Graduates:
“I did not think I could change, but my experience at Aurora proved to me that I can change. I was extremely isolated when I came to Aurora, but I can leave feeling connected to others.”
“I regained confidence in myself, my feelings and opinions and regained connection with other women and the world. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”
Updated March 31, 2010
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