MDH Aftercare Program

The MDH Aftercare program is offered to residents who have successfully completed the MDH Intensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program. The Aftercare program consists of twelve individual one-hour weekly counselling sessions utilizing the Structured Relapse Prevention (SRP) model developed by the Addiction Research Foundation. Based on the social learning theory, SRP counselling is a cognitive-behavioural approach, designed to enable persons to gain more control over their alcohol or drug use. 

Counselling sessions focus on engaging clients to:
 

• assess their goals and commitment to change

• design an individually-tailored treatment plan

• identify their strengths and resources

• learn to anticipate their triggers to alcohol and/or drug use and to develop alternative ways of coping

• make connections between their alcohol and/or drug use and other life situations

• ultimately, become their own therapist - by anticipating risk situations and pre-planning coping strategies.