Our Services

Recovery Support Groups

The Recovery Support Department at COPE exists to help members further their recovery by providing them with peer support, advocacy, encouragement, education, pre-vocational consulting, and volunteer opportunities. Recovery Support Specialists (RSS's) are trained to work on clinical teams.

Discover Wellness Group

(2 hours; offered 4 times a week)

Topics include:

• What is Recovery?
• Claiming Successes/Dreaming Dreams
• Using Spirituality/Meditation
• Having Connections
• Dealing with Stress/Getting Enough Sleep
• Challenging Negative Thoughts
• Healthy Thinking
• Avoiding Serious Health Problems by Eating Right
• Making the Most of Your Nutrition
• Working Out/Exercise
• Working with Our Doctor and Supports
• Chemical Imbalances
• Using Medication
• Forming an Individual Recovery Plan

SMART Recovery Group

(2 hours; offered twice a week)

Discussion of the following SMART Recovery Tools will be rotated:

• ABC's of REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior
  Therapy) for Urge Coping
• ABC's of REBT for Emotional Upsets
• Brainstorming
• Change Plan Worksheet
• Role Play Rehearsal
• Cost/Benefit Analysis
• DISARM (Destructive Self-Talk Awareness and Refusal Method)
• Exchange Vocabulary - Substituting Healthy Words for Unhealthy Words.

Friendship Skills Group

(1.5 hours; offered twice a week)

Topics include:

• Building Self Esteem
• Need for Friends/Making Friends
• Keeping Your Friendships Strong
• Skills That Enhance Friendships
• Is This Friendship a Good Idea?
• Establishing and Honoring Boundaries
• Challenging Negative Thoughts
• Healthy Thinking
• Effective Communication
• Passive, Assertive, and Aggressive Behaviors
• Requesting a Change in Behavior/Saying No
• Alternative Ways to Respond to Anger
• How to Fight Fair

Roads to Success Group

(1.5 hours; offered twice a week)

Topics include:

• Attitudes and Success
• Understanding Yourself
• Self Esteem and Self Confidence
• Challenging Negative Thoughts
• Dealing with Conflict
• Functions of Anger
• Perseverance
• Passive, Assertive, and Aggressive Behaviors
• Teamwork
• Integrity and Responsibility
• Work Ethics
• Setting Goals and Dreaming Dreams
• Coping with Criticism

Cross Roads at Ocotillo

(45 minutes; offered five times a week)

This group provides an opportunity to discuss a variety of topics about recovery, what individuals can do to promote recovery, and setting daily and long term goals.

Call your site and ask for a Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) for more information on group dates, times, and locations.