Dual Diagnosis & Mental Health Groups

For many people in recovery, the absence of substances reveals something unexpected - a body that's exhausted, a nervous system that's been running on overdrive for years, and habits around sleep, food, and self-care that were never really in place. Sobriety creates space for health. But health doesn't fill that space automatically.

Wellness in Recovery is a group for people who want to use that space intentionally - to build a life that supports not just sobriety, but genuine well-being.

Facilitated by a clinician with dual credentials in both addiction counseling and mental health, this group holds both dimensions in view. Because physical health and mental health are not separate conversations in recovery - they're deeply intertwined.

Most self-destructive behavior doesn't start with an action. It starts with a thought - a distorted belief, a pattern of interpretation, a story you've been telling yourself so long you stopped questioning it. I can't handle this. Everyone's against me. Nothing works out for me. One time won't hurt.

These aren't random thoughts. They're learned patterns. And because they were learned, they can be changed.

Thinking for Change is a cognitive-behavioral group grounded in evidence-based CBT principles. It's designed for people who are ready to look honestly at the connection between how they think, how they feel, and what they do - and who want to develop the skills to interrupt that cycle before it leads somewhere destructive.

This group is particularly well-suited for individuals whose substance use, mental health symptoms, or behavioral patterns are closely tied to the way they interpret and respond to the world around them.

Anxiety that never fully quieted. Grief that had nowhere to go. Anger that felt too big to hold. Emptiness that appeared without warning. Substances offered a way to turn the volume down - to manage, avoid, or survive feelings that felt unmanageable.

When that option is removed, the feelings don't go away. They just arrive without the buffer.

Learning to actually feel - and to do it without being overwhelmed or reaching for something to take the edge off - is one of the most important and most difficult skills in recovery. It's also one of the least talked about.

Emotions in Recovery creates a space to develop exactly that skill.

Many people in recovery have a history of trauma. Not always the kind that's easy to name or talk about - sometimes it's years of living in an unsafe environment, a relationship that left deeper damage than you realized, or experiences that never fully made sense but never fully let go either.

What's clear is this: trauma and substance use are deeply connected. For many people, substances were the way they learned to survive what happened to them. And in recovery, the symptoms of trauma - hypervigilance, emotional dysregulation, difficulty trusting, a nervous system that never fully calms down - can become the biggest obstacle to staying well.

Seeking Safety is an evidence-based, trauma-informed group specifically designed for people managing both trauma-related symptoms and substance use concerns. And critically - it does not require you to talk about your trauma in detail. The focus is not on what happened. The focus is on safety, stability, and skill.

Based on the widely respected Seeking Safety curriculum, this group has a strong evidence base for reducing both trauma symptoms and substance use - without requiring trauma processing before you're ready.