Pathway’s Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Young Adults serves young adults ages 18-26. This 18-26 year old age group, like teens, have their own unique set of needs that must be addressed to be successful in recovery. Because they are adults in age, many programs add these young people into treatment groups for adults, where they are younger than the average age and cannot relate with the experiences of older adults. Our treatment groups are specialized for this age group and focused on helping young adults manage the unique set of problems they are faced with when entering recovery.
One of the many benefits of our outpatient program is that young adults are able to learn to be sober and gain new coping skills, while practicing them in their normal daily life. Here’s how it works: participants learn new coping skills in group and individual counseling sessions, they are then able to utilize the peer support group in the application of these newly learned recovery skills. Throughout this process teens and their parents work with our staff to identify and address difficult or problem areas arising from daily life situations.
Our young adult outpatient substance abuse program provides 20 hours of group counseling per week, with groups focusing on issues specific to young adults. Here they gain the coping skills they will need to stay clean and sober. Each young person admitted to this program will work with our staff to develop an individualized recovery plan, with specific goals to be met prior to discharge. Some of the most important issues addressed will be
- Dealing with peer pressure
- Identifying negative peer relationships
- Identification of self defeating behaviors
- Building self-esteem
- Establishing a positive peer group
- Learning to have fun without drugs
- Repair of trust within parent relationships
- Understanding of addiction and possible long-term outcomes
- Relapse prevention
Group sessions are four hours per day — Monday through Friday the outpatient program also includes individual counseling for the young adult, family sessions for parents, 3 young peoples peer support group meetings per week, 2 social events per week and support group meetings for parents.
What makes Pathway’s approach unique is our integration of fun into recovery. We understand young adults need to be social and have fun. We help them experience fun without drugs or alcohol through our weekly social events. Throughout their treatment young adults connect with peers their own age in recovery, helping them create a positive support system, with people they can relate with and feel comfortable talking to.
Parents are the backbone of a young adults support system, which is why we provide parent support group meetings. These meetings help parents understand what their son/daughter is going through and how to help them in their recovery.
At Pathway, we know that recovery doesn’t end with treatment. That’s why we help young adults develop skills and learn specific strategies for resisting relapse after they leave our outpatient program. Our long-term aftercare helps teens continue to learn how to apply the solutions they learned in treatment. This long-term recovery support is a critical component for successful recovery.
Program Summary
- Six- to 12-week outpatient program for teens ages 18-25
- Highly individualized recovery plan based on each young adult's needs
- Integrates fun and recovery
- Builds self-esteem
- Teaches positive coping skills
- Addresses young adult specific issues
- Helps meet young adult's social needs
- Helps young adults develop a positive support system
- Offers support groups
- Provides an introduction to the 12 steps of recovery and how to work through them
- Includes parent support group meetings
- Provides practical solutions that can be applied to a young adult's daily life after they leave the program
- Offers long-term aftercare
- Fits within most family lifestyles
- Cost effective
For more information or to schedule an intake, contact us at 877-921-4050.
The Pathway Program has locations in Phoenix and Gilbert Arizona. Our services are easily accessible from Scottsdale, Phoenix, Gilbert, Chandler, Tempe, Mesa, Glendale and Peoria.
