Service provided by Ophelia House Residential Rehabilitation service
Therapeutic Community Programme
The community provides a safe, supportive and structured environment where individuals are able to explore the underlying reasons for their substance use and develop the skills necessary to move-on to live a drug and alcohol free life.
The programme promotes change by supporting community members to develop their self-worth and personal responsibility and challenging individual attitudes and behaviours. This safe, open and caring Therapeutic Community is designed to encourage the development of life and social skills through engagement in daily work and activity routines. Additionally, structured group support embraces cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) methods as well as behavioural role play therapy.
Our structure group programme may include a focus on personal and behavioural development interventions, relapse prevention, harm reduction, peer-led groups and meetings, gender support, social and community activities, mutual-aid and employability.
At the heart of the Therapeutic Community is peer support. Community Members help and nurture each other as they move through the programme. Working together and taking responsibility for the smooth running of the house provides a safe, supportive and structured environment where Community Members are able to look at the underlying reasons for their substance use and develop the skills necessary to move-on to live drug and alcohol-free lives. We call people who have completed their treatment programme Graduates. After completing their programme, many of our Graduates will return to support Community Members, and take part in facilitating groups.
Our programmes at Ophelia House are flexible between 12 and 26 weeks depending on need. Our Community Members tend to say with us for 6 months on average but we will talk with individuals around what they want to achieve and recommend an approach that works for them.
Referral Information
The Therapeutic Community programme is provided as part of a placement at Ophelia House. Please see the main Ophelia House centre page for further information and the referral form.
Referrals Offered:
- This service does not offer Booking referrals
- This service does not offer Drop-in referrals
- This service does not offer Electronic referrals
- This service offers Other – See referral information referrals