Why Are We Here?
Why We Are Here group begins the conversion of self-discovery of what brought you to substance abuse treatment. What consequences or lifestyle stressors did you experience? Accepting ownership of your behavior. Steps One, Two, and Three groups focus on the ...
Hosted by AEDA Associates, LLC
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, CSAC, NCAC II
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Why We Are Here group begins the conversion of self-discovery of what brought you to substance abuse treatment. What consequences or lifestyle stressors did you experience? Accepting ownership of your behavior. Steps One, Two, and Three groups focus on the ...
The Foundation
This group is for those in early stages of Recovery, meaning their first four months.
Hosted by Excelsior Addiction Services LLC
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, CSAC, CTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
This group is for those in early stages of Recovery, meaning their first four months.
Sex Addiction/Problematic Sexual Behavior Group
Open group for adult men with compulsive sexual behaviors/addiction and/or legal involvement.
Hosted by Tracey E Guard
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSOTP, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Open group for adult men with compulsive sexual behaviors/addiction and/or legal involvement.
Relapse Prevention Support: Starts Mid 10/23
Support for those in recovey from a substances Group provides: weekly structure, support, psycho education on relapse prevention skills and strategies, and ongoing accountability. All meant to support sobriety, and increase overall well being.
Hosted by Joya Lee
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CSAC-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22031
Support for those in recovey from a substances Group provides: weekly structure, support, psycho education on relapse prevention skills and strategies, and ongoing accountability. All meant to support sobriety, and increase overall well being.
Sobriety Group
For clients with the ongoing goal of living a clean and sober life.
Hosted by Maria A Hylton, LCSW, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
For clients with the ongoing goal of living a clean and sober life.
Trauma Consultation Group for Therapists
This consultation group is for clinicians who wish to expand their skill set to address cases involving complex trauma. All participants must have EMDR basic training through EMDRIA to be considered for this group. Interventions that incorporate EMDR, IFS, Sensorimotor/Somatic ...
Hosted by Jan Beauregard
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, CSAC, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
This consultation group is for clinicians who wish to expand their skill set to address cases involving complex trauma. All participants must have EMDR basic training through EMDRIA to be considered for this group. Interventions that incorporate EMDR, IFS, Sensorimotor/Somatic ...
Keeping Your Balance
This group is for the purpose of Relapse Prevention and achieving Emotional Sobriety. This group is designed for people with four months and up of sustained Recovery.
Hosted by Excelsior Addiction Services LLC
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, CSAC, CTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
This group is for the purpose of Relapse Prevention and achieving Emotional Sobriety. This group is designed for people with four months and up of sustained Recovery.
Parent Support Group
Having a child no matter the age who has an addiction is difficult to talk about with friends. Sharing the intimate details of what you experience as a parent when your child is out of control brings up tremendous feelings ...
Hosted by Valerie Ford Hadeed
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAC, NBC-HWC, CCTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Having a child no matter the age who has an addiction is difficult to talk about with friends. Sharing the intimate details of what you experience as a parent when your child is out of control brings up tremendous feelings ...
Womens Substance Abuse Support
Explore in a safe judgment free environment with your peers if you have a substance problem. National Institute on Health reports alcohol consumption has increased 60% during Covid in the United States. Women tend to wear so many hats and ...
Hosted by Valerie Ford Hadeed
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAC, NBC-HWC, CCTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Explore in a safe judgment free environment with your peers if you have a substance problem. National Institute on Health reports alcohol consumption has increased 60% during Covid in the United States. Women tend to wear so many hats and ...
ASAP group therapy
Wednesday nights 6-730, $85/group, 16 week group.
Hosted by Leslie M Martin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CSAC, MAC, CSOTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Wednesday nights 6-730, $85/group, 16 week group.
What about me?
Designed to promote weight management awareness and to encourage healthy permanent lifestyle changes
Hosted by Vittoria Donato Grant, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Designed to promote weight management awareness and to encourage healthy permanent lifestyle changes
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Why Are We Here?
Why We Are Here group begins the conversion of self-discovery of what brought you to substance abuse treatment. What consequences or lifestyle stressors did you experience? Accepting ownership of your behavior. Steps One, Two, and Three groups focus on the ...
Hosted by AEDA Associates, LLC
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, CSAC, NCAC II
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Why We Are Here group begins the conversion of self-discovery of what brought you to substance abuse treatment. What consequences or lifestyle stressors did you experience? Accepting ownership of your behavior. Steps One, Two, and Three groups focus on the ...
The Foundation
This group is for those in early stages of Recovery, meaning their first four months.
Hosted by Excelsior Addiction Services LLC
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, CSAC, CTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
This group is for those in early stages of Recovery, meaning their first four months.
Sex Addiction/Problematic Sexual Behavior Group
Open group for adult men with compulsive sexual behaviors/addiction and/or legal involvement.
Hosted by Tracey E Guard
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSOTP, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Open group for adult men with compulsive sexual behaviors/addiction and/or legal involvement.
Relapse Prevention Support: Starts Mid 10/23
Support for those in recovey from a substances Group provides: weekly structure, support, psycho education on relapse prevention skills and strategies, and ongoing accountability. All meant to support sobriety, and increase overall well being.
Hosted by Joya Lee
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CSAC-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22031
Support for those in recovey from a substances Group provides: weekly structure, support, psycho education on relapse prevention skills and strategies, and ongoing accountability. All meant to support sobriety, and increase overall well being.
Sobriety Group
For clients with the ongoing goal of living a clean and sober life.
Hosted by Maria A Hylton, LCSW, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
For clients with the ongoing goal of living a clean and sober life.
Trauma Consultation Group for Therapists
This consultation group is for clinicians who wish to expand their skill set to address cases involving complex trauma. All participants must have EMDR basic training through EMDRIA to be considered for this group. Interventions that incorporate EMDR, IFS, Sensorimotor/Somatic ...
Hosted by Jan Beauregard
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, CSAC, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
This consultation group is for clinicians who wish to expand their skill set to address cases involving complex trauma. All participants must have EMDR basic training through EMDRIA to be considered for this group. Interventions that incorporate EMDR, IFS, Sensorimotor/Somatic ...
Keeping Your Balance
This group is for the purpose of Relapse Prevention and achieving Emotional Sobriety. This group is designed for people with four months and up of sustained Recovery.
Hosted by Excelsior Addiction Services LLC
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, CSAC, CTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
This group is for the purpose of Relapse Prevention and achieving Emotional Sobriety. This group is designed for people with four months and up of sustained Recovery.
Parent Support Group
Having a child no matter the age who has an addiction is difficult to talk about with friends. Sharing the intimate details of what you experience as a parent when your child is out of control brings up tremendous feelings ...
Hosted by Valerie Ford Hadeed
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAC, NBC-HWC, CCTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Having a child no matter the age who has an addiction is difficult to talk about with friends. Sharing the intimate details of what you experience as a parent when your child is out of control brings up tremendous feelings ...
Womens Substance Abuse Support
Explore in a safe judgment free environment with your peers if you have a substance problem. National Institute on Health reports alcohol consumption has increased 60% during Covid in the United States. Women tend to wear so many hats and ...
Hosted by Valerie Ford Hadeed
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAC, NBC-HWC, CCTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Explore in a safe judgment free environment with your peers if you have a substance problem. National Institute on Health reports alcohol consumption has increased 60% during Covid in the United States. Women tend to wear so many hats and ...
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Addiction Support Groups
What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.
How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.
How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.
How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.