Group Counseling in Ohio

What Is Group Counseling?

Group Counseling is a shared therapeutic experience with peers, provided in a confidential setting that involves the presence of a trained professional to learn skills and receive sober support. Groups are offered eachday at Dove Recovery and are structured around a 28-week curriculum. Dove Recovery uses the Matrix Models its curriculum. Our clinician’s utilize groups as a medium for:

1. Providing opportunities for patients to develop communication skills and participate in socialization experiences. This is particularly useful for individuals who socializing has revolved around using drugs or alcohol.
2. Establishing an environment in which Patients help, support, and, when necessary, confront one another.
3. Introducing structure and discipline into the often-chaotic lives of patients.
4. Providing norms that reinforce healthful ways of interacting and a safe and supportive therapeutic milieu that is crucial for recovery.
5. Advancing individual recovery; group members who are further along in recovery can help other members.
6. Providing a venue for group leaders to transmit new information, teach new skills, and guide Patients as they practice new behaviors.