We Level Up Lawrenceville NJ Location, Addiction Treatment Programs & Activities

Rotation for any new clients admitted previously in the week that allows for orientation to the program, review of handbook, basic infection control, and review of the grievance process, policies, procedures, and facility.

Self Help Meetings are brought into the facility from our local recovery community to establish an outside support system; a local 12-step group facilitates meetings and offers 12-step related messages and support to current clients unable to go offsite.  

Several groups are offered throughout the week for a small Process group where each therapist meets with individuals on their caseload for a private meeting regarding progress, pitfalls, and planning for the future. Case managers also attend small groups, allowing for an intimate setting with individuals assigned to specific case managers.

Having fun in recovery and focusing on reintegrating into positive social situations. Review the importance of routine and structure and how to live a life in recovery.

Focuses on the importance of medication management and continuing medication regimen after discharge and as part of the after-care process; infection control, HIV/STD awareness, and handwashing hygiene/COVID precautions.

The facilitator leads guided meditation by helping residents drum up specific mental imagery and breathing exercises, and mantras to help them meditate.

The facilitator continues to build on mental health and wellness as it pertains to various emotional responses in early recovery; pause; respond vs. reacting; able to focus on the emotional and mental aspects of recovery, separate from physical symptomology; reviews the importance of avoiding catastrophic language, and when escalating, remaining focused on the current situation and how to de-escalate self.

The facilitator work to enhance connection by facilitating individual and group sessions that focus on cultivating self-compassion.It also helps the residents heal their broken relationships with family and friends by aiding them in repairing these damaged bonds through spiritual-based practices.

The facilitator focuses on healthy coping skills such as relaxation, gratitude, and journaling to help residents solve various issues.

The facilitator educates the residents on the transtheoretical model, which is how people overcome addiction. 

A medical professional examines your body during a physical examination to identify whether or not you have a physical condition. Typically, a physical exam consists of: Inspection (looking at the body), Palpation (feeling the body with fingers or hands), Auscultation (listening to sounds) 

Our NJ Alcohol & Drug Inpatient Rehab facility conducts daily ongoing assessments of client progress through the entire withdrawal management process.

In individual counseling, clients work with a qualified mental health practitioner in a secure, comforting, and private setting. It is sometimes referred to as psychotherapy, talk therapy, or treatment.

Family members can be directed to tools and professionals to help them better plan their approach by visiting a dependable doctor, therapist, or addiction specialist. Family members can better support their loved one’s recovery journey by being more knowledgeable about addiction and recovery.

Our NJ Alcohol & Drug Inpatient Rehab facility offers support services and monitoring to help reintegrate into productive daily living.

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is what, exactly? Therapeutic drug monitoring, often known as TDM, is a test that quantifies the concentration of specific drugs in your blood. This is done to ensure that the dosage of medication you are taking is secure and efficient. Without specialized testing, the majority of medications can be dosed correctly.

By enhancing their physical, mental, emotional, and social health by increasing their knowledge and influencing their attitudes about taking care of their well-being, health education programs assist individuals and communities in leading healthier lives.

Case management is a dynamic process that analyzes, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates to improve outcomes, experiences, and value.

Services for peer recovery support offer a means of preventing relapse or partial relapses from developing into full relapses.

The term “medication pass,” often known as “med pass,” refers to giving patients their medications.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a client-centered counseling approach to help individuals explore and resolve ambivalence toward behavior change. Developed by psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick in the early 1980s, MI is a directive yet collaborative method that aims to elicit and strengthen an individual’s motivation for positive change.

The facilitator leads guided imagery and morning meditation to start the day and ground in the positive; residents are asked to participate in deep breathing and guided imagery and continue to remain positive throughout the day; typically, residents rotate reading a small passage from approved literature, then Residents set a “goal for the day,” which is followed by the evening wrap up and a progress report on goal status.

Offers an opportunity to apply the principles of the 12 steps addiction program into a format for living; challenges resistance to the 12-step model by focusing on the principles of “living well” instead of the self-help modality.

Using different CBT techniques for addiction recovery, exploring automatic negative thoughts and catastrophic language, and how to change negative thought processes for a more positive outcome and a better response to the situation.

The facilitator uses lessons on co-dependency, enabling and continued methods to identify family systems perspectives; Satir modeled overlay with role identification in the family unit and how to heal the family system. Family therapists and additional clinicians offer opportunities for family therapy on “face time”/zoom, as addiction and mental health concerns are family issues affecting the entire dynamic. 

Using different DBT techniques, focusing on changing unhelpful behavioral patterns by acknowledging feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. 

Utilizing creative arts and various forms of expression instead of talk therapy to uncover issues below the surface with many mediums, such as music, dance, and crafts.

The facilitator educates the residents on the effects of addiction on the brain and provides tools to help in the recovery process.

The facilitator helps residents identify any damaging or unhealthy relationships that could cause them to relapse, identify supportive relationships and create healthy ones.

The facilitator helps the residents develop a discharge plan, create an aftercare plan, and have it in place when they complete treatment.

Using different DBT techniques, focusing on changing unhelpful behavioral patterns by acknowledging feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.

A health history, which includes details about the patient’s past illnesses or injuries (including childhood illnesses and immunizations), hospitalizations, surgeries, allergies, and chronic illnesses, typically comes first in a full health assessment.

A psychiatric service will conduct a psychological screening, also known as a psychiatric evaluation, to learn more about a patient to make a diagnosis. Psychiatric evaluations can be used for various legal objectives, but they are typically the initial step in a treatment process.

In group therapy, clients strengthen and expand their social support networks, acquire and practice coping mechanisms, and increase their interpersonal skills. Usually, one or two group therapists work with six to twelve clients who meet regularly.

Our NJ Alcohol & Drug Inpatient Rehab facility conducts daily medical and nursing services for our patients.

To help patients cope with their condition and increase treatment adherence and efficacy, psychoeducation (PE) is an intervention with systematic, structured, and didactic knowledge transfer for an illness and its treatment.

Our NJ Alcohol & Drug Inpatient Rehab facility allows monitored phone calls twice weekly for our patients.

Dietary services entail giving a patient food and liquids by prescription.

Our NJ Alcohol & Drug Inpatient Rehab facility prepares daily recreational activities for our patients to enjoy during recovery.

Yoga instructor provides various physical stretches, chair exercises, and techniques according to mind/body wellness skill level.

“Didactic” groups can be facilitated by BHTs and focus on education about recovery.  The content is designed to provide clients with tools for recovery around substance use history.

Licensed/credentialed clinicians facilitate “Process” groups. They are therapeutic with content and talk therapy intended to assist clients in processing their feelings and emotions related to the topics.