Program Highlights

By blending the best of wilderness education and traditional therapeutic treatment, Four Circles allows you to develop the strong foundation needed for sustained recovery.

How can being in the wilderness assist with recovery from substance abuse/chemical dependency? There are many gifts that come from the adventure of being in a wilderness program, not the least of which is that it IS an adventure. The more traditional recovery treatment programs allow you to have an adventure on an internal level, exploring parts of yourself you may not have been in touch with before. The wilderness program allows you to go on a transformational journey of self-discovery, a pilgrimage that is both internal and external. As you explore the wild and fascinating natural world in which you find yourself, you also explore the wild and fascinating world that lies within you. There is a kind of parallel process of discovery, each supporting and amplifying the other.

Here are some of the key program components that will assist you in creating this foundation for long-term success:

• Underlying 12 step philosophy integrated throughout the program allows you to develop the practices that will help you when you transition onward in your life
  
  
• Four Circles addresses substance abuse and co-occuring mental health issues
  
  
• Helps you address the underlying emotional issues that led to your substance use disorders
  
  
• Our educational focus will allow you to understand substance disorders including the disease of addiction
  
  
• Family therapy will help you and your family understand the impact addiction has on the family, the risks of enabling, and how the family can be part of your successful recovery
  
  
• Daily AA/NA meetings
  
  
• Detailed discharge and aftercare planning working closely with your referral source. This includes helping you develop a support system, introduction to 12-step fellowships, assistance locating and researching continuing care programs or support groups once you have graduated
  
  
• Career/vocational/psychological testing available
  
  
• Wilderness based/highly experiential active recovery program means that you will actively work on your recovery
  
  
• Psycho-educational work allows you to improve communication skills and develop personal empowerment
  
  
• Individualized person centered treatment planning, with a focus on your goals and objectives
  
  
• Gender-specific treatment focus: men and women have different issues that are addressed in specific groups on those issues
  
  
• Individual therapy
  
  
• Group therapy
  
  
• Daily Living Skills
  
  
• Transfer of learning to the home environment
  
  
• Program is based on rapport, connection, courtesy, and respect. Research has consistently indicated that the most important component for a positive therapeutic outcome is rapport, not the specific counseling theory.
  
  
• Actively addresses co-occuring mental health issues (e.g., depression, anxiety)
  
  
• Meditation/mindfulness
  
  
• Art therapy
  
  
• Martial arts
  
  
• Sweat lodge and rights of passage ceremonies
  
  
• Journaling/Reading/Drawing
  
  
• Supports spiritual growth
  
  
• Gets individuals out of their comfort zone in a safe yet exciting way
  
  
• Proper and adequate nutrition planned by a nutritionist