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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND JAIL SERVICES |
Candace Black-Roney, M.S., LPC, SOTP, SATP
e-mail: e-mail:croney@d19csb.com
20 West Bank Street, Suite 8
Petersburg, Virginia 23803-3279
Phone: (804) 862-6410
FAX: (804) 862-6480
Counseling and educational services around substance issues are available to local jails in the District 19 area. The purpose is to begin the rehabilitation and recovery process of incarcerated individuals whose substance abuse has played a role in their involvement with the criminal justice system. Consumers in jail who are interested in participating in drug education classes will submit a request to the jail staff which is give to the D19 CSB counselor to complete a screening on the consumer to determine eligibility for substance abuse services.
Services provided:
Intensive Outpatient Program
The Faces of Change is a three-day per week intensive outpatient program (IOP) for individuals with substance use disorders. This IOP has four phases totaling twenty-weeks and is being offered during both the morning and evening hours. The program schedule is based on the Matrix treatment model and focuses on abusers achieving total abstinence from drugs and alcohol. Faces of Change focuses on early recovery skills and techniques, family education, relapse prevention and social support. In addition, emphasis is placed on vocational and social reintegration. The theoretical perspective to treatment is based on the assumption that addiction and relapse develop from biological, psychological and social factors.
Gorski Relapse Prevention Program
The relapse prevention program is a sixteen week program, one day a week, offering morning or evening classes. Primarily places focus on relapse and prevention modules that address issues of abstinence and sobriety. This group is designed to explore foundations to establish rationale for prevention by crisis stabilization, recovery outlooks and development of support systems to deter use. It is taught from a therapeutic and educational perspective addressing early stages associated with use and experimentation.
Cannabis Youth Treatment Program
The CYT is an eight week educational program for teens meeting once per week, with classes for both young men and young women, designed to help increase self-awareness and knowledge in order to assist teens in making more informed decisions regarding the negative consequences of substance use.
Co-Occurring Program
This structured group process focuses on the unique treatment needs of individuals with both mental health diagnoses and substance use (abuse or dependence) disorders. This program is a minimum of twelve weeks with additional time provided based upon the specific needs of participants. The program is didactic, therapeutic and includes a 12 step recovery meeting focusing on dual recovery. The co-occurring program is designed to work in collaboration with case management and/or other intensive services that participants may be receiving.
Updated July 8, 2008
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