St. Christopher’s offers a variety of outpatient services to meet the needs of chemically dependent and/or dually diagnosed men, women, and their families.

Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)

Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is designed for people who are ready to return to work, school or other responsibilities; are motivated for recovery; and do not meet the medical criteria for residential treatment. IOP can also be utilized as step-down in the continuum of care for persons who have completed primary residential treatment.

You will spend 10 hours each week in the program with a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor.  The program is scheduled with evening times available. The intensive outpatient program uses 12-Step and proven clinical treatment methods to help you make positive changes in your life.

You will participate in the following activities:

• Group counseling
• Individual counseling
• Specialized groups for men & women
• Specialty therapies to address anger, trauma, self-esteem, and other core issues.
• Family group
• Educational classes
• Spirituality Awareness
• Relapse prevention training
• 12-Step meetings (off-site)
• Psychiatric Consultation (Additional charge may apply)
• Dual Diagnosis Treatment (Additional charges may apply)

Locations:

Baton Rouge - 150 Cora Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70815

Houma - 214 High Street, Houma, LA 70360

Outpatient Group and Individual Therapy:

St. Christopher’s is associated with many Clinical Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Psychologist, and other Counselors in the local community and throughout the nation that provide Individual, Group, and Family therapy. Referrals to these providers are sometimes made for our clients as part of the aftercare plan and ongoing treatment and for family members who need additional support and counseling. Please call our admissions office to be placed with an appropriate therapist or service.

Aftercare Services:

For our alumni who remain in Baton Rouge, we provide a two-year, no cost program of support, counseling and referrals once the client has successfully completed any program within our network. The client will remain connected with others who are recovering, learn about support systems out in the community, and form a close bond with people who are active in their recovery programs. Aftercare generally includes weekly group sessions and case management services. For alumni who are leaving the area following graduation, our staff will assist the client and family in finding an appropriate aftercare program.

Post-Treatment Monitoring Program:

St. Christopher’s offers a 1 to 5 year monitoring contract for individuals who have completed treatment yet need additional accountability and support to maintain their recovery. Our monitoring services are generally based on criteria of professional licensing boards and corporate employee assistance programs. Monitoring allows the client to have added safeguards in his or her recovery while taking the family out of the daunting role of trying to manage their loved one’s recovery and “making sure” he or she stays sober.

While no program can guarantee sobriety and recovery, monitoring can offer additional structure and often times “intervene on” the relapse process before it progresses into use of mood-altering chemicals. Monitoring services are also utilized to ensure compliance with continuing care recommendations.

Monitoring contracts include all recommendations made by the previous treatment provider, suggestions from the client and family, and suggestions from other involved sources as authorized by the client (e.g., employers, legal system, etc).

Most monitoring services include the following:

• Random Drug Screening - Clients call into an automated system Monday through Friday to see if they are selected to test. Testing facilities and supplies are already pre-arranged. Our drug screens are among the most sophisticated tests available and any positive results are reviewed by our Medical Review Officer to verify the results.
• 12-Step Meetings - Clients are required to verify all 12-step meetings, make the required amount of meetings per week, and turn documentation into the monitoring coordinator.
• Sponsorship Verification - Clients are required to have their AA/NA sponsor verify work completed in the program.
• Aftercare Attendance and other Counseling Services - Clients are asked to give written permission for the monitoring coordinator to communicate with aftercare providers and therapists/counselors. Clients are to document compliance with all counseling recommendations.
• Periodic phone or face to face contact with monitoring coordinator.
• Positive Drug Screens and Non-Compliance with Monitoring Contract are reported to those involved in the persons recovery (given there is written permission for contact).

Family Intervention:

An intervention is a planned interaction between an individual and a group whose sole purpose is to modify the individual’s dependence on a harmful substance or practice. The process of intervention is indicated for clients who are unable to see the reality or their addiction and behavior and whose family, loved one’s, and friends are concerned for their wellbeing.

Interventions are most commonly facilitated by a professional to help the chemically dependent or addicted person see the consequences of their behavior and accept the need for help. The process involves both intensive work with the family or group and the dependent person. Interventionists utilized by St. Christopher’s employ the following models in a caring and understanding manner (many interventionists blend several aspects of all three models into their practice).

• The ARISE Intervention Model involves family members in a collaborative intervention process that reduces guilt and blame and allows the family, interventionist, and dependent person to stay focused on helping the addict get into treatment.
• The JOHNSON Intervention Model raises the bottom for an addict, which is often death, by compassionately confronting the addict with the consequences of their addiction. The bottom is raised by precipitating a crisis in the addict's life that is not threatening, damaging, or fatal and compels them into treatment.
• The SYSTEMIC Intervention Model is an alternative to traditional confrontational intervention models because family, friends, and colleagues form a team to work with the dependent person and address the issues in a loving and respectful manner. It is a successful approach precisely because the focus is on the entire family system instead of on solely the addict and it promotes positive coaching verses negative confrontation.

Our firm, but compassionate, and non-adversarial intervention style helps raise the bottom for the addict to help compel them into treatment. At the same time, our interventionists masterfully foster collaboration between the family and the individual without the crippling guilt and blame that often prevents people from seeking help. Our interventionists help everyone stay focused on the hope for recovery that treatment brings.

By collaborating together as a group and focusing on the hope for recovery as a group, free from the normal guilt and shame associated with addictions, a professional intervention is as much a healing experience for the group as it is the individual. Please contact our admissions office to further discuss interventions, when their indicated, and for recommended interventionists.

Confidentiality Statement - As per Federal Confidentiality Regulations: all records, information and communications shall remain strictly confidential, except under the following circumstances: 1.) To authorized medical personnel, if a medical emergency exists, 2.) If the individual is a danger to themselves or others, 3.) Suspected instances of child abuse or neglect may exists, 4.) The individual or responsible party signs a release of information. Any violation of Federal Confidentiality Law and Regulations may be reported to the United States Attorney for the Judicial District in which the violation occurs.