Engagement

At Chrysalis House treatment begins with engagement

At Chrysalis House treatment begins with engagement. Patients will establish a sense of understanding of the program model and services offered and participate in the assessment of their individual needs, strengths, and preferences.

Patients will begin to facilitate a readiness to change; identify barriers to treatment (retention and engagement); set treatment goals and objectives with therapist; and begin to establish a motivation to change. Patients participate in psycho-educational groups and the dynamics of addiction and will be begin using basic skills, state of awareness of positive and negative self-talk.

Readiness to change and ability to set and achieve goals:

Responsibility: accepting the consequences of actions, cause and effect thinking.
Motivation to achieve: connecting with a reason and purpose behind making life changes that include sobriety.
Positive future orientation: ability to envision a positive future with sobriety and a desire to bring that future to fruition.
Goal competence: ability to set realistic and achievable goals based upon healthy needs, desires and wants and progressing towards attainment.
Self-worth: building a positive sense of self and sense of personal value.