We offer two-day intensive workshops provided by our team of clinicians on a variety of topics that are best explored within this format. Workshops provide longer lengths of time to cover complex material and allow clients to engage in experiential activities designed to make it come alive in ways that are generally not possible in standard didactic or group formats.
These workshops are offered monthly, and all clients are welcome to participate as long as they are medically and clinically cleared to do so.
Among our newest offerings are the following:
(Re)Connecting With Your Authentic Self with Karen Spedowfski, Ph.D.
In this two-day workshop, we will explore the ways that we lose our authenticity from an early age, develop identities that contain aspects of both our true selves and falsehoods to be identified and challenged, and masks that we wear that hide and protect our true, authentic selves in the world.
Codependency and addiction, in many ways, are the opposites of authenticity. Clients will explore their own masks and identities through multi-media and experiential exercises designed to explore core beliefs, roles, and messages received from others beginning in early childhood and will realize the opportunity that recovery provides to be able to choose whether these fit or serve them any longer. Clients will consider how to change behaviors that do not serve them, and, most importantly, how to begin to develop self-compassion and live authentically. This workshop will be interactive and will challenge clients to view themselves in new ways while engaging meaningfully with each other.
Exploring Spirituality with Kellie Beals, Psy.D.
This two-day workshop on spirituality offers a reflective and immersive journey designed to deepen personal insight, inner peace, and a sense of connection beyond the material world. It involves delving into the deep human desire to find purpose, and connection. Spirituality is often described as an inner journey—one that transcends religious boundaries and speaks to a universal longing for meaning and truth.
In a therapeutic setting focused on substance use recovery, exploring the meaning of spirituality can be a powerful tool for healing and transformation. It encourages individuals to ask profound questions such as “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” and “What is my relationship to others and to life itself?” While it can be expressed through religion, art, service, or personal philosophy, spirituality is deeply personal and evolves over time. Ultimately, it invites people to live more consciously, guided by values like compassion, authenticity, and a deeper sense of interconnectedness.
Boundaries for a Better Life with Andrea Ruiz, LCSW
Boundaries for a Better Life is an interactive two-day workshop designed to help you create healthier, more balanced relationships with yourself and others. Together, we’ll explore what boundaries are, why they matter, and how to communicate your needs with clarity and confidence—without guilt or unnecessary conflict.
Through practical exercises, reflection, and real-life examples, you’ll learn how to recognize when a boundary is needed, identify your personal limits, say “no” with greater ease, and build boundaries that support your wellbeing.
Whether you’re feeling stretched too thin, struggling to speak up, or simply ready to create more space for what matters most, this workshop will give you practical tools to set boundaries that lead to greater peace, authenticity, and freedom.
Resetting the Path with Nicole Kramer, APCC
This two-day workshop offers clients a contemplative and experiential introduction to mindfulness-based recovery. The workshop invites clients to try on a framework in which we are all, at our core, fundamentally good, and that it is the accumulated layers of learned behavior, trauma, and internalized messages that obscure our access to this innate goodness. Through group exercises, guided meditations, storytelling, and discussion, clients examine how they react to life’s inevitable ups and downs, and learn to discern between an initial painful experience and the layers of suffering we add through judgment, resistance, and self-blame.
Throughout the workshop, clients are invited to sit with questions such as: What patterns do I keep repeating, and where did they come from? How do my actions—and the intentions behind them—ripple outward into my own life and the lives of others? What would it feel like to meet myself with the same compassion I offer others? Over the two days, clients often find a renewed sense of agency and accountability in their recovery, paired with relief from shame. Clients experience a softening of the harsh inner critic that often drives addictive behavior, replacing it with curiosity and kindness toward themselves. Clients leave the workshop with a greater sense of groundedness, connection to their own goodness, and empowered in the possibility of genuine change.
If you would like more information on our intensive workshops, please contact one of our Admissions Specialists.
