Relapse Prevention Groups for Addiction and Mental Health Disorders

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Qualified Clinical Supervisor. She received her PhD in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida in 2002. In addition to being a practicing clinician, she has provided training to counselors, social workers, nurses and case managers internationally since 2006 through AllCEUs.com Explore SIMPLE tools to promote relapse prevention in addiction and mental health disorders and enhance accountability in recovery. Tools are helpful if you are an addiction counselor, mental health counselor or recovery coach.

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Types of Relapse
~ Emotional relapse
~ Mental relapse
~ Physical relapse
~ Behavioral Relapse

Relapse Warning Signs
~ Emotional Cues
~ Anger and irritability
~ Anxiety
~ Depression
~ Resentment
~ Mood Swings
~ Boredom

10 Most Common Triggers of Relapse
~ Withdrawal symptoms (anxiety, nausea, physical weakness, psychological withdrawal and craving)
~ Post-acute withdrawal symptoms (anxiety, irritability, mood swings, poor sleep)
~ Poor self-care (stress management, eating, sleeping)
~ People
~ Places (where you used or where you used to buy drugs)
~ Things (that were part of your using, or that remind you of using)
~ Uncomfortable emotions (H.A.L.T.: hungry, angry, lonely, tired)
~ Relationships and sex (can be stressful if anything goes wrong)
~ Isolation (gives you too much time to be with your own thoughts)
~ Pride and overconfidence (thinking you don’t have a drug or alcohol problem, or that it is behind you)

Recovery Triggers
~ Recovery triggers are things that remind you to do the next right thing to keep moving toward your goals (Design plan (car, home, work))
~ Mood (Happiness, compassion, gratitude, hope, optimism, courage, determination)
~ People (That inspire you to move forward and support and encourage you)
~ Sights (décor (dishes, pictures, blankets, pillows, framed memories), mobile device)
~ Smells (that trigger a recovery mood or remind you of a goal or to do something)
~ Sounds (That help you relax, get energized or focused)
~ Mental Cues
~ Negativity
~ All or none thinking
~ Concentration problems
~ Memory problems
~ Rigidity/Problem solving difficulties
~ Physical Cues
~ Sleep problems
~ Appetite problems
~ Medication noncompliance
~ Fatigue
~ Pain
~ Tension
~ Social Cues
~ Unhelpful friends
~ Isolation
~ Not asking for help
~ Secrets
~ Stop meetings/support groups/counseling

Dare to DREAM
~ Determination- Forgo the easy or immediate reward to achieve longer term goals
~ Resilience- Commitment, Control, Creativity and Challenge
~ Exceptions- Nothing happens all the time
~ Awareness- Physical, emotional, cognitive, interpersonal, environmental
~ Motivation (CoPES)- Cognitive, Physical, Emotional, Social

Summary
~ Strengthen the motivation to change throughout the change process.
~ Identify high-risk situations
~ Develop coping strategies and skills to avoid high-risk situations and to deal with them when they are unavoidable.
~ Recognize and implement changes to the environment and lifestyle to minimize the frequency of high-risk situations and to strengthen commitment to change.

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