Aftercare

Although the timeline for our client’s formal treatment duration will vary, at some point this phase of recovery will approach an end. Our treatment programmes make lasting recovery a priority and therefore we will not send our clients on their way without a solid discharge plan and a quality aftercare plan, some of which we will fund as part of the client’s treatment costs.

At Strong Hope we see aftercare as being as important as the residential treatment itself.

One reason that continuing treatment is essential is because the longstanding issues that clients present with, in some cases, alter the normal functioning of the brain. Some of these changes do not instantly reverse once the behaviour ends.  Aftercare and relapse prevention is vital to ensure that our clients continue their recovery after returning home. For this reason, we provide tailormade aftercare programmes for all our clients which consists of the following.

• Recovery support phone call from the Strong Hope team a week after discharge, 3 weeks later and then every month for a year after a client has left
• If clients do not have therapist when they come in, we will either provide a skype session once a month with one of our therapists or pay for 12 monthly sessions of 1:1 therapy with a Strong Hope partnered therapist*
• If clients do not have psychiatrist when they come in, and based only on need, we will either provide skype sessions once a month with one of ours or pay for 12 monthly sessions of 1:1 psychiatrist support with Strong Hope partnered psychiatrist*
• If clients require a nutritionist on discharge, we will source one from our preferred providers list and refer on for further care. Costs for further care to be met by client
• If client requires further I-Vitamin treatments on discharge we will source a provider from our preferred providers list and refer on for further care. Costs for further care to be met by client
• If clients require access to 12 Step or SMART recovery groups we will source a list of meetings for them and discus options for sponsors and refer on for further care
• For those clients that want to explore sober living companions’ we will source a provider from our preferred providers list and refer on for further care. Costs for further care to be met by client
• Access to a 2- day post treatment recovery workshop back in Barbados (costs available on request)

*If clients already have a therapist/psychiatrist prior to admission the relationship with this professional will continue post discharge including any pre-admission funding arrangements.