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A Helping Hand Counseling offers many Court approved programs.

These are run by a team of professionals dedicated to offering the highest quality services.   Please click on each individual program for more information.

Anger Management

A Substance Abuse Program (ASAP)

Change for Life

Domestic Violence Treatment Program (DVTP)

Parenting Skills Training

Sex Offender Treatment Program

 

Anger Management Program

 

This 14-week court approved anger management group therapy addresses the following issues:

  • Anger Management
  • Cognitive Distortions
  • Healthy Relationship
  • Constructive Communication
  • Healthy Boundary Setting
  • Power and Control Issues

This program meets Wednesdays from 7-8:30 p.m.

The cost is $25 per session.

 

For initial appointment and more information please call :

Barbara Pizzarello Barrett LCSW, BCD, Executive Director at:

(858) 279-0220.

 

A Substance Abuse Program (ASAP)

 

ASAP offers two separate program tracks:

  1. Domestic and Family Violence Emphasis
  2. Traditional Outpatient Treatment Program

Domestic and Family Violence Emphasis:

This 52 week program addresses chemical dependency and family violence in a comprehensive curriculum. In an effort to address a large gap between those two fields of treatment, ASAP addresses both in this unique program. 

 

Traditional Outpatient Treatment Track:

This 52-week program utilizes the traditional approaches to chemical dependency treatment. Drug and alcohol education, relapse prevention, stress reduction and goal setting are the primary focus of this track.

Each of the various Comprehensive 52 week programs include:

Intake and Assessment

  • Health screening Questionnaire
  • Psychosocial Assessment
  • Alcohol/Drug Assessment

Individual Counseling

  • Identify primary problems related to alcohol/drug abuse 
  • Clients meets with counselor twice a month
  • Review and evaluation of client’s progress toward treatment goals
  • Appropriate referrals to community resources as determined throughout the program

Group Counseling

  • Psycho-educational groups meet once a week in a safe, clinical, non-judgmental and confidential environment.
  • The 52 week Curriculum is continually tailored and tied into each group member’s needs.
  • ASAP group leaders are also experienced Court approved Domestic Violence group facilitators.

Discharge/Exit Planning

  • During the last 10 group sessions, the client develops long term goals for relapse prevention and for continued successful recovery.
  • Individual sessions assist client in developing appropriate exit plan.

Family Violence Emphasis Group Topics Include:

Substance Abuse and Family Violence (40 1.5 hour groups) including:

Substance Abuse/Family Violence overview: -Ten 1.5 hour groups

Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence:-Ten 1.5 hour groups

Substance Abuse and Child Abuse:-Ten 1.5 hour groups

Recovery Planning/Goal Setting:-Ten 1.5 hour groups

Traditional Substance Abuse Treatment Group Topics include:

Drug and alcohol outpatient program group topics (40 1.5 hour groups)

Drug and alcohol education:-Ten 1.5 hour groups

Relapse prevention:-Ten 1.5 hour groups

Stress reduction and assertiveness training - Ten 1.5 hour groups

Recovery planning and goal setting:-Ten 1.5 hour groups

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  • ASAP out-patient program requires complete abstinence from alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • ASAP conducts on-site state of the art alcohol/drug screening and comprehensive laboratory drug testing.
  • ASAP outpatient program provides services at fees that are affordable.
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Change for Life

A 26-week Morality and Empathy-Based Cognitive Therapy Program.

This program is designed for people who have anger management issues and who want to change their lives for the good.  This also is tailored for the person who has been convicted of a first time violent crime and who is in the probation or parole system.

The Change for Life program includes:

  • Anger Management
  • Assertiveness Training
  • Empathy-Building
  • Defeating Self-Destructive Behaviors
  • Connecting with Emotions
  • Dealing with Criticism
  • Stress Reduction
  • Recognizing Abuse
  • Time Management
  • Socialization Skills
  • Power and Control Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Positive Attitude-Building
  • Cognitive Behavior Change
  • Self Esteem Building
  • Constructive Communication
  • Relaxation Techniques
  • Respect for Self and Others
  • Forgiveness
  • Role Playing

The Change for Life Program will give you the tools to make the necessary changes and look at new ways of:

  • Thinking
  • Acting
  • Feeling
  • Growing
  • Succeeding

A Helping Hand Counseling is offering you the opportunity to change the problem areas in your life and turn them around so that you can have….

  • A better life
  • A fuller life
  • A more satisfying life

              ….. A Changed Life.

A Helping Hand Counseling’s Change for Life program may administer and monitor:

  • Beck Depression
  • Inventory (BDI)
  • Beck Anxiety Index (BAI)
  • SARA
  • Values Inventory
  • Enneagram
  • Forgiveness Inventory

The program will use some or all of the above named measures and will conduct research to evaluate the level of change due to the intensive intervention in this program.

The intake assessment will include a complete evaluation to assess the need for possible medical and/or psychiatric intervention.

A Helping Hand Counseling will make ongoing individual therapy available to Change for Life participants if indicated.

Assistance will be available for clients who may have difficulty reading the material.

Our goal is to assist clients in obtaining positive life skills that will allow them to reintegrate and become productive members of society.

For initial appointment and more information please call :

Barbara Pizzarello Barrett LCSW, BCD, Program Director at:

(858) 279-0220

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Domestic Violence Treatment Program

 

This is a 52-week cognitive therapy based court approved Domestic Violence Treatment Program. Groups are scheduled Tuesday through Saturday, with day and evening groups available.

Therapy available in the following languages:

English – Male Groups

English - Female Groups

Spanish – Male Groups

Individual Counseling is by appointment.

The cost is $25 per session.

 

For initial appointment and more information please call :

Barbara Pizzarello Barrett LCSW, BCD, Program Director at:

(858) 279-0220

 

 

 

Parenting Classes

This 12-week court approved Parenting Skills class address the following issues:

  • Healthy Parenting
  • Stages of Development
  • Positive Parenting Skills
  • Age Appropriate Discipline
  • How to Listen to Your Child
  • How to Talk to Your Child so that Your Child Will Listen
  • Healthy Boundary Setting

Call for specific group times call (858) 279-6721.

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 Sex Offender Treatment Program-
A Cognitive Containment Collaboration Model

Our Program Includes:

About Sex Offender Treatment:

A Helping Hand Counseling’s Sex Offender Treatment Program is cognitive therapy based. We are committed to working collaboratively with Probation, the Courts, the Polygraph Examiner, Victim's Advocates, and other professional agencies to ensure the highest level of community safety available. The Sex Offender Treatment Program holds to the Adult Treatment Standards adopted by the County of San Diego Department of Probation in June 2003.  This Containment/ Collaboration Model is used in order to increase community safety and to reduce and monitor the various stressors which may lead to recidivism.  Each person, whether voluntarily in the program or referred by the Courts, Probation or Parole, is expected to abide by the same standards.

Our ongoing commitment to the team-approach with the Department of Probation, Psychiatrists, Substance Abuse Programs, and Polygraph Examiners allow us to provide state of the art treatment for those suffering from sexual addictions, as well as those defendants convicted of a sexual offense.

Each client will attend weekly psychoeducational group therapy with the focus on restructuring their thinking patterns and on learning-appropriate behaviors.


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