PHASES OF TREATMENT

Phase I (average stay 30 days)
Phase I is a structured therapeutic treatment program focused on evaluation and stabilization while developing treatment goals and objectives. A thorough assessment process and a medical bio psychosocial procedure accomplish this. COPAC recognizes and evaluates for corollary problems and compulsive behaviors that can sabotage the recovery process. These issues can then be addressed in ongoing treatment as appropriate. Patients also participate in daily services including education about the disease of addiction, group and individual therapy, specialized professional groups, non-chemical coping skills, Twelve-Step educational groups and meetings, physical activities program, ropes/adventure based therapy, and a personalized goal setting program.

Phase II (average stay 60 days)
Phase II offers patients a structured therapeutic treatment program with activities focused on the implementation of the medically monitored treatment plan . Services include education about the disease of addiction, group counseling, individual therapy, specialized professional groups, non-chemical coping skills, Twelve-Step educational groups and meetings, a physical activities program, ropes/adventure therapy, ongoing psychiatric evaluation, and a personalized goal-setting program.

Phase III (average stay 30 days)
Phase III treatment allows patients the opportunity to be more responsible for their own recovery and to plan for their return to family and career. During this phase, patients live in a monitored recovery residence, are assigned daily mirror therapy or service opportunities, have group and individual therapy in the evenings and are required to attend Twelve-Step meetings.

Phase IV - Secondary Outpatient Services (avg. stay 90 days)
Upon completion of Phase III, patients may move into Phase IV. During this segment, patients enroll in school or secure work during the day, and have group and individual therapy in the evenings. Twelve-Step meetings are mandatory. COPAC also provides a wide range of outpatient services. This multi-intensity service helps the chemically dependent or substance-abusing individual attain and maintain recovery while living in a low structured, home environment. This medically monitored level of care addresses not only the adult, but also the adolescent and issues surrounding recovery in the family. The COPAC continuum of care allows a patient to move into lesser or greater intensity of service as needed. At the end of the program, COPAC patients transition into the aftercare program.

Primary Intensive Outpatient                                                          Primary IOP is designed for patients who are new to recovery or have relapsed. It inlcudes a History & Physical examination and other testing, as needed.

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION

Patients must complete Phase II to enter Phase III

LENGTH OF TREATMENT

The residential and outpatient programs' length of stay is individualized for each patient. On average, our Residential program is 4 months and our Intensive Outpatient Program is 120 days. The length of stay is based upon staff recommendations and the patient's progress.

DUAL DIAGNOSIS PROGRAM

To determine the patient's accurate diagnosis to simultaneously treat the psychological disorder and the chemical dependency, thus giving the optimal opportunity for recovery.

1. To establish and maintain proper medication regimen and compliance.
2. To develop personal recovery habits for all diagnosis.
3. To accept how the dual diagnosis affects chemical dependency.
4. To set up a continuum of care plan based on the patient's needs.

IMPAIRED PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM

Within COPAC's guarantee of privacy, chemically dependent physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, attorneys, business executives and other professionals are able to continue the process of recovery from the physical and emotional effects of their disease. They interact with other professionals who share the same problem.
COPAC believes that chemical dependency is a primary disease characterized by the compulsive use of mood-altering drugs and alcohol despite adverse consequences. This leads to impairment that may be defined as the inability to work with reasonable skill and safety. The professionals program is structured to help these individuals resolve the issues surrounding their chemical dependency and to understand that accomplishments do not protect them from the disease.

In this phase, the patient begins working with patients just entering the treatment process as well as doing volunteer work at local United Way agencies while continuing along a personal therapeutic journal.

The professionals treatment program is designed to help impaired professionals re-enter practice with a solid start to recovery that includes an established aftercare plan.

This program is divided into three areas:

PHASE I
This phase includes stabilization physically and mentally. During this phase the staff evaluates and develops a plan with the professional for a successful recovery. This takes place in conjunction with group and individual counseling, and psychiatric services if needed.

PHASE II
Focusing on a structured therapeutic program, this phase provides a therapeutic living experience. It involves group counseling, individual counseling, education and adventure-based counseling.

PHASE III
Mirror Therapy-Extended Treatment

DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

COPAC offers a five day assessment process to identify and diagnose the professional whose behavior has caused concern for themselves, their families, and/or professional organizations. This five day work-up consist of a full range of assessments including History and Physical, psychiatric and psychological evaluations, assessments by trained professionals familiar with the issues of professional impairments. This assessment may include family and staff interviews, reviews of prescriptions as well as other collateral interviews focused on the entire spectrum of the professionals level of functioning.

ADVENTURE THERAPY

Adventure Based Therapy uses a wide variety of initiatives and activities that have been developed in areas of acquaintance, de-inhibitizers, trust, communication, decision making, problem solving, social responsibility and personal responsibility. The selection and use of adventure initiatives and activities are somewhat individualized, based upon the specific goals and objectives for each group. Through an emphasis on structured-group discussion and the use of carefully designed group initiatives and rope-course activities, group members learn to recognize and use their own defenses.

They learn how to react to conflicts and understand factors that have either encouraged or prevented them from having satisfying relationships. Through participation in a success-oriented process that supports and encourages growth and emphasizes the positive, group members develop self-confidence, self-efficacy, and learn new behaviors and approaches to cope with peer and adult relationships.

Activities focus on group problem-solving initiatives that provide active involvement, personal and group reflection, and evaluation. The systematic use of these activities and initiatives, coupled with group processing and evaluation, represents a comprehensive way for participants to focus their attention on feelings and behaviors. As individuals successfully work together in a group, they develop new behaviors and strategies to become more active and successful in their lives.
Each patient has the opportunity to experience the Adventure Based Therapy Program for at least one week of his or her treatment process.

The D. P. Smith Fitness Facility opened in May 1998. The facility was designed to allow all age groups and ability levels the chance to explore a variety of activities. Through its extensive array of cardiovascular and weight training equipment as well as indoor basketball, volleyball, and an indoor climbing wall, this facility becomes a positive part of every patients treatment at COPAC. The D. P. Smith Fitness Facility allows patients on any extended length of stay at COPAC the time necessary to develop a solid program of recreation and leisure interests.

FAMILY CARE PROGRAM

Chemical dependency is a disease that affects the entire family. Dealing with addiction in a family member or friend is often stressful, frustrating and emotionally painful. To address this need, COPAC provides a week-long, intensive family-care program. During this week, the family and patient have an opportunity to identify problem areas and set goals for a plan of recovery that can continue long after the family week is completed.

The Family Info Program has two primary purposes:

1. To help us better understand the patient by interacting with his or family, thus learning how addiction has affected and changed the individual from the family’s perspective. The staff has an understanding of the disease and the consequences that individuals have, but no one can know the patient the way family members do. The prognosis for recovery is greatly enhanced when COPAC and the family work together to help the patient.
2. To help the family identify how the addictive process has affected their lives, and allow them to gain some additional tools for coping with addiction in the family.

We feel it is important that family members attend COPAC's Family Info Program even if they have already participated at the patient's primary treatment program. Our program offers educational films, lectures, discussion and group therapy. Just as COPAC is a secondary treatment facility for the patient, the Family Care Program is structured as a secondary treatment for family members.

Information on the Family Info Program, lodging, cost and transportation arrangements can be obtained by contacting the family counselor at: 1-800-446-9727.

SEXUAL COMPULSIVITY PROGRAM

COPAC's Sexual Compulsivity Program began in December 1990.
Sexual compulsivity or dependency may be defined as continuing to engage in obsessive/compulsive sexual behavior despite adverse consequences, and is a behavioral process that is progressive. Sexual behaviors require increasing intensity and level of risk to maintain arousal. Addicts may attempt to control such behavior in a number of ways, including denial of their sexuality, which can lead to sexual anorexia.
The COPAC program is structured to meet the needs of each patient. The minimum length of treatment in this tract is 45 days with focus on blending this recovery with other recovery lifestyles.

GOALS

1. To understand the sexual addiction/compulsivity or co-addiction cycle and to accept personal powerlessness and unmanageability at both an emotional and intellectual level.
2. To establish the foundation of a healthy sexual life and initiate a lifestyle that minimizes vulnerability to addictive and co-addictive relationships.
3. To confront gender shame and self-hatred and develop capacity to feel and express a wide range of emotions.
4. To accept personal needs, set boundaries, and reduce shame when in abusive family and cultural systems.
5. To prepare for the impact that recovery will have on other addictive disorders and develop a continuum of care plan that includes a Twelve-Step program.

EATING DISORDER PROGRAM

The Eating Disorder Program at COPAC is multi-staged.

The Primary Eating Disorder Program focus is specific to the disease and includes assessment, treatment, as well as dietary and nutritional counseling, with follow-up throughout the patient’s stay at COPAC. Treatment focuses on Twelve Step recovery, with special attention given to the issues of denial, powerlessness, and loss of control. The Primary Program provides food services for patients.

The Secondary Program allows patients to prepare their own meals and increase personal responsibility. Patients also work on chemical dependency or other issues in conjunction with their continued eating disorder focus.
The Eating Disorders Clinical Staff works closely with the multidisciplinary treatment team at COPAC to provide a continuum of services for patients in Phase II, Phase III, and Phase I.

GOALS

1. To confront shame and guilt while accepting personal powerlessness.
2. Explore cultural systems impact on the disease impact.
3. Develop same sex bonding with other recovery individuals.
4. Develop insight into how eating disorders interplay with other issues.
5. Educate participants about eating disorders and help prepare them for the process of recovery after treatment.

COMPULSIVE GAMBLING PROGRAM

Forty-eight of 50 states now have some form of legalized gambling. Mississippi alone now has 30 casinos with several others scheduled to open soon. Along with this boom in the casino industry, the problem of compulsive gambling has flourished.

Compulsive gambling can be referred to as the "purest addiction." The fact that nothing enters the body makes the addiction very difficult for some people to understand; therefore, the gambler's ability to stop gambling on his/her own is almost impossible.

Because gambling severely affects the patient’s family, they are encouraged to participate in the treatment. COPAC's goal is to allow the compulsive gambler and his/her family to return to a balanced way of life. Key areas the client will address:

GOALS

1. To understand the compulsive gambling cycle and/or its relation to other addictions;
2. To address financial concerns through money-management skills;
3. To improve self-concept that supports risk and struggle related to life goals;
4. To increase self-worth and help reduce stress of everyday life through recreation and leisure activities;
5. To develop goals that address relationship issues.

Treatment for the compulsive gambler is individualized to meet specific patient needs. The minimum length of treatment is 10 days.