Program Information for Potential Clients
For Potential Good Heart Clients
Who are you, underneath what you think the world wants to see? Who are you, underneath your thought patterns? Who are you, underneath your societal conditioning? Who are you, beneath the narrative of your life experiences? WHO ARE YOU REALLY? The answer to that question has been patiently awaiting you for decades, and is the primary basis for our creating Good Heart Recovery. We believe you were born to make a difference, that you were born inherently good, that you have something unique to offer this planet and it’s life forms, and that you are the one you’ve been waiting for to save you. We’re simply here to be a clear mirror for you to see yourself clearly, perhaps for the first time. Spiritual practice and becoming self-aware is just the beginning. The idea is not to establish enlightenment in our own lives, but to create an enlightened society, which starts one person at a time. Why an enlightened society? This world desperately needs our help and our full attention. Suffering is everywhere, including the suffering of the only known planet to hold life, our Earth. We at Good Heart Recovery direct our efforts not only into creating sober, clear-minded individuals with compassionate hearts, but stewards of the Earth and all of its inhabitants. The goal is realization of our interdependence with all of life.
If you are coming to Good Heart Recovery, one thing you should know right away is that we are all about treating you like an equal. When you enter into the non-12-step program, you won’t feel judged, you won’t feel pressured to act any way different than who you really are, and you will be given permission to cry, laugh, yell, and tell us what’s really going on. We’re different than other outpatient rehabs. Trust us, you’ll be able to tell on day one.
Our tips for an easy transition into our adult (18+) outpatient program:
Take a deep breath
Acknowledge you’ve made a good decision for a better future
Get a good night’s sleep
Eat something before arriving
Be ready to slowly and confidentially talk about what’s been going on for you
Be ready to truly laugh, smile, and feel again
What Will Your Outpatient Program Look Like?
Humanistic. Emotion-Focused. Evidence-Based. Holistic.
Partial Hospitalization
Intensive Outpatient
Outpatient
Good Heart Recovery offers three different outpatient levels of care, each designed to align with an individual’s course of progress and symptom presentation. Every level of care offers group therapy sessions that are specifically designed each morning and afternoon based on the individual members of the group. The schedules above reflect a typical week at each of our levels of care. Please note, the Intensive Outpatient Program can be mornings or afternoons and the Outpatient Program can contain varying days and times. In addition to group therapy, each of our clients at the top two levels of care receive up to six individual sessions a week, every week while they are in treatment:
PSYCHIATRIC APPOINTMENTS
Each week, our clients are assessed by our medical doctor and PhD in psychoanalysis, Dr. Margorie Gies for medication needs and medical evaluations.
CLINICAL THERAPY
Weekly one-on-one therapy sessions with a Master’s level clinician allow for each of our clients to address the underlying causes of their mental health and substance use disorders.
CLINICAL CASE
MANAGEMENT
One a week sessions with a Master’s level case manager provides structured and progressive workshops for clients to gain future employment and educational goals and work on legal and housing issues, as well as relapse prevention and crisis plans.
PSYCHOSPIRITUAL CONSULTATIONS
Our co-founder meets with each client every week to discuss the ‘bigger questions’ about recovery such as: What’s next? Who am I and who do I want to be? How can I release the past? and how to put all the pieces of progress together into a plan for the future.
FAMILY CONNECTION SESSIONS
We work with families to schedule conjoined family connection sessions for the client and their loved ones to come together and discuss the next steps towards reunification and a deeper understanding of one another.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS
To track our clients’ progress over the course of treatment, we complete psychological assessments upon intake, monthly, and upon discharge to determine our clients’ levels of hope, authenticity, depression, anxiety, mindfulness, automatic thoughts, self-compassion, and loneliness.
ARRIVAL
You will provide us with a release of information, if you desire, to allow us to contact any loved ones or other treatment providers you would like to participate in your treatment.
WEEKLY CONTACT
Your master’s level clinical case manager will reach out to everyone who is participating in your outpatient treatment each week to provide an update based on your approval.
A COMPLETE FAMILY PROGRAM
We have a family program where you will be provided family and/or couples sessions on site weekly, which can be done via teleconferencing if needed.
ADDITIONAL FAMILY SUPPORT
Every Tuesday night, if you are local to Santa Barbara, we offer a family connection workshop where your loved ones can learn how to deal with the difficulties, successes, and various aspects of your own recovery and their personal self-care.
Your Clinical Outpatient Treatment Team
Over 80 years combined experience treating mental health & substance abuse
Good Heart Recovery’s compassionate and dedicated team is comprised of a multidisciplinary group of mental health and substance abuse clinicians and counselors. Uniquely executively and medically run by doctoral-level clinicians and clinically run by seasoned masters level psychotherapists, our team is committed to finding, treating, and reconciling the underlying issues that bring individuals into treatment.
CLINICAL DIRECTOR
Nicole Botaitis
MS, LMFT, LPCC, PPS
PROGRAM MANAGER
Brian Dalley
CACT-II
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Dr. Marjorie Gies
MD, PhD
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