Program Information for Family Members
For Family Members
Most human beings have gone through their lives being unseen for who they truly are, and unheard for what needs to be expressed. This results in our developing loud, abrasive speech when we talk and stomping when we walk. As connective and expressive beings by nature, what is in us must be expressed, one way or another. Our traumas of being unseen and unheard find their way to the surface, usually in a way that is not ideal. If children aren’t allowed to be themselves, they grow up to become escape artists, rarely feeling comfortable in their bodies or their minds. Healing from mental health problems and addiction issues reconnects us to an infinite source of imagination contained within human consciousness. Creativity blossoms and curiosity heightens. Friendships mirror purity. Simplicity returns and is celebrated. Presence becomes a daily pursuit. In short, we build a safe bridge back to our childhood and allow our inner child to experience adulthood for the first time, free from emotional trauma. In this newfound space, anything we choose to dream can become a possibility.
If you’re seeking support on how to discuss your loved one needing help, we have some guidance that may support them getting into treatment and helping you say what it is you really feel. When you talk to your loved one about what you’ve been seeing, it will likely go one of two ways: they will either understand and express alignment with what you think is best based on how they’ve been feeling, or they will deny needing support in any way. Some tips to help you through the discussion, founded solely on how one human being should talk to another, are listed below.
When talking to your loved one, say what you mean, and mean what you say:
Take a deep breath
Make sure you’ve eaten, drank water, and gotten good sleep so you’re in the best possible headspace
Talk about yourself and what you’ve seen, using “I” statements
Do not be accusatory
Speak to listen, not to be heard
Admit where you may have supported the current situation
Speak from the heart and listen to your loved one from the heart
Meet them with love, not with fear
What Care Will Your Loved One Be Provided?
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
We will work with the client to obtain a release of information and we will reach out to you to confirm they have arrived at our center.
WEEKLY CONTACT
Your loved one’s master’s level clinical case manager will reach out to you every week to provide an update based on the approval of your loved one based on medical confidentiality.
A COMPLETE FAMILY PROGRAM
We also have an entire family program where you will be provided family and/or couples sessions with your loved one, 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 you will learn how to deal with the difficulties, successes, and various aspects of your own self-care and your loved one’s recovery.
FAMILY CONNECTION PROGRAM
Join Our Free Family Therapy Groups - Open to The Public.
Our Family Connection Program focuses on increasing communication between family members and their loved ones suffering from mental health and addiction issues. The program serves to develop an understanding between each individual in the family system through psychoeducation and coping skill integration and to reconnect the family through the innate compassion and acceptance we know to exist in all families underneath the pain and struggle of such difficult times. We work to help you support your loved one and yourself.
Events in September 2023
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August 28, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group – 
Every Monday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm via ZOOM Open to the entire community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability, how to reconnect with your loved one, local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
August 29, 2023
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August 30, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-195:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-19 – 
Currently Postponed due to COVID-19Every Wednesday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at our Santa Barbara office Open to Good Heart's alumni community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, relapse prevention, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
August 31, 2023
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September 1, 2023
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September 3, 2023
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September 4, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group –
Every Monday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm via ZOOM Open to the entire community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability, how to reconnect with your loved one, local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
September 5, 2023
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September 6, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-195:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-19 –
Currently Postponed due to COVID-19Every Wednesday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at our Santa Barbara office Open to Good Heart's alumni community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, relapse prevention, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
September 7, 2023
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September 9, 2023
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September 10, 2023
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September 11, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group –
Every Monday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm via ZOOM Open to the entire community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability, how to reconnect with your loved one, local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
September 12, 2023
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September 13, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-195:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-19 –
Currently Postponed due to COVID-19Every Wednesday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at our Santa Barbara office Open to Good Heart's alumni community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, relapse prevention, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
September 14, 2023
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September 16, 2023
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September 17, 2023
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September 18, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group –
Every Monday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm via ZOOM Open to the entire community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability, how to reconnect with your loved one, local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
September 19, 2023
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September 20, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-195:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-19 –
Currently Postponed due to COVID-19Every Wednesday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at our Santa Barbara office Open to Good Heart's alumni community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, relapse prevention, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
September 21, 2023
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September 23, 2023
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September 24, 2023
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September 25, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group5:30 pm: Online: Weekly Multi-Family Therapy Group –
Every Monday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm via ZOOM Open to the entire community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability, how to reconnect with your loved one, local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
September 26, 2023
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September 27, 2023(1 event)
5:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-195:30 pm: Alumni Program: Postponed Due To COVID-19 –
Currently Postponed due to COVID-19Every Wednesday night from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at our Santa Barbara office Open to Good Heart's alumni community Amenities Provided: Water, coffee, and tea provided. Topics include: Psychoeducation of mental health and addiction processes, relapse prevention, family dynamics, healthy coping skills, signs of substance use and instability local resources, processing of specific situations Good Heart Recovery 205 West MIssion St. Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States 805-242-2175 |
September 28, 2023
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October 1, 2023
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Your Loved One’s 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
I Need Help
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My Loved One Needs Help
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