Regular outpatient recovery is usually a less costly choice to more comprehensive outpatient centers or inpatient treatment, and is the least intense of formal alcohol or drug rehabilitation around in Gem. Some clients are attending treatment for the first time and have picked regular outpatient because that is all they can afford and commitment to time wise and scheduling because of work, school or other obligations. For some, regular outpatient is a downgrade to service following treatment in a more intense outpatient facility like a partial hospitalization or in-patient facility.
Regular outpatient rehab services usually involve some kind of group and individual counseling services occurring once or twice a week. Centers which include a wider array of services may include counseling (CBT) to help with relapse prevention and dual-diagnosis services to help respond to co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. How long an individual stays involved in rehab can vary, and a person's improvement can be assessed from time to time and an extension of rehab can be suggested based on these conclusions.
In some cases, a regular outpatient recovery program is going to be deficient in intensity for an individual who is addressing a chronic alcohol and drug problem and has never gone to treatment before or has relapsed after prior outpatient treatment.