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BREAKTHROUGH

RECOVERY OUTREACH

3648 CHAMBLEE TUCKER ROAD

ATLANTA, GA 30341

770-493-7750

www.my-breakthrough.com

Chris’s Corner

It’s Spring Season! The time when we start cleaning out the old to make room for the new. Breakthrough Recovery Outreach is “Spring Cleaning” as well.

We have begun the process of transition in order to “Spring Forward” with a fresh and innovative Recovery Program. We feel confident in what we have offered to our clients in the past and excited at all that lie ahead.

We are focused more than ever on building a stronger foundation in the process of Recovery to ensure the success of EVERY Breakthrough Recovery Outreach Client.

We feel it is not only our job but our purpose to do all we can to ensure we are providing every person who comes through our doors with the best possible drug treatment program we can provide.

2013 has already been a tremendous year in recovery for Breakthrough Recovery Outreach. I look forward to more growth, and positive energy that will generate an even higher standard to support your loved ones through- out their recovery process.

“HOPE RESIDES HERE”

Chris Jacobs

Executive Director

“Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences to the individual who is addicted and to those around them. Drug addiction is a brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and functions of the brain.

(National Institute on Drug Abuse)

The Breakthrough Recovery Outreach logo symbolizes a person who enters our Program in a chaotic state. Through their attendance of groups, participation in outside meetings, meeting with their sponsor, doing community service work and trusting the process; they are able to unwind from the tangled web and eventually shoot out and continue their journey of recovery.

Dr. Goglucci is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with nearly twenty years of experience in the treatment of substance abuse disorders and mental illness. Since 1994, Dr. Goglucci has treated clients using Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Hypnotherapy at various settings including hospitals, Partial

Hospitalization Programs (PHP’s), Intensive Outpatient Settings, Non-Profit Organizations and private practice.

Dr. Goglucci began her academic career in South Florida. In 1993, she obtained her Bachelors of Science with honors in Community Psychology. She obtained her Masters of Clinical Psychology at the Miami Institute of Psychology in 1995 and doctorate with distinction in ClinicalPsychology in 1998. Following her academic studies, Dr. Goglucci completed an American Psychological Association accredited internship at the Nova Southeastern Consortium. Her doctoral dissertation was in the area of domestic violence and correlating factors including substanceabuse. After finishing her internship and dissertation, Dr. Goglucci obtained a residency placement as the Program Director at the Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center (S.B.A.).

In March 2007, Dr. Goglucci relocated to Atlanta after obtaining employment at the Talbott Recovery Campus as a Spiritual Counselor. She currently works at her private practice in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Nina Goglucci-

Meet The Staff:

or solve a problem. But most families are poorly prepared to negotiate with an addiction and end up losing to the addiction. We forget that it is the addiction doing the negotiating in an attempt to protect itself.

There are five negotiation styles in families of addicts. To overcome the addiction, we must take on a role outside these styles, using a negotiation style we call the ambassador…

Adversaries are the addictions themselves. They take a defensive stance in an attempt to protect the addiction and avoid

pain. The thought process is that addiction is a solution, and attempts to handle it are not help, but attack.

Aggressors are those convinced that their approach toward handling the addict is the best. They commonly try to bully the

addict into sobriety and control the family’s approach.

Appeasers try to smooth over the current crisis, often at the expense of an ultimate resolution. They tend to submit to the

addict’s threats while trying to convince themselves that the situation is improving.

Avoiders ignore problems and conflict. When a negotiation or fight surfaces, they leave. They make family

communication and intervention difficult as they provide no support. They live with increasing fear and isolation.

Analysts try to understand and explain. The risk with this approach is that they tend to delve into explaining the problem

rather than confronting it. They often search for the root cause and end up mired in logic that does nothing to handle the situation. Over time, they will tend to become increasingly emotionally detached.

Ambassadors are able to operate outside the addiction’s sphere of influence. They understand the difference between the

addiction and the addict and do not grant the voice of the addiction any power. Instead, they come from a position of love and direct their intention toward the person behind the addiction while keeping the ultimate goal at the forefront.

THE IMPERATIVE OF FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS

As someone who has twenty two years of experience working in the field of alcohol and drug treatment

it has become evident that individuals who are attempting sobriety and abstinence are more likely to

achieve success if the family members become involved in the recovery process for themselves. “Why

should I consider recovery when I am not the one with the problem?” is the question most frequently

asked by family members. The response is evident, as your loved one has become more mired in their

addiction with drugs, the family has been all too often sucked into the process with them. I speak to this

not at a physical level, but at an emotional drain that simply explained means

the addict is addicted to

their drug of choice and will do anything to procure and take that drug to achieve the relief they are

seeking

. The family member becomes reactive to the addict’s behavior and will do anything to try and

solve their problem, to “save” them from themselves and in doing so

lose their identity to that of the

addiction and the effect it is having on their loved one.

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Breakthrough Recovery Outreach provides a once a month Multi-Family meeting that lends support to families and provides a forum for them to learn more, and to process their concerns and fears about what this will mean for them. They also are given the opportunity to meet with counselors and case managers during the course of treatment where they can have honest and direct dialogue with their loved ones.

EQUINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY & LEARNING

•Create opportunities for practicing new skills to transfer back to new life. •Involves all aspects of the person to generate change.

•Be more responsible & overcome fears. •Decrease feelings of hopelessness. •Make wise decisions & problem solve. • Communicate effectively

•Promotes change from dysfunctional patterns to successful ones. •Empowers clients with-- a sense of self-control.

•Breaks down defense barriers.

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) and Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) are exciting new ways to use horses to help people learn critical life skills.

The focus of these experiential sessions is not riding or horsemanship. In fact, 100% of the activities will take place on the ground. Activities involving the horses will require the client(s) to apply certain skills in verbal and non-verbal communication, assertiveness, creative thinking, and problem-solving.

Using horses in group activities is especially powerful in leadership, communication, relationship building, character and self-confidence. Clients learn about themselves by actively participating in specially designed activities with the horses. The focus of EAP is not riding or horsemanship, but rather the feedback from the horse through their groundwork. EAP is useful as an adjunct to traditional therapy providing adventure-based,

experimental activities that provide a powerful, effective therapeutic alternative.

Coming

Soon!

FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ALCOHOL & SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURING MENTAL ILLNESS DISORDERS

The Wholistic Approach

Breakthrough Recovery Outreach (BRO) is licensed by the State of Georgia and CARF Accredited Residential Treatment Program and the first in metro-Atlanta to offer a wholistic approach in the treatment of mental illness and alcohol and substance abuse.

BRO draws from time-tested bio-psychosocial therapies, as well as prevailing neuroscience, with a "systems" approach to recovery. The whole person is treated; body, mind, and spirit – to heal the many aspects of a person's life that have been destroyed not only by addiction.

BRO’s wholistic approach incorporates different techniques i.e. Guided Meditation, Yoga, Music & Art Therapy, Mas-sage Therapy, Reflexology, Acupuncture and Qigong Meditation. BRO is excited about being the first Residential Treatment Program to offer this wholistic approach.

Breakthrough Recovery Outreach

Provided a Free Educational Seminar

May 2, 2013

At

Occasions Event Center

Tucker, Georgia

“Integrating Wholistic Approaches in Treatment”

Presented by:

Jennie C. Trotter, M.Ed.

NEW WHOLISTIC TREATMENT APPROACHES:

PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL

 Tai Chi  Qigong  Equine Therapy  Mindfulness  Reflexology  Biofeedback  Meditation  Yoga  DBT  Massage Therapy  Nutrition  Music Therapy

Breakthrough Birthdays

April: 17

Marcus Bufkin

19

Jeff Weber

May: 7

Courtney Briggs

23

Denitra Gaines

26

Barbara Sachs

June: 2

April LaLand

27

Marilyn Morrison

July: 14

Chris McCorkle

17

Angela Steele

22

Adrian Stanback

~~ Fun In Recovery~~

Phoenix and Dragon Bookstore February 2013

Climbing with Breakthrough Recovery Outreach April 2013

TRUST IN THE PROCESS

The mission of Breakthrough Recovery Outreach is recovery. Through treatment and education, we

restore hope to individuals and families suffering from addiction and are committed to

facilitate their responsible and successful reentry into the community.

VALUES

Respect -- We honor the dignity of every patient and every member of our team.

Safety -- We hold the safety of our clients and the safety of our residential environment to the highest possible standard.

Integrity -- We commit to the highest caliber of personal ethics and responsibility.

A Culture of Excellence -- We strive to advance state-of-the-art, wholistic treatment of addictive disease.

The Twelve Steps -- We embrace the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous as the corner stone of our operating philosophy.

Teamwork -- We embrace collaboration as the best method for achieving our mission and vision.

Stewardship -- We embrace cautious and responsible management of our most valuable resources.