Aftercare
Aftercare is without doubt the final piece of the puzzle in a successful recovery journey. If you want sustainable recovery we strongly recommend that you commit to a structured aftercare programme for at least the first year following treatment.
It’s a great group where people in early recovery meet each week to touch base around difficulties, share successes and gain direction, fellowship and support from peers and from the facilitator to reinforce their new way of life.
If you are interested in Charter’s weekly Aftercare group, please complete our enquiry form or call us on 020 7323 4970.
‘Those who did not participate (in aftercare) were ten times more likely to return to seriously harmful behaviour within one year’.
Matheson et al, 2011
AFTERCARE
Charter’s Aftercare Programme runs weekly, and is available to Charter clients as well as to those returning from treatment elsewhere or those already in recovery wanting extra support. Facilitated by Lysa Kelly whose work has a strong relational focus and aims to help clients realise their full potential in early recovery.
Not to be confused with therapy groups or 12-step meetings, Aftercare offers a unique opportunity for you to share your thoughts and feelings with other people going through the same process. It is an abstinence based group that supports you to commit to the discipline of recovery, find help getting comfortable in meetings, express pent up emotion in a supportive environment, reality check and allow early intervention and relapse prevention.
Working from your discharge report from treatment, Charter’s Aftercare team are committed to working with you to develop a manageable care plan.
Sessions take place every Wednesday evening via Zoom, and admission details are available on enquiry.
Advantages of joining Charter’s Aftercare Programme:
- Preferential access to the comprehensive Workshop programme.
- Introduction to the Fellowship – we can advise you on meetings and provide you with contact details for a recovery mentor.
- You gain access to Charter’s recovery support programmes for ongoing support, top up and intensive relapse prevention at preferential rates.
- We can refer you for counselling and psychotherapy (individual, couples and family) for adults and children.
- We work collaboratively with London’s leading consultants and practitioners and are well placed to advise and refer you according to your needs.
It is widely known that a structured aftercare commitment makes all the difference to your success rate of a sustainable and enjoyable new life in recovery – at Charter we support you to go all the way!