Douglas Place
Douglas Place, located in East Grand Forks, is an 85-bed residential addiction treatment center for both men and women. Located in a remote and peaceful area of rural northern Minnesota, Douglas Place has developed a treatment community where all can grow in their understanding and practice of recovery through strong clinical guidance and whole-person support. Licensed as a co-occurring facility, it can treat both the substance abuse and mental health issues at the same time, making long-term recovery possible.
Everyone admitted into our program attends a full-time schedule of group therapy and individual sessions facilitated by a diverse team of licensed staff. Our program is dedicated to utilizing evidence-based therapeutic practices to address individuals’ Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Mental Health concerns. Treatment plans are developed to address the unique needs of each person in our care, helping to create a solid foundation from which they can build upon in their new life of recovery.
Your treatment team works together to build you an individualized treatment plan based on your unique needs. Your team meets three times a week to assess where you are in meeting your clinical milestones and will adjust the plan to meet you where you’re at. The team may consist of the following:
• Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor
• Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
• Mental Health Professional
• Recovery specialists
• Registered Nurse
• Licensed Practical Nurse
• Resource coordinators
• Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
Your treatment day may not look like your peers, or the length of treatment may vary, but will likely consist of the following:
- Initial assessment and ongoing assessments of your clinical needs
- Medication assisted treatment for ongoing medical needs but to also ease the discomfort of withdrawal and cravings
- 1:1 sessions with your counselor
- Group therapy which could include the following:
- Life skills
- Recovery maintenance
- Primary groups like grief and loss
- Mental health education
- Addiction education
- Family education
- Focus groups
- Self-discovery
- Substance use disorder education
- Health education
- Therapeutic recreation so you can learn to have fun without the use of substances
- Discharge planning
Evidence-based therapies are used throughout treatment and may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, EMDR, Reality Therapy or Twelve Step Facilitation. If you’re receiving services from outside providers, we will coordinate that care. And if non-emergency transportation is needed to get to appointments, we will provide that for you.
Specialized Native American Programming
The Medicine wheel and the Twelve Steps is a program for both men and women that provides a culturally appropriate Twelve Step program for Native American people and all people. The program is based on the Teachings of the Medicine wheel, the Cycle of Life, and the Four Laws of Change. The program includes workbooks and videos that coincide with the workbooks. The program was developed by Don Coyhis under his company name, White Bison.
The course is facilitated for 2 hours every week as a part of the spirituality program. There is both group and individual participation in each step which includes videos, readings from the Red Road to Wellbriety, the BigBook of Alcoholics Anonymous, and lectures from the facilitator.
This is an inclusive program that recognizes all tribal nations are different from each other and allows you to insert you own cultural practices in this recovery process.
The group works on exercises called mind mapping which enables you to engage both sides of your brain in an artistic and logical way to map out the seriousness of your alcoholism or addiction. You then create new mind maps for your “Vision for the Future”. Through the remainder of the steps the focus is on surrender, cleaning house (honesty), and helping others. This program is loosely based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholic Anonymous and uses many readings and concepts from their program. Groups will also include talking circles.
In addition, we offer a smudging group every morning which you can choose to attend. Lastly, the outside “Red Road to Wellbriety” meetings from Grand Forks, ND come in once a month to facilitate a Red Road meeting. This familiarizes you on what to expect at an actual Red Road meeting once you go back to your community, so you are more likely to attend once discharged.
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