Individual & Group Therapy

Individual Sessions

Your therapist conducts a formal individual session each week (1-2 hours), with you. Family letters are shared, along with the staff report for the week; and historical and in-the-moment issues are discussed. The therapist usually invites the Field Instructor assigned to you for the week into the session. The therapist updates your treatment plan with written notes, assignments, and themes for the following week.

Daily Groups

All groups are intentional with your therapist or an instructor’s leadership evident throughout the structure maintaining emotional safety and soliciting participant investment.  With this leadership support, clients are regularly asked to facilitate a group on a topic they are familiar with or a topic suggested by the treatment team. Such groups provide the client with a valuable learning experience through teaching.

Milan Group

The name (Milan) of this form of group therapy was derived from a therapeutic school in Italy renowned for its effective intervention techniques, including one where clients listened behind a one-way mirror as the therapists discussed their case. At Second Nature Entrada for Adults, Milan Group occurs during staff change day where staff exiting the field at the culmination of the week, overlap with staff entering the group for the next week.

Feedback and narratives about you are presented while you are listening. Your participation varies from simply listening to providing a completely objective self-evaluation.

Standing Groups

A Standing Group is a spontaneous group called by any client or staff. This is usually short (while everyone is standing in a circle.) Emotions are appropriately expressed, while peers practice listening without judgment, and problem solving skills are developed.