Goal: Client will resolve the emotional effects of the past trauma and and terminate negative impact on current behaviors

Objectives:

• will verbalize an accurate understanding of PTSD and it develops
• will share experiences, fears and feelings with other trauma victims
• will learn and implement calming and coping strategies to manage challenging situations related to trauma.
• will identify, challenge and replace biased, fearful self-talk with reality based, positive self talk

Goal: Client will increase their understanding of what creates anxious and/or depressed feelings and emotional dysregulation.

Objectives:

• will dispute and correct irrational thinking patterns.
• will improve and develop coping skills when dealing with depressed and anxious thoughts.
• will increase understanding of the relationship between underlying vulnerabilities, triggers, and anxious and/or depressed thoughts.

Goal: Client will learn skills and behaviors to overcome codependency and establish interpersonal effectiveness

Objectives:

• will outline a detailed log of codependent behaviors and how they effect the ability to have interpersonal relationships.
• will verbalize 5 reasons why it is essential to work on a daily program of recovery from codependency
• will learn and implement boundaries to foster self-esteem and appropriate relationships

Goal: Client will reduce the risk for relapse and resistance to treatment in order to maintain recovery free of substance abuse

Objectives:

• will identify dysfunctional thinking that includes every instance associated with treatment resistance and the thoughts that trigger those feelings
• will identify and replace thoughts and beliefs that support treatment resistance and poor self-image.
• will complete a relapse time line in order to identify correlations in relapse history and develop coping skills for correlating triggers