Who We Help
Typical Client Profiles
If your loved one might look like any of these, or a mix of all of them, we might be a good fit to help them move forward. (These are not actual client profiles but an amalgamation of past client profiles to give you a good feel for whom we help)
Adult Client Profile
Paul is a 42-year-old business owner who is married and has children. He was a college athlete who partied on and off through his teens, into college and then as he was growing his business and into his married relationship. He has no reported mental health diagnosis but can tend to be anxious and a little bit perfectionistic. Active Recovery Network got a call has he was exiting detox against medical advice for the third time, for methamphetamine and alcohol abuse. They thought it would be helpful for us to work with him in his home as well as with his wife. After working together for a few months, Paul relapsed on alcohol. He and his wife agreed that it would be helpful for him to live in a sober living for a month or two and for them to attend couple’s counseling with a Gottman Certified therapist weekly. This was a very helpful combination!! As he stepped out of sober living we worked with both of them to develop their needs and feelings literacy, get to know their personality profiles (and see what those look like in intimate partnership as well as how they are as parents), to learn their “love languages”, and to work together to discover and set individual and personal goals and become both support and accountability partners for re-building their relationship and restoring the foundation to their parenting relationship.
Adolescent Client Profile
Marc is 15. His parents are married and he has a brother who is 4 years older who is taking a break after his freshman year of college. Marc was a sociable youth and did well in school. He is introverted and usually held back a bit socially. In 8th grade it was reported he began withdrawing socially and reported being depressed. He also started experimenting with alcohol, marijuana and hallucinogens. Marc started seeing a psychologist and psychiatrist shortly thereafter and he switched schools. He went to a therapeutic boarding school for a year because his depression and anxiety didn’t seem to be lifting and he was struggling in school. He did well there, is now at home but has recently plateaued. His psychiatrist recommended working with Active Recovery Network. Active Recovery Network recommended he get involved with an adolescent IOP locally and then they can work with him at home in conjunction with the IOP. They will also be doing family work with his and will ramp up their meetings with Marc as he steps out of IOP to make sure he is supported, has a plan and accountability, can help him get his first job and feel more confident and competent engaging socially.
Adult Dual-diagnosis Client Profile
Aimee is a 24-year-old college student who came to us in pretty rough shape. When we met a few years back she was homeless, using methamphetamines and was experiencing some psychotic features (mostly auditory hallucinations). Her psychiatrist called Active Recovery Network to see if we could connect with her, help her gain some stability through finding her housing and working to help her reduce or stop using drugs of all kinds, while working to build a supportive therapeutic and coaching relationship. Through our year plus of working together we were able get her into a primary mental health treatment facility, help her step down into sober living and an outpatient program, get her enrolled in school, help her find a part time job and then help her move into an apartment with a roommate.
All the while we worked with her once or twice weekly to help her with medication management, hard and soft life skills, work on short and long term goals and help guide her in building healthy adult relationships. The psychotic features were from the drugs and anxiety. She’s now doing well and in school and working full time. She is still working with a psychologist and psychiatrist and building a better relationship with her family.
Adult Primary Mental Health Client Profile
Jordan, 25, was in a primary mental health treatment facility for 3 years. He has been clean and sober for 4 years and has a diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as well as a Schizophrenic diagnosis. When he was using drugs and alcohol he was in and out of hospitals and locked treatment facilities for 6 years, starting when he was 17. His mom reached out to us via his psychiatrist for in home coaching, medication management and life skills support. We’ve been meeting with for over a year and he is working, thinking about school, eating better and exercising. He is on a monthly injectable medication and has a few good friends he has over to watch sporting events on occasions. He is getting into cooking and has started to play the guitar again.