LIFETOOLS^© GOALS & OBJECTIVES

• Developing valued sense of self that aligns with pro-social attitudes
• Learning to identify and change harmful beliefs and patterns 
• Understanding and restructuring motivational core of addictions
• Increasing personal and social psychological flexibility
• Improving marital/family relationships
• Practicing cognitive behavioral skills that build and maintain positive interpersonal relationships while increasing self-control and positive problem-solving abilities

Overview

LifeTools^© is a comprehensive cognitive restorative program comprised of psychotherapeutic, educational, and spiritual components to aid individuals and families. These elements help people understand and overcome their self-defeating behavior and begin living fully realized lives. The program includes the complementary modalities of LifeTools Transformational Therapy^© and LifeTools Cognitive Action Training^©, plus supporting classes, weekly aftercare meetings led by licensed professional counselors, and on-going assistance to clients from a cadre of professionally trained volunteer mentors.

LifeTools Transformational Therapy^© is based on a process developed over a period of years to rehabilitate drug addicts, incarcerated individuals, the homeless, and other seriously troubled members of the community that have not been helped by existing talk therapy or simple twelve-step programs. It deals with the emotional and/or psychological issues driving their addictive, dysfunctional, and anti-social behavior. Therapy is delivered by the same team of licensed professional psychotherapists who worked together for five years to develop and refine this innovative and effective form of treatment.

LifeTools Cognitive Action Training^© is an educational curriculum that uses a systematic treatment strategy designed to develop a participant’s social, moral, and positive behavioral growth in a progressive, step-by-step fashion emphasizing group discussion, role-playing, and reasoning exercises that teach specific skills. Participants learn to increase their understanding and range of options when faced with problems or issues that have caused them trouble in the past. The LifeTools Cognitive Action Training© modality of this program is delivered by a veteran college professor with a Masters degree in Adult Education who has worked successfully with incarcerated, adjudicated, homeless, and unemployed students for more than a decade.

The LifeTools^© mentoring component matches participants with a professionally trained volunteer mentors. Our aftercare program is supported by volunteer mentors. If you would like to apply as a volunteer mentor, see our online application. We offer training for mentors approximately four times a year. Each mentor acts as a "sponsor" for a participant, becoming a trusted friend and supportive listener.

In association with the mentoring component, participants attend our regular LifeTools^© Aftercare sessions once a week with their peers, their mentors, and LifeTools^©counselors. Group, individual, and family counseling, along with a light meal, are available at these times.

In the initial interview process to determine the eligibility of a participant in the LifeTools^© program, we use three basic assessments:

1. Our Selection Questionnaire
2. The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
3. The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI)

These assessment tools allow us to gauge more accurately the probability of success for the participant before they commit to the program.

While in the LifeTools^© program, participants will be given multiple psychological assessments using nationally-recognized assessment tools to gauge their progress.