Understanding that there is no single approach when treating Substance Use Disorder, A Brighter Day Behavioral Health clinicians employ individualized, person-centered care. Using each patient’s inherent strengths as the cornerstone of the treatment process, A Brighter Day Behavioral Health practices evidence-based frameworks including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Psychoeducation, Motivational Interviewing (MI), adapted Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skill-Building Techniques, and Mindfulness-Based Interventions to assist patients with restructuring unhealthy thought patterns, reframing negative statements & experiences, removing feelings of guilt and shame, restoring hope, and realizing their capacity to achieve lasting recovery.

While some treatment programs may use confrontation, shame, and “tough love” to facilitate change and program adherence, these approaches often produce the opposite effect, damaging the therapeutic relationship, causing individuals to feel alienated from their peers, infiltrating doubt in their capacity to achieve long-term abstinence, reducing their engagement in treatment as well as motivation for recovery, and ultimately increasing risk for return to use.

A Brighter Day Behavioral Health Center’s foundational mission organically aligns with the Contingency Management (CM) therapeutic framework, offering a supportive approach to treatment, placing emphasis on rewarding progress to encourage a healthy process of recovery.

Duration of Program

The CM Program will be offered between July 1, 2022 - March 14, 2023.

Program Incentives

Participants receive Recovery Rewards for attending treatment sessions and providing negative drug screens.

Recovery Rewards can be exchanged for items that promote recovery & healthy lifestyle change.

Value of Recovery Rewards range from $5 - $75.

Research indicates that individuals who participate in long-term treatment have more success in recovery. To nurture this goal, A Brighter Day employs a unique 52-week comprehensive 3-Tier group therapy model as the cornerstone of our early recovery program.

Tier 1

12- Week Intensive Outpatient Program

Tier 2

28-Week Early Recovery Group

Tier 3

12-Week Relapse Prevention Group

12-week Intensive Outpatient Program for individuals presenting with Moderate - Severe Alcohol/Substance Use Disorders.

The Intensive Outpatient Program is held 4 days/week, 3 hours/day.

Group sessions are structured to provide a safe space for clinical processing, psychoeducation, and mindfulness practices.

Early Recovery & Relapse Prevention Groups are offered to support individuals through their first year of recovery.

Living Recovery Groups are available to individuals who achieved at least 1 year in recovery.

Individual therapy offers a personalized clinical approach to uncover core issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and other adverse life experiences, that may have precipitated or compounded an individual’s alcohol & drug use.

Licensed therapists provide substance abuse assessments for individuals who have been court ordered or referred by their employer.

Maryland State Approved 12-Week Drug & Alcohol Education Class

Initial Assessment

$150

12-Week Class

$400

(this includes urine drug screens & breathalyzer tests)

Total Program Cost

$550

DUI/DWI Drug & Alcohol Education Classes are not covered by insurance