Tailored Aftercare for Burning Tree Ranch Graduates

SPECIALIZED AFTERCARE FOR THE CHRONIC RELAPSER

At Burning Tree Ranch, we understand the unique challenges faced by the chronic relapser. Our aftercare program is customized for those who have not been able to maintain sobriety in other, less specialized environments. By providing a focused degree of structure, accountability, and personalized care, we help our clients achieve realistic milestones that position sobriety at the forefront of life.

Unlike other aftercare programs, we integrate our entire staff and the whole family into the transition process that our clients undergo. From day one to graduation, we emphasize a teamwork approach that supports the chronic relapser as they create a life of excellence beyond sobriety.

Studies indicate that continuing care interventions were more likely to produce positive outcomes when they had a longer planned duration.

Source: National Institutes of Health

Burning Tree Ranch maintains one of the strongest and most comprehensive aftercare programs in the country. We offer our clients an environment where sobriety is merged with challenging, real-world scenarios. As the chronic relapser continues to practice the sober skills they learned in our long-term residential program, they begin to find a renewed sense of confidence not only in themselves and their sobriety, but in life in general.

Our mission is to help prevent the risk of relapse as our clients transition to a life of excellence after sobriety.

Burning Tree Ranch helps the chronic relapser transition to a sober lifestyle outside of treatment. As the nation’s only authentic long-term treatment provider for chronic addiction, our aftercare program remains dedicated to the following:

High accountability from client community and staff
Safe and structured, gender-specific sober living managed directly by our aftercare staff
Implementation of responsible life skills such as budgeting, accountability, and work ethic
A slow, tempered transition that promotes the practice of recovery disciplines in everyday life
An opportunity to engage a sober lifestyle while merging recovery, work, family, social and recreational activities in a balanced way
A monitored, aware, and watchful environment where sobriety remains squarely at the forefront

I believe that aftercare makes the difference for so many who have been unable to stay sober in previous attempts at sobriety.”

~ Dawn Wilson, Director of Transition Services

Aftercare Clients are Expected to Do:

12-Step Program Development

Attend a minimum of 3-5 Twelve Step Meetings per week
Carry the message to Hospitals and Institutions
Talk to their sponsors 3x per week & meet every other week
Maintain a service position and home group
Sponsor others through the Twelve Steps
Seek to enlarge their spiritual life on a daily basis

Life Skills Development

Work 32 hours per week
Pay rent weekly
Schedule and attend therapy, psychiatric and doctor’s appointments as needed
Live within an established financial budget approved by staff
Be responsible for food shopping, meal preparation, and transportation

Families Can Expect:

That your loved one will receive a structured program that supports them as they transition into sober living and aftercare
That your loved one will receive a therapeutic continuation of the clinical services received during the inpatient phase
That you will be provided consistent updates from the aftercare team, along with continued support on how to best support your loved one’s recovery
That your loved one will be introduced to and participate in the larger Burning Tree Alumni community
That we will emphasize the importance of honesty, transparency, and integrity in all of our interactions

Two Phases of After Care

After completing the progress-based inpatient phase of treatment at Burning Tree Ranch, along with the Family Program, our clients begin transitioning to our long-term aftercare program.

This transition process is designed to be slow and strategic. When helping chronic addicts and alcoholics we have found that most of our clients needed a smoother, more tailored transition from inpatient treatment back into the real world.

Similar to the inpatient portion, our aftercare program is one year long. It is designed to offer the chronic relapser the sufficient time, support, and monitoring to help them more fully adjust to permanent, lifelong sobriety.

1. Sober Living Aftercare Phase:

The first phase of our aftercare program includes gender-specific sober living at our privately owned and operated residence in Dallas. Our sober living homes are structured to provide high accountability and a deep sense of community.

2. Independent Living Phase:

During the second phase of our aftercare program, our clients transition into independent living with one or two peers from the Burning Tree Ranch community. This helps each member of our aftercare program hold one another other accountable within the Burning Tree community.

Tailored Aftercare for Burning Tree Ranch Graduates

SPECIALIZED AFTERCARE FOR THE CHRONIC RELAPSER

Studies indicate that continuing care interventions were more likely to produce positive outcomes when they had a longer planned duration.

Aftercare Clients are Expected to Do:

12-Step Program Development

Life Skills Development

Families Can Expect:

Two Phases of After Care

1. Sober Living Aftercare Phase:

2. Independent Living Phase:

Our Chronic relapse therapies

Addiction Medicine

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

EMDR

Equine Therapy

Existential Therapy

Gestalt Therapy

Group Therapy

Holistic Approach

Individual Therapy

Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Neurofeedback Therapy

12-Step Immersion