Jaywalker Lodge Clinical Program
Entry (Initial) Phase

Typically, clients at Jaywalker Lodge have experienced at least one prior residential treatment episode before coming to Jaywalker Lodge. For this reason, clients in the Initial Phase at Jaywalker Lodge will meet individually with their counselor to develop a comprehensive, personalized, holistic treatment plan for the duration of their stay at Jaywalker. This plan has two express purposes: 1. to incorporate each client’s continuing care plan from previous treatments; and 2. to address the specific obstacles which have blocked their recovery in the past.

Clients will meet weekly with their counselors throughout their stay, and each client’s treatment plan is revised and updated on a monthly basis. During the Initial Phase, clients will spend approximately 20 hours per week in daily group and individual therapeutic activities; clients also attend a minimum of four 12 Step meetings per week; and clients participate in weekly mountain-based outings, along with a 3-day/2-night expedition each month. Clients will move from the Initial Phase into the Transitional Phase based upon the client’s treatment plan and the determination of the clinical team.

Clients in the Initial Phase focus intently on the impact of drugs and alcohol in all areas of our life as addicted individuals. This impact is personalized daily through written “Step One Sections;” an emphasis on the basic texts of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous; as well as dedicated groups and didactic lectures. Clients will examine closely the effect chemical dependency has had on family, social life and friends, work and school, legal, financial, spiritual, character, health, sex and relationships, and feelings and emotions. Our goal is that no Jaywalker client will have any reservations or "lurking notions" about the extent to which their relationship with drugs and alcohol has impacted their life.