Treatment

Peniel utilizes a no-nonsense, intensive treatment approach. Its methods in the treatment of substance abusers are designed to create a permanent change in the life of an individual. The two methods used at Peniel, "Bible Therapy" and the "AA Twelve-Step Program," are both religious models.

Peniel takes the position that its counselors are helpers at best. The goal is to help clients empower themselves to mange their lives more effectively after leaving treatment. This program realizes that to accomplish this goal of "effective helping," the counselor must be aware of himself.

Peniel counselors are trained to be cognizant of the fact that the client comes into the program with total dependence upon the counseling staff as professionals. The role of the counselor is to teach the client how to discover, appreciate and respect God as the spiritual power source of life itself. To testify to that source and to decrease as the client learns how to become more dependent upon the source and less upon themselves and the counselors. The counselor them assumes the role of teacher, mentor and supervisor – one who oversees the progress of the client.

Peniel’s treatment focuses on holding the individual accountable for his actions by encouraging him to recognize and deal with his emotional conflicts in order to facilitate effective communication with God, himself and others. The following outline describes the structure in which the client progresses through the program.

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