Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, SFBT
SFBT focuses on immediate progress and practical next steps. This can be useful during a short-stay program, where clients may need support to set realistic goals for detox, relationships, housing, work, outpatient care and relapse prevention.
The focus is on strengths, progress and building a recovery plan that can work in real life.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT
ACT can help clients sit with difficult thoughts, cravings and emotions without automatically acting on them. It also supports values-based recovery.
For some clients, this means rebuilding relationships, health, work, parenting, trust, stability and personal direction, even when recovery feels uncomfortable.
Narrative Therapy
Opioid addiction can leave people with shame, regret and the belief that they are defined by their drug use.
Narrative therapy can help clients separate themselves from the addiction, understand their history differently and begin to create a more useful recovery story.
Spiritual or Existential Questions
Some clients may want to talk about guilt, purpose, identity, grief, meaning, faith or what they want their life to stand for after addiction.
This is optional and personal. It is not compulsory or religious, but it can be meaningful for clients who want to explore these questions as part of recovery.
Massage
Massage may be offered as a supportive therapy to help clients relax, manage general muscle tension and reconnect with their body during recovery.
It sits alongside clinical withdrawal support and counselling, rather than replacing either.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture may be offered as a complementary relaxation or wellbeing support where suitable.
Some clients may find acupuncture relaxing as part of a wider recovery plan, but it is not a replacement for clinical assessment, withdrawal support or counselling.
Personal Trainer
Gentle, structured movement can help clients rebuild routine, energy, confidence and sleep habits during recovery.
Activity should be matched to the client’s health, mobility and stage of recovery.
Sound Therapy
Sound therapy may be offered as an optional relaxation activity intended to support calm and emotional settling.
It may be useful for clients who feel restless, tense or overwhelmed, but it does not replace counselling or clinical care.
Relapse Prevention Planning
Relapse prevention should be practical and personal. For opioid recovery, the plan needs to look beyond the first detox or residential stay.
This may include triggers and high-risk situations, managing cravings, people and places linked to past use, routines that increase risk, healthcare follow-up where needed, family boundaries, housing, work and financial pressures, ongoing counselling or outpatient support, and a clear plan for what to do after a lapse.
