In addition, residents are assigned a spiritual director, a bioenergetics therapist and, when warranted, an addictions counsellor with whom they meet regularly. Progress is monitored during a bi - weekly interdisciplinary team review of each resident. Individual and Group Treatment Group work centres around small, psychodynamically - oriented therapy groups that meet daily. In the context of these groups individuals have the opportunity to work through unresolved conflict areas which have surfaced, oftentimes repeatedly and painfully in adult life. Each group comprises approximately ten residents and is conducted by two therapists, primarily doctoral - level psychologists.
Residents meet individually with their primary therapist on at least a weekly basis.
A variety of themes emerge in the therapeutic process that are responded to in a second series of groups focused around specific modalities. For example, weekly sessions of bioenergetic therapy focussed on the physical and preverbal expression of affect, assist residents in identifying areas of conflict which may have been unavailable to them in verbal therapies. The emergence of strong emotion assists in unlocking repressed material which can then be explored in the context of group and individual psychotherapy Bioenergetic therapy is offered to all residents in both group and individual sessions with trained therapists. Psychodrama is another example of therapeutic group modality designed to assist on the expression and resolution of conflict areas. Psychoeducational groups such as cognitive behavioral techniques, wellness, assertiveness and co - dependency are offered regularly.