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TREATMENT EXCELLENCE SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY
FOUR CIRCLES RECOVERY CENTER is an unmatched Recovery Adventure driven by evidence. We are a wilderness-
based substance abuse and co-occurring disorders treatment program that serves emerging adults, ages 18-30.
Located in the renowned Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, we offer an innovative approach to
substance abuse treatment that integrates adventure-based wilderness experiences with professional clinical care and
therapeutic programming. In order to help individuals truly improve their wellbeing, we believe treatment must address
all aspects of a persons life, not just focusing on the physical body and on getting clean. Substance abuse and other
problematic behaviors impact, and are impacted by, our thinking and emotions. As such, our treatment philosophy links
four realms of health. These four realms, or four circles, are Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual.
1 PHYSICAL 2 MENTAL
Becoming linked to the physical world Learning to observe your thinking
Being in the present moment Practicing and demonstrating logical skills
Learning to take life as it is in the here and now Gathering information about yourself
Recognizing the issues that you need to work on Looking for alternative behaviors and strategies to
Showing willingness to do whatever it takes to accomplish your goals
become clean and sober Acknowledging how substance use or other problematic
Acknowledging how substance use or other behavior has impacted your thinking, and how your
problematic behavior has impacted you physically, thinking has affected your substance use
and how your physical situation has affected your
substance use
3 EMOTIONAL 4 SPIRITUAL Our treatment model engages clients by immersing them in depression that can occur when a person falls behind
the natural world. The reality of the wilderness necessitates their peers. Coming-of-age is addressed within our rite of
Practicing and demonstrating taking care of yourself Weaving it all together by setting personal goals and
that our clients develop humility, self-reliance, tenacity, passage programming. We coach daily life skills, attainable
emotionally strategies for success
accountability, preparedness, and the ability to plan ahead. goal achievement, self-discipline, impulse control, and
Clarifying a crisis intervention plan Increasing leadership practice
The added element of offering an outlet for physical fitness excitement for skill-based activities. And, importantly, we
Addressing emotionally challenging or traumatic Completing a vision quest experience only serves to enhance healing on an entirely different level. also create a long-term plan for helping clients get back on
experiences Practicing and demonstrating your relationship with a Clients experience the therapeutic power of nature under the track with the collaboration of their families.
Acknowledging how substance use or other problematic power greater than yourself
direct supervision of highly trained wilderness and recovery
behavior has impacted your emotions The young men and women who engage in our programming
guides. The program also encompasses weekly individual
Recovering from traumatic experiences typically take part in multiple trips in the back-country
therapy, medication consultation, meditation, martial arts,
Working toward building emotional health before returning to base for a week where they connect with
yoga therapy, and other miscellaneous adventure-based
Learning how emotional management shortcomings the local recovery community through 12-Step meetings
therapeutic excursions.
may have led to substance use and service projects. This element of treatment allows our
Many parents of adult children with substance use disorders clients to be able to reap the incomparable benefits of a
are also troubled with failure to launch concerns. Four therapeutic wilderness experience without losing touch
Within our programming, these four circles of wellbeing are addressed in a profoundly well-designed approach.
Circles is adept at addressing inhibitions, defeatism, and with the modern world.
Through the implementation of truly holistic treatment, Four Circles literally walks the walk over mountains
and through the forest!
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MENS PROGRAM
Our mens program provides young men with the
opportunity to challenge themselves in expressing
their emotions. Male clients learn to ask for help
and rely on one another instead of attempting to
endure every struggle alone. Our compassionate
staff members assist all clients in addressing
underlying emotional or traumatic concerns
that may have led to their destructive behaviors.
Young men begin to build self-confidence through
experiential learning and self-exploration, thus
creating a strong foundation for their transition into
adulthood, furthermore, our clients work through
Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome with the support of
their peers and clinical team.
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Customized to meet the needs of young adults who are suffering from
substance use disorders and co-occurring mental and behavioral
health concerns, the 5th Circle Extended Care Program implements a
variety of therapeutic techniques and treatment modalities in addition
to experiential therapies. Those who take part in the 5th Circle Extended
Care Program can benefit from the following:
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FOUR CIRCLES RECOVERY CENTER offers a specialized 28-day RELAPSE PREVENTION
PROGRAM for young men and women who have relapsed after completing any residential substance TRANSITION PLANNING
abuse program within the past 12 months. This 28-day program is based on research-backed approaches Four Circles is dedicated to comprehensive discharge planning in order to increase program efficacy and give
including the Gorski-Cenaps model, which has been proven to be highly effective in helping individuals clients the tools needed to successfully sustain recovery. All clients receive a full range of discharge services,
break the relapse cycle. Our therapists have received extensive training in the Gorski-Cenaps therapeutic including a relapse prevention plan. Career, vocational, and psychological testing are also available to assist in
model, and are using it to help clients identify and manage high-risk situations that lead to relapse in the aftercare planning and transitions.
critical first months of recovery.
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Four Circles was our saving grace.
Our sons have learned to live again.
We are forever grateful for the
awesome, amazing staff.
- Tammy, Parent of former clients
FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN RECOVERY RITE OF PASSAGE / SOLO
At Four Circles, we believe that including family members and significant others in the recovery process is Solo vision quests are a profoundly impactful component Socrates believed that the easiest person to lie to is oneself.
essential to the success of our clients. Our therapists work to improve communication between clients and of the Four Circles Recovery Experience. During a vision While exploring his or her personal internal wilderness,
their families, while also guiding family members in learning how they can appropriately support the recovery quest, the client practices mindfulness with little to no our clients frequently choose to take up an internal dialog
efforts of their loved one. A healthy family can provide a strong foundation upon which clients can build distraction for several days by immersing him or herself in between their parts. You may have observed your young
sustained recovery. Once a month, our clinical team hosts a multi-day Experiential Family Workshop that is a wilderness setting. Vision quest participants are set on a adult child waging an internal war. Vision quest week is the
designed to help participants process the impact of addiction on the family system. path of discovery of their innermost self; the self that may be battle ground for that war where they can finally vanquish
lost or skewed by lifes circumstances, including addiction. their own worst enemy the part of them that leads them
repeatedly into trouble.
Many of us have spent time alone, yet that time is often
Family members will have the opportunity to be a part of their loved tainted by distractions like television, Facebook, or Prior to the actual solitude, there are intentional and
smartphones. The vision quest experience challenges a profoundly powerfully designed group therapy sessions that
ones journey to recovery by participating in the following activities person to sit with themselves, putting coping skills to use prepare the individual for marking a transition or severance.
and experiences: with virtually no external reprieve. The solo vision quest This may be the ideal time to tackle painful issues in a
experience is a personal challenge that teaches an individual clients history.
Experiential Family Workshop Family Workbook many valuable lessons that he or she might not otherwise
Four Circles emphasizes safety and, while the individual on
learn. Furthermore, Rite of Passage work is helping reaffirm
Weekly Telephone Family Support Group Family Phone Calls by Therapist the clients belief in self, and that they are worth the effort
solo is alone, he or she is perpetually observed throughout
his or her period of solitude.
Weekly Updates & Family Systems Work Reading List for Families that their recovery work is going to require.
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