Program

Understanding a pattern is one part of change. Having a place to practice a different response is another.

GR Care’s program brings individualized clinical care together with experiential learning, mindfulness, movement, and meaningful connection. In our Oroville residential setting, treatment extends into the routines and relationships that make up a day. You have opportunities to explore what’s behind substance use and put new skills into practice while support is close by.

The program is designed for adults who are appropriate for our services. Your assessment, goals, and progress help shape the care you receive.

Clinical care provides a place to examine patterns, discuss difficult experiences, and develop responses you can use in daily life. Different approaches may be incorporated according to your needs, the treatment plan, and current clinician availability.

Depending on your treatment plan and current availability, trauma healing work at GR Care may incorporate approaches such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Psychodrama, or somatic work. These methods offer different ways to engage in therapeutic work and may be considered alongside mindfulness, grounding, and other clinical support.

There isn’t one approach that belongs in every person’s plan. Your care team will help determine which methods are appropriate and explain how they connect with your goals. The pace should allow room for preparation, reflection, and ongoing discussion about what you’re experiencing.

Trauma-healing work should remain connected to the life you’re trying to build. That may mean recognizing a familiar reaction sooner, communicating a need more clearly, exploring a boundary, or practicing how to stay present during a difficult moment. Residential treatment provides opportunities to bring those goals into daily routines and relationships.

Healing is a personal process, and no single method or experience can promise to resolve trauma. Our commitment is to approach the work thoughtfully, with respect for your history and attention to what you need now. Contact our team to learn about current trauma-healing services and the availability of the intensive being offered with Paul Mundt, LMFT.

Our working definition of mindfulness is “paying attention, with purpose, without judgment.” You don’t have to be experienced at meditation to begin. The practice can start with noticing what’s happening in your body, recognizing a strong emotion, or pausing before responding.

Mindfulness is woven into the broader approach, with practices that may include meditation, breathwork, yoga, or grounding. Radical Acceptance may also be explored as a way of acknowledging present circumstances while considering what you can do next. These practices are selected within the care plan; wellness activities don’t replace needed clinical or medical care.

Experiential treatment connects the work of recovery with situations that ask you to participate. A group activity may bring up frustration, hesitation, or a desire to withdraw. An outdoor experience might invite curiosity or make it easier to notice how you respond to discomfort. Talking through those reactions can connect the experience to your goals.

Depending on the season, schedule, and individual appropriateness, programming may include hiking, fitness, outdoor groups, games, fishing, or community activities. The purpose is to create meaningful opportunities to practice connection, boundaries, flexibility, and healthy enjoyment. No particular activity is guaranteed during every stay.

GR Care introduces clients to different ways of thinking about recovery, including 12-Step approaches. We encourage you to explore what connects with you, ask questions, and consider how a recovery practice could fit into your own life.

Medication-Assisted Treatment, or MAT, is supported when clinically appropriate, with individualized medication decisions coordinated with appropriate medical professionals. Recovery preferences and medical needs both deserve thoughtful attention.

Culture and connection can have a meaningful place in recovery. GR Care’s Native American treatment track brings Native American perspectives, philosophy, and ceremony into a recovery-focused setting, with leadership from Mark Foster, a Native American recovery specialist and treatment and recovery facilitator.

The track includes access to an onsite sweat lodge. These experiences are approached with respect for their meaning and origins, under Native American facilitation. They’re part of culturally rooted programming, with participation guided by individual appropriateness and the facilitator’s guidance.

Clients outside the dedicated track may also have an opportunity to participate in the sweat lodge experience on a case-by-case basis. Participation isn’t required, and the track isn’t intended for all, or to represent the traditions of every Native American person or community.

If you’re interested in this track, let our admissions team know so we can discuss current availability and whether it may be appropriate for your treatment plan.

A session may help you recognize a pattern. A shared experience may give you a chance to notice it in the moment. A later conversation can help you consider what you tried and what you might do differently next time.

That connection between clinical work and daily experience is central to GR Care. We want treatment to be a place where you learn about yourself and practice using that understanding in your life.