What Happens in Aftercare?
Our 12-Week Aftercare Program is a continuum of care for those working through early recovery during drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Our outpatient aftercare treatment is broken down into three transitional stages: partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) phase 1 and intensive outpatient (IOP) phase 2.
Holistic treatment in aftercare, and within all levels of treatment at Royal life Centers, is evidence-based and includes group, activity, movement, individual, adventure, and equine therapies, as well as psychiatry with medication management.
The comprehensive approach to Royal Life Centers aftercare services is collaborative and all-encompassing. Aftercare treatment aims to inspire holistic healing, affecting mental, physical, and spiritual change in the lives of our guests. Incorporating evidence-based psychotherapies such as CBT and DBT teaches introspection and emotional intelligence, inspiring exploration and growth in our guests. Through collaboration with their therapist, case manager, employment specialist, and peers, our guests find themselves once again in recovery.
Both Royal Life Centers’ PHP and IOP levels of care utilize each guest’s customized treatment plan to ensure that their engagement in treatment continues and their goals and needs are met throughout their treatment. At Royal Life Centers, we understand the disservices done in pre-determined, pre-scheduled groups. Instead, our programs encourage each guest’s participation in their recovery. As they join their primary therapist in developing their Individual Service Plan (ISP), guests take an active role in creating their treatment plan so that it may meet their unique needs through their rehabilitation. Alongside their case manager, guests engage in the creation and planning of their future, learning about the community resources available to them in and after treatment.

Therapy for Women in Aftercare
Our holistic aftercare treatment incorporates individual and group therapy, psychotherapy, recreational opportunities, relapse prevention, education on gender-specific issues, trauma resolution, anger management, depression, and 12-step meetings to provide guests the resources needed maintain their new, sober lifestyle.
We also offer therapeutic services such as rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), activity and adventure therapy, and music therapy to provide a full spectrum of recovery methods. In doing so, we find that guests are able to identify which mode of treatment will benefit them most throughout treatment.
Designed to benefit individuals who have cultivated a support network and are capable of moderate self-sustainability and relapse prevention, aftercare programs prepare guests by teaching them beneficial coping skills, emotional regulation, in addition to educational and employment assistance. These skills and resources are incredibly valuable to early recovery as guests learn to maintain their new healthy, sober lives.
For the duration of all stages of our aftercare programs, guests may choose to live in Royal Life Centers’ Sober Housing. Our housing consists of sober living residences for guests who have completed our residential inpatient programs and are transiting through our 12-week program. Additionally, we provide housing opportunities for those who have completed our aftercare program and wish to continue treatment in our outpatient program called Graduate Housing.
Our Sober Living Options:
Royal Life Housing
Available to guests in:
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- Aftercare Program
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- Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Phase 1
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Phase 2
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- Aftercare Program
Graduate Housing
Available to guests in:
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- Outpatient program (OP)
Our aftercare sober living homes assist in easing guests back into daily life after they have re-built important life skills that prepare them for a life of self-sufficiency in our residential inpatient program. Both Royal Life Housing and Graduate Housing act as an extension of our outpatient treatment programs by continuing the accountability measures, immersion in strong support systems, and establishment of stability in sobriety from facility to sober home. In doing so, we are able to provide our guests with unending support, encouragement, and resources to build confidence in their ability to maintain lasting sobriety.
A sense of structure and consistency is key for our guests, which is why we ask guests to create a routine of making their beds daily, keeping their living environment clean, being involved in a community, and balancing work with life. We prepare our guests for independence and good decision-making skills during this phase of recovery to set themselves up for a successful life and lasting sobriety.