Unlimited Visions’ program design and therapeutic interventions are based on cognitive behavioral theory and motivational enhancement techniques. The approach is based on the belief that cognition's, emotions, and behaviors interact significantly and have a reciprocal cause-and-effect relationship.

Unlimited Visions goals are breaking through feelings of isolation and denial, identifying and addressing those attitudes and behaviors which are not conducive to ongoing recovery, and replacing them with new attitudes and behaviors needed to obtain and maintain a lifestyle free from the negative effects of chemical dependency.

The client must develop the skills needed to live a healthy independent life as a productive member of society. The mission is to enable these individuals to obtain and maintain a lifestyle free from chemical dependency.

The residential program is structured to provide an orientation period and three levels of care. The orientation begins with a 14-day orientation and assessment period wherein the staff determines the immediate basic needs of its clients and formulates individualized treatment plans. Once the orientation and assessment period is completed, the client is then transitioned to Level I which is structured to teach clients basic knowledge regarding the physiological and psychological damage of alcohol and drugs.

Treatment Level I is founded in the principles of client-centered counseling, motivational enhancement therapy, the concepts and ideas that define the pre-contemplative and contemplative stages of change, the CBT principles of client-counselor collaborative partnership, relapse prevention, and that change is mediated by cognitive processes.

The underlying premise of Level I is that the first step in change is self-awareness and that self-awareness is enhanced through self-disclosure. Self-disclosure is enhanced through the use of client-centered and motivational enhancement skills. Once clients successfully complete Level I, they are transitioned to Level II.

Important concepts that contribute to the development of Level II are in-depth assessment, coping and social skills training, the feedback principles of client-centered counseling, motivational enhancement therapy, the concepts and ideas which define the determinative and action stages of change, the client-counselor collaborative partnership, enhanced self-awareness, and that change is mediated by cognitive processes. The client then transitions to Level III.

This level is structured to give the client more responsibilities and privileges giving him the opportunity to practice new ways of thinking and behaving. It allows the client to deal with events in a controlled environment. The integration and ownership level of treatment represents the strengthening and maintenance of changes made in treatment. In this level, treatment builds on the client's increased self-awareness and the coping and change skills the client developed in Level II.

The counselor helps the client tie together various feelings, thoughts and behaviors that have emerged in the overall treatment experience. The counselor then reinforces and strengthens the client's improvement and change in specific areas. Relapse and recidivism prevention training is continued in Level III.

Clients are taught to utilize community resources and self-help groups in maintaining change. In this level of treatment, the client experiences consistent cognitive, affective and behavioral changes and begins to feel the strength of the maintenance of these changes.

Because we understand that residential treatment alone may not be sufficient, our clinicians utilize motivational enhancement techniques to encourage the client to the next level of treatment.

Our counselors meet with the clients daily for individual and group therapy sessions with the focus being on reconciling ambivalence, increasing internal motivation and transitioning continued treatment. We work directly with the client to locate a continuing program. We ensure that clients have been successfully linked before they are discharged.