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// Community Focused. Culture Driven.
Our Clinical Program in Austin

Laughter Filled Journey Through The Maze of Sobriety.

Let’s cut the bullshit right from the start: recovery is awkward. It’s like puberty hit you twice, only this time instead of acne and voice cracks, you’re dodging triggers and relearning how to socialize without a buzz.

// Our Approach

It's Gonna Be Awkward

We’re not your average, run-of-the-mill recovery program with cheesy slogans and forced smiles. Nah, we embrace the cringe, the discomfort, and the downright weirdness of getting your life back on track. Our curriculum is a straight-shooting, laughter-filled journey through the maze of sobriety, because if you can’t laugh at the chaos, you’re just crying into your non-alcoholic beer. So buckle up, buttercup – it’s time to get awkward and sober, all at the same time.

// Awkward Recovery's Curriculum

Where You Start: The Foundation of Your Recovery.

The foundation: trauma + recovery education, DBT/EMDR coping skills, distress tolerance, and family/relationship work.

// Awkward Recovery's Curriculum

Where It All Comes Together: Advanced Recovery Skills.

The build: emotion regulation, value-driven goals, advanced self-management, and integration with family + community.

// About the curriculum

Clinical Program FAQs.

The curriculum is built around DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), and trauma-informed care. Modules also include experiential practices — yoga and meditation evenings led by Laurie Pettis, our Lead Clinician.

The curriculum is delivered as 8 segments — the First Four cover the foundation (trauma, DBT/EMDR coping, distress tolerance, family/relationships), and the Last Four build on top (emotion regulation, value-driven goals, advanced self-management, and integration). Most clients move through it inside the standard 12-16 week IOP timeframe, though length is individualized to your specific goals.

Each segment builds on the previous one — the foundation work in Segment 1 (Trauma + Recovery Education) is what makes Segment 2's coping-skills work land. New clients enter at the next available module and rotate through the full curriculum across their treatment span.

Life happens. We work with you to make up missed content — either through individual catch-up sessions with your clinician or by rotating that material into your next cycle. Telehealth options are available for individual sessions when you can't make it in.

Both. Segments are taught primarily in group format — that's where the community piece does most of its work — but every client has a parallel individual track with a Master's-level clinician. Group teaches the skills; individual sessions are where you apply them to your specific story.

Segments 4 and 8 specifically focus on family and relationships — how to repair trust, set healthy boundaries, and build the support system that makes recovery sustainable. We also offer family programming where loved ones can engage directly with the clinical work alongside you.

The curriculum is the backbone, but it's not the whole picture. If you have specific clinical needs — psychiatric medication management, EMDR-intensive trauma work, dual diagnosis around a specific mental health condition — those happen in your individual sessions in parallel with the group curriculum, coordinated by your treatment team.

The full segmented curriculum lives inside our Intensive Outpatient Program, but core modalities (DBT, EMDR, trauma-informed CBT) are also available through our standard outpatient program at a lighter weekly footprint. Talk to admissions about which level of care fits your situation.

// We take insurance

In-Network with Most Major Providers.

Out-of-Network Policies Accepted From All Major Providers

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