We are excited to announce in collaboration with Cass County Court & Pretrial Services, using funds awarded by the IOCS JPAR SIM Grant, that we are now offering three new programming groups in the facility on Saturdays: Men & Women’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Men’s Trauma. We are excited to again partner with by Psychotherapy Associates of Kokomo, PAK, who will be providing these services in-house. PAK provides individual, couples, trauma and substance abuse counselling via a multidisciplinary team of graduate trained and licensed psychotherapists. Stan Antonelli has an established history with Cass/Pulaski Community Corrections and our community partners, and Court Services is excited to welcome him back as a member of our therapeutic team. Continue reading below to learn more about these unique program offerings
Men & Women’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Facilitated in house by Psychotherapy Associates of Kokomo is our newest programming offering, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). DBT has been proven effective as treatment for a range of other mental health problems, and can greatly improve your ability to handle distress without losing control and acting destructively. However, to make use of these techniques, you need to build skills in four key areas: distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Men's Exploring Trauma+
Facilitated in house by Psychotherapy Associates of Kokomo is our newest programming offering, Exploring Trauma+. Exploring Trauma is a gender-responsive program addressing the trauma experiences of men. Each session contains multiple activities that may include discussions, role-plays, interactive projects and grounding/self-soothing exercises. Some sessions utilize guided imagery, or visualization the goal being to allow men the opportunity to imagine scenarios that are different from their own realities and offers them an opportunity to safely envision different behaviors.