Summary
Frontline run a number of groups throughout the year to provide support for our clients in a group environment. These groups are a safe space in which the participants can share their experiences and work on self-development.
Frontline run a number of groups throughout the year to provide support for our clients in a group environment. These groups are a safe space in which the participants can share their experiences and work on self-development.
SAFE SPACE
Our 8-week Addiction Support Programme helps individuals make changes in relation to their addiction. The programme delivers psycho-educational workshops that focus on addiction and its related complications.
In addition, these workshops create a safe space for participants. Here, they form a support group. Participants share their experiences within this space. They also use art as a therapeutic approach to support their self-development.
However, change looks different for each person. Some participants aim to stabilise their use. Others focus on harm reduction. Some work towards a community detox or residential treatment. In contrast, others aim to enter recovery or progress in their personal and professional lives.
The programme runs once a year on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. It can be accessed by anybody living in the Dublin area. Participants who complete this programme usually continue onto the Connections Programme.
STABILISATION
Connections is a 12-week psycho-educational stabilisation programme. It runs two mornings and two afternoons per week, twice a year.
The programme supports individuals in recovery from substance misuse and also supports people who feel motivated to change their substance use.
It focuses on four key areas of development: stabilisation, personal and mental health, personal development, and progression and choices.
Participants attend weekly one-to-one check-ins with an addiction practitioner. These sessions support them throughout the 12 weeks of the programme.
They also help participants identify their next steps after completion. This may include starting a CE Programme, returning to education, or entering employment. It may also involve a referral into treatment.
BENZODIAZEPINES
The Benzodiazepine Awareness & Support Group is facilitated by staff from Frontline & Canal Communities Regional Addiction Service – CCRAS. The group is open to anyone using benzodiazepines and looking to learn more about them, change their benzodiazepine use or maintain changes already made.
It is an educational support group providing information on benzodiazepines and the process of reducing benzo use or detoxing, as well as managing factors relating to using/stopping benzos such as anxiety, cravings, and withdrawals. It runs each Tuesday from 11.30am – 1.00pm in 74 Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8.
Frontline also runs a weekly SMART Recovery Group – this is a closed group for clients of Frontline on a waitlist basis.
The group programmes are run in our Bluebell, Dublin 12 office. If you are interested in taking part or would like to find out more, please fill in the online contact form.
