The Victoria Program is a Medical and Psychological Therapy to overcome Dependency on Alcohol and/or other substances, based on the Cognitive-Behavioural Methodology and directed to the Prevention of Relapses. It is developed throughout three phases:

A series of individual and family sessions of Information, Motivation and Assessment.

Whenever possible, this Admission Procedure is undertaken somewhere local to the client's residence.

Ten days of intensive Residential Therapy with our unique Methodology.

This process is carried out in groups of four to eight people, whith a permanent medical and psychological Treatment Team, in a calm and comfortable Hotel located nearby Marbella, Spain.

The therapeutic components of the Program are:

• The ABC of Addiction.- Group sessions on Behavioural Analysis of drinking alcohol, or using other drugs. This process will help the client to have a better understanding of the problem and begin to identify the solutions.
• Rejection Therapy.- Individual sessions designed to develop a negative reaction to the abused substances and thus removing the positive expectations of alcoholic beverages and/or drugs.
• Education.- Group sessions, with the help of a varied sellection of audio and video materials, to enphasize the consequences of drinking, or other drug abuse.
• Relaxation & Stress Management.- The emotional discomfort is often the trigger of a relapse. In these sessions the client will learn a simple and effective procedure of physical and mental relaxation, along with visualization techniques designed to successfully prepare them to overcome risk situations.
• Cognitive Therapy.- A series of lectures on cognitive techniques that teach the clients how to manage, and overcome, their negative moods, i. e. stress, depression, low self-esteem, etc.
• The New You.- Individual sessions of personal goal planning to help the clients initiate the changes necessary when returning to daily life.
• Relapse Prevention.- Group sessions that are specifically aimed to teach clients how to identify the High Risk Situations and to develop and practice positive alternative behaviours.

Individual and family sessions to consolidate the changes, to supervise the evolution and to prevent relapses.

The Client continues for at least a year with non-residential consultations, with the same therapist, if possible, who took care of their Admission Phase.