Richland Oaks Counseling Center provides an hour of individual counseling each week to all Patton Sober Living residents. Psychological testing and family counseling can also be arranged. The initial intake session lasts approximately 2 hours, during which our residents complete the necessary paperwork and assessment measures to give their counselor a better understanding of the difficulties they may be experiencing.

Following the initial assessment, each appointment lasts 50 minutes. The therapist will recommend the frequency of sessions that is appropriate for each resident, which is a minimum of one session per week. Therapy goals may include helping our residents achieve a greater understanding of his or her personality and style of interpersonal relating, and achieving a greater sense of personal freedom through learning to cope with psychological symptoms rather than feeling controlled by them. Our residents can also work with their counselor to achieve an enhanced sense of identity, improved self-esteem, greater pleasure in life, and an increased capacity to experience and tolerate both pleasure and pain.