Recovery Center

Route 2 Box 1600
Talihina, OK 74571

Fax: (918) 567-2417

Staff

Darrell Sorrells, Director

Our Mission

The Choctaw Nation maintains and operates with the philosophy that Alcohol and Substance Abuse is a disease amenable to treatment, not a moral issue. With this believe and conviction the following is our goal:
Provide a comprehensive and professional program, to show positive outcomes in preventing, reducing, and treating all individuals suffering from chemical dependency whether young or old.
We believe that people who are postdetoxification, and/or, have a life threatening relationship with substances need a period of time totally substance free. That is through the experience of living o­ne life without the support of mood altering chemicals, facing and dealing with the issues that arise from rebuilding a life, that a person will discover their own weakness and strengths. From this position they are then able to make informed choices about whether they will pursue a life of abstinence. We are eclectic in our approach, and do not work with o­ne specific model of therapy. We operate using a variety of intervention strategies e.g. Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Modified 12 Step, Counseling Skills, Relapse Prevention and health Awareness. We incorporate each individual's choices into his/her treatment plan. This plan is constantly monitored and modified to achieve the most positive intervention possible.

Treatment Offered

Choctaw Nation Recovery center offers a twenty-eight (28) day program including individual counseling, group counseling and marriage and family counseling. The Recovery Center is a spiritually based treatment facility. Individual counseling is o­ne-on-one counseling between the client and their primary counselor. The goal of every clients positive personality growth and the development of effective problem solving, decision making and general coping skills. Depression, anxiety, anger, inadequate self-concept, ineffective social skills and other problems are treated. The anticipated outcome of the foregoing process is a positive concept of self with a priority issue of sobriety. Group sessions generally consist of four to ten members. Individuals, in their interaction with others, gain new insights into their behavior and feelings. This form of counseling inspires changes which result in more satisfying relationships and life experiences. Marriage and family counseling goals are to improve the quality of life within the family system of each client as well as for the individual members. Insights are sought into the possible causes of emotional stress and dysfunction in the home. The staff of the Recovery Center strives to facilitate significant change in the individual client enabling him or her to return to society and live a normal, productive life without the support or use of alcohol or other chemicals.

Admission Criteria

• Males and females l8 years of age or older.
  
• Must possess a CDIB card.
  
• Must be in good physical health.
  
• Must have a diagnosis which indicates a primary problem with alcohol, other drugs and/or substances.
  
• Court referrals given o­n a case-by-case basis, are given additional qualifying requirements.

The Choctaw Nation Recovery Center is interested in working with community groups such as schools, service and religious organizations to provide chemical dependency awareness programs.