Group Therapy
Group Therapy in Addiction Treatment
Group therapy at New Frontier Recovery Center is the backbone of the residential day, led by clinical staff at 591 Squaw Creek Rd in Huntley, Montana. Groups cover education, skills practice from CBT and DBT, and the situations that come up in early recovery, in a small and closely supervised setting.
If you or someone with you is in immediate danger, call 911 or the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
Understanding the therapy
What is group therapy in addiction?
Group therapy for addiction is clinician-led treatment in which a small group of people in recovery work on the same material together, and it forms the backbone of most residential days. It is also the part people dread most before they arrive. That dread usually fades quickly, because a room of people working on the same thing offers something individual sessions cannot. Hearing someone describe a pattern you thought was yours alone is a particular kind of relief.
At New Frontier Recovery Center in Huntley, Montana, addiction group therapy is delivered inside residential treatment and led by clinical staff. Group therapy topics for addiction cover how substances affect the brain and body, the CBT and DBT skills a person is learning, relapse warning signs, and the situations that come up in early recovery, so the room is doing structured work rather than open-ended sharing.
One of the clearest benefits of group therapy in addiction recovery is accountability that carries weight, because being honest in front of people who understand is harder to walk back than a private resolution. In a group, a person is both helped and, by showing up honestly, helping. Confidentiality is a ground rule. What is said in group stays in group, which is what makes the honesty possible, and because the setting is small, groups stay closely supervised and personal.
- Small, clinician-led groups
- The backbone of the residential day
- Structured work, not open-ended sharing
- How substances affect brain and body
- The CBT and DBT skills being learned
- Relapse warning signs
- Accountability that carries weight
- Being helped, and helping
- Hearing your own pattern described
- What is said in group stays in group
- Closely supervised
- Small enough to stay personal
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Our approach
Why Group Therapy Works
Confidentiality is a ground rule, which is what makes honest work possible, and no one is pushed to share before they are ready. Group therapy is delivered within substance use treatment, never as a standalone mental health service.
You are not the only one
Hearing others describe the same patterns breaks the isolation that keeps substance use going, in a way individual sessions cannot.
Honest accountability
Showing up and being honest in front of people who understand builds a kind of accountability that carries real weight in recovery.
Skills put into practice
Groups are where the skills taught in CBT and DBT get rehearsed with others, so they stick.
Small and supervised
Because the setting is small, groups stay closely led by clinical staff and personal rather than crowded.
Confidential by rule
What is said in group stays in group, and that shared commitment is what makes the trust and honesty possible.
Important medical disclosure
This page is educational information, not medical advice. Group therapy at New Frontier is delivered within substance use disorder treatment. New Frontier does not offer standalone mental health therapy.
If you or someone you are with is experiencing a medical emergency, is unresponsive, or is at immediate risk of harm, call 911 now. For a mental health or suicide crisis, call or text 988.
You do not have to do this alone, and here you would not
Group work is at the center of residential care at our Huntley, Montana facility. Call our 24-hour admissions line or verify insurance to talk through what a stay could look like.
Our Facility
Inside our Huntley, Montana facility
A calm, private setting in Huntley, Montana designed for healing, not a hospital.
More conditions we treat
Conditions this therapy is used for
Questions
Group Therapy FAQs
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Where we serve
Group Therapy for Addiction Treatment in Huntley, Montana
Groups run daily inside residential treatment at New Frontier Recovery Center, 591 Squaw Creek Rd in Huntley, just outside Billings, and stay small because the property is small. We admit adults from across Montana.
Most commercial health plans include some coverage for medically monitored detox and residential treatment. We verify your benefits confidentially, at no cost and no obligation, and explain your coverage in plain language before you commit. Self-pay is welcome.
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