ANCILLARY SERVICES SCHEDULE AND FEES
Our BEHAVIORAL/SUPPORT/EDUCATION GROUP PROGRAM is moderated by Sarah Jenkins, MC, LPC. Sarah is a licensed professional counselor with a busy private practice in Tempe. She has specialized in treating children, adolescents and adults, especially those with histories of depression, anxiety and learning disorders such as ADHD. She is also a certified practitioner of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy; a cutting edge therapy for the treatment of trauma. Supplemental to her work in private practice and facilitating our smoking cessation group, Sarah is on the teaching faculty at the University Of Phoenix.
SCHEDULES AND SERVICE FEES:
The GROUP BEHAVIORAL/SUPPORT/EDUCATION program starts on Tuesday evenings at 6 pm. Moderator: Susan Jenkins, L.P.C. with appearances by Curtis P. Page M.D.
The group schedule is as follows:
Module No. 1: The Physical Effects of Smoking, the Benefits of Quitting and how Tobacco Companies get you Hooked on Nicotine.
Module No. 2: Techniques to Manage Cravings and Environmental Triggers
Module No. 3: Stress Management
Module No. 4: Relaxation Techniques, Meditation and Self-Hypnosis
Module No. 5: Diet, Exercise and How to Avoid Weight Gain after Stopping Smoking
Module No. 6: Recognizing and Utilizing Support Systems for Long-term Abstinence.
Module No. 7: Specific Needs (Pregnancy, Chewing Tobacco)
Module No. 8: Wrap up and Long Term Planning
The next course begins with Module No. 1 on December 5, 2006. You may join in at any time and continue through the 8 modules as you desire. The entire course starts again every 8 weeks. The cost of the program is $20* per session. Private insurance is accepted. Previous anticholinergic treatment participants may purchase the entire group program for $100* with unlimited participation for up to 16 weeks (you can go through the entire program twice for only $100!!!).
HYPNOTHERAPY works to help you deal with cravings and choices. Hypnosis is very effective at helping people cope with stress and anxiety while they are in the early stages of quitting. Hypnotherapy is scheduled every Tuesday from 1 pm to 5 pm. The cost is $125* per 50 minute session ($25 off for previous FREELIFE participants). We accept most private insurance plans. Patients also receive a tape of each session that can be played later on when needed to reinforce the experience of trance therapy.
Our “PSYCHO-EDUCATION” course taught by Dr. Page is always free on Fridays from 4 pm to 5:30 pm. This course will teach you everything you need to know about quitting and the effects of nicotine on the brain and how drugs of addiction affect behavior. Many people have found this information extremely useful in identifying and protecting themselves from “pot holes” on the path to complete and permanent abstinence.
MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND RETREATMENTS with anticholinergic injections and pills are scheduled on Fridays after the psycho-education seminar. The cost of the medical treatment program is $429*. Retreatments are $89* in the first year or $189* after the first year.
* Prices and schedule subject to change without prior notification.