Clayton House

Clayton House is a six-month maximum duration, intermediate-residential, substance abuse treatment facility. It serves 15 adult men and women primarily from the central Connecticut region. The majority of applicants to the Clayton House program are State Administered General Assistance (SAGA) recipients. Residents may be dually-diagnosed provided the psychiatric component of their condition does not prevent them from safely participating in the therapeutic program or hold employment.

The program requires residents to obtain full-time employment during the daytime while participating in an evening therapeutic program. The evening program consists of Relapse Prevention Group, Group Therapy, Education Group, Men's and Women's Group Therapy, Family Therapy, Loss and Grief, Spirituality Group, individual counseling sessions, and twelve-step meetings, as well as weekly after-care group session for alumni. All groups run for average duration of one and a half hours. Individual sessions are scheduled on a weekly basis. These sessions are typically one hour.

A system is employed which positively reinforces recovery attitudes and behaviors. As residents demonstrate changes toward healthy choices and lifestyle, they receive increases in weekend pass time and independence from the weekday evening program to attend twelve-step meetings, which they select for themselves.