Stonington Institute Starlight Program

The Starlight Program is structured to enhance the resiliency of active duty military personnel, and utilizes a wide array of evidence-based treatment therapies to enhance a core 12-Step model of recovery.

Specific objectives of the rehabilitation service include:

• Develop a comprehensive and individualized plan of treatment with the client based on the problems and needs identified in the admission assessments.
• Introduce clients to AA and NA through group and individual counseling. Meetings are part of the inpatient program, both at the Institute and in the community.
• Provide an understanding of the family dynamics of chemical dependency through individually scheduled family treatment.
• Educate clients on the physical, psychological and spiritual effects of addiction through lectures, films and discussion of areas such as medical aspects, nutrition, AIDS, ACOA’s, codependency, Al-Anon, loss and grief, and recreation in recovery.
• Build social skills in order to prevent negative peer pressure and loss of impulse control leading to relapse.
• Teach relapse prevention and other recovery skills through identification of precipitants to alcohol and drug usage and appropriate coping skills.
• Establish a plan for continuing treatment and long-term recovery.

We believe successful behavioral health treatment occurs in the least restrictive setting that provides the most effective intensity of services. Our mission is to draw on the psychological resiliency of our active duty service members in order to provide them with adaptive coping skills needed to maintain a productive and healthy lifestyle. Our treatment program uses evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapeutic approaches that are consistent with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense treatment guidelines.

Treatment includes:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (informal groups)
• Prolonged Exposure Therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Applied Integrated Therapy (AIT)
• 12-Step facilitation
• Individual therapy and group treatment modalities
• Family and couples counseling
• Life skills treatment, including anger management
• Conflict resolution/coping skills
• Treatment focus on military-specific issues
• Separation adjustment
• Deployment readiness
• Loss and grief counseling
• Combat/traumatic stress
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Transition adjustment