BreakThrough! Course Overview
The BreakThrough! Course supports mental and metabolic health recovery for your patients taking GLP-1 medications or preparing for bariatric surgery. The course centers on evidence-based psychological practices which focus on recovery from the mood states, environments, and behaviors that lead to emotional eating, weight gain, and the development of metabolic disorders. Each session blends education, participant interaction, skill-building, and introspective exercises in order to support mental health recovery for successful long-term behavioral change. Supported by a 300-page course text as well as videos, sessions are structured to help participants develop insights and recovery skills particular to each topic.
Course Topics Include:
- Mental and Metabolic Health Recovery
- Understanding the Brain + Body Connections
- Self-view, Retraining the Inner Critic and Recovery from Depression
- Recovery from Anxiety Disorders
- Compulsion and the Science of Addiction
- Personality Styles - Strengths and Challenges
- Recovery from Complex and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
- Family and Primary Relationship Dynamics
- Environmental and Social Challenges
Session Three Part Two Willpower is Not Enough!
Program FORMATS
The BreakThrough! course is a 16-week blended course that can be used in person and tele-health settings. Program formats include:
Self-directed
Patients go through the program on their own and at their own pace.
BreakThrough! Team-Led
BreakThrough! team providers supervise your patient through the program and facilitates your groups via secure tele-health platform. Branded to your company on request.
In-person Groups
Provider facilitates an in-person group supportive learning environment/experience for multiple patients going through the program.
Online Groups
Provider facilitates a virtual learning environment/experience for multiple patients via the course's online group discussion board.
Blended Approach
Provider and patient utilize multiple program format options to meet the patient's goals.
Providers Are Well-Trained!
You can feel confident with the BreakThrough! program because Team BreakThrough! and the American Counseling Association provides credentialed training to licensed mental health providers.
Additional Training Support
- Six bonus hours of support
Up to six bonus hours of open discussion support at no additional cost to you.