Thawing Addiction at the Serenity Cafe Recovery Center

Based on Thawing Addiction, the Serenity Cafe Recovery Center is different than the other courses here at Serenity Cafe. It is built to provide an online structure, services, and Community similar to an intensive outpatient program.

Inpatient and intensive Outpatient Treatment are harder to come by than ever before. Due to recent advances in online coaching, conferencing, webinars, and small groups online, it is now possible to fill the gap left by dwindling services with the Serenity Cafe Recovery Center

Includes E-Book, Online Courses, and Optional Counseling or Coaching

The Serenity Cafe Recovery Center is different than the other courses here at Serenity Cafe Academy. The Recovery Center is built to provide online coaching, conferencing, webinars, and small groups similar to an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP).

Thawing Addiction @ Serenity Cafe Recovery Center answers questions like, "Why don't they see what they're doing and just stop (drinking, drugging, sexing, gambling, caretaking, rescuing, etc.)?" The Recovery Center Explores:

  • The causes underlying addiction and codependency 
  • Why addiction is a Family disease and a Feelings disease 
  • Self-sustaining nature of addiction and codependency 
  • How to prevent chronic relapse syndrome. 

Don Carter MSW, LCSW

Therapist, Author, & Recovery Coach

The middle of seven children, Don grew up on a farm with hard-working parents who had their own issues from childhood. The farm work led to a scholarship to play football at the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1977-79. He followed that with a brief stint with the New Orleans Saints in 1980. That experience was cut short by a developing problem with alcohol and drugs. 


A series of childhood tragedies, depression, anxiety, and bouts with addictions led him to an inpatient treatment program in 1986. Don found treatment and recovery such a profoundly gratifying experience that he returned to school, finished two degrees, became a licensed therapist, and for the past 35 years has dedicated himself to helping others find their way out too.

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Why The Serenity Cafe Recovery Center?

One of the most frequently asked questions in counseling offices today is: "But why dig all that up again?"  Answer? "Because it keeps getting triggered!" Below are more good reasons to do this for yourself. 

SO YOU CAN...

STOP Living in isolation, further alienating yourself from others. START Reaching out to people who can help. People who have been there and done that. People who have found a way out.

STOP Letting Your Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors Take Charge of You. START Taking Charge of Your Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors. 

STOP Re-Experiencing Painful Emotional Themes and Dysfunctional Relationship Patterns. START Identifying and Healing Your Emotional Triggers.

STOP Doing Your Pain in Advance. (9 times out of 10 it's Unnecessary Pain) START Letting Go of Worries, Anxieties, and Fears (WAFs).

STOP Sabotaging Yourself with Short-Term Fixes, such as False Refuges like Alcohol, Drugs, Chocolate Cake, etc. START Achieving Your Goals and Dreams.

STOP Feeling like an Imposter. Take Off the Mask of an Invented Self. START being Authentic and Share Who You REALLY are with Others ~ Your True Self.

STOP the Cycles of Depression, Anxiety, Addiction, and Compulsion. START Healing the Emotional Wounds of Abandonment and Generating Cycles of Success!

STOP the Inner Criticism and Infection of Shame. START Practicing Self-Compassion and Self-Leadership.

STOP Protecting Yourself with a Scab of Contempt for Self or Others. START Practicing Assertiveness and Healthy Boundaries.

STOP People-Pleasing and Approval Seeking. START to Uncover, Discover, Recover, and Share Who You Really Are ~ Your True Self.



Thawing the Iceberg Series
Choose One or All Six Courses and E-Books, Add-on Optional Counseling or Coaching Services

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Thaw– Freedom from Frozen Feelings, is about the emotional wounds of abandonment, shame, and contempt created by growing up in a less-than-nurturing family.

Thawing Adult-Child Syndrome is designed for those who want to heal Issues such as abandonment, shame, addiction, C-PTSD, and codependency. The focus is on current Relationships

Thawing Childhood Abandonment Issues mimics the developmental processes of childhood by following that same developmental pathway to heal. Here the focus is on healing childhood wounds.

Thawing Toxic Relationships is a book about healing and co-creating healthy, functional relationships for those who grew up in a dysfunctional family such as one that included alcoholism, addiction, and/or codependency.

Based on Thawing Addiction, Serenity Cafe Recovery Center is different than the other courses here at Serenity Cafe. It is built to provide an online structure, services, and Community similar to an intensive outpatient program.

Thawing the Spirit: STOP treating the symptoms of emotional and psychological distress! Use them to trace, unpack, and heal the root cause with Don's "Reverse Engineering Symptoms" and "R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Reintegration Protocol".

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Thawing Addiction at
Serenity Cafe Recovery Center

Serenity Cafe Recovery Center is designed to provide a structure similar to an intensive outpatient treatment program (IOP). This video is a sample of the lessons you can expect as a client in the Recovery Center.

What Else is Inside This Book and Course?

The first five chapters in the first five books in the Thawing the Iceberg Series are identical. These chapters outline my Iceberg Model. In this way, each book stands alone and does not require the purchase of other books in the series. There are a total of 10 chapters in the book, 4 modules, and over 30 video lessons in the course (and growing). 


DOWNLOAD: Step One Workbook

Chapter One
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Motivation, Dependency Needs, the Iceberg Model

Chapter Five
Distractions & Dependencies Addictions, Obsessions, Compulsions,

Chapter Two
Anatomy of Emotional Wound Abandonment, Shame, & Contempt - The False Self

Chapter Six
The Twilight Zone: Reaching Out, Transition-Stabilization, Recovery

Chapter Three
The Art of Survival External Focus, Impression Management - The Invented Self

Chapter Seven
What are the Processes Everyone Must Know: (Addiction, Recovery, and Relapse)

Chapter Four
Who am I Really? Imperfect World & Spirituality - Connecting with The True Self

Chapters 8-10
Homeostasis (Steady State), Roadblocks to Recovery, Tools for your Journey.

Preparation

Recovery education, the best tools, and relapse prevention planning with counseling or coaching sets the formula for success..

  • Course Overview
  • Read Book Online
  • Iceberg Model
  • LSPM Model
  • Mental Filters
  • The Stages of change and
  • The Recovery Wheel
  • Recovery Journal


Recovery Education

Learn about "addiction, recovery, and relapse" and addictions to Chemicals, food, sex & love, codependency, workaholism. and more.

  • Addictive Systems
  • Stages of Addiction & Recovery
  • Punish/Forgiveness Cycle
  • What is Enabling
  • Addicted Ego-States 
  • LSPMi Document
  • My SPS Document
  • Goal Setting.
Recovery Tools

Neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s amazing ability to adapt to the internal and external environments to which exposed. This is no longer just a theory

  • What is Neuroplasticity?
  • Rewire Your Brain
  • Mirror Neurons
  • Zebras & Giraffes
  • Elements of a Recovery Program
  • Step 1 Workbook
  • Step 2 Workbook
  • Step 3 Workbook

Relapse Prevention 

This fourth module in the course create a relapse prevention plan regarding your 5 most powerful triggers. 

  • Cope with Cravings
  • Post-Acute Withdrawal
  • HALT Chronic Stress
  • Grief & Addiction
  • Stinking Thinking
  • Get a Coach or Sponsor
  • Live Webinars
  • Small Groups

Counseling & Coaching Services

Can't Come In Person? Join Me Online with Our  HIPPA-Compliant Web Conferencing Platform

(Say Goodbye to Boring Online Meetings!)

Here are Examples of the Online
Facilities at Serenity Cafe Recovery Center
1:1 Studios (2 Seats)

These public studios are available 24 hours, 7 days a week for any member of Serenity Cafe. 

Meet with a sponsor, counselor, family member, or friend. When seats are full no one else can enter. 

Upload your picture, use one of our avatars, or turn on your Circle Cam.

Auditorium (20 Seats)

The Auditorium and other education rooms are available 24 hours, 7 days a week for any member of Serenity Cafe. They have a playlist of videos for anyone who wants to come in a watch them. From time to time, I will be using the room for various coaching groups or webinars. When seats are full no one else can enter. Upload your picture, use one of our avatars, or turn on your Circle Cam.

Group Education Room (10 Seats)
Round-Robin Meeting Hall (20 Seats)

This Meeting Hall is available 24 hours, 7 days a week for any member of Serenity Cafe. Meet with a 12-step group, Celebrate Recovery group, Bible Study Group, Families Anonymous, and any other community support group. The person speaking can turn on their large camera and move it to the center of the table. When seats are full no one else can enter. Upload your picture, use one of our avatars, or turn on your Circle Cam & Microphone.

Study Group (7 Seats)

This Study Group Room is ideal for Big Book Study (AA), Basic Text Study (NA), Blueprint Study (Ala-non), etc. When seats are full no one else can enter. Upload your picture, use one of our avatars, or turn on your Circle Cam & Microphone.

Group Discussion Rooms (7 Seats)

This Group Rooms are designed for small group coaching or therapy. As will all of the rooms, they can be set up to use chat, video, PowerPoint Presentations, screen sharing, and other media when necessary. When seats are full or the room is locked, no one else can enter. Upload your picture, use one of our avatars, or turn on your Circle Cam & Microphone.

Group Discussion Rooms (11 Seats & 7 Seats)

The private Group Rooms at serenity Cafe require a password "Key" to get into the meeting. When seats are full or the room is locked, no one else can enter. Upload your picture, use one of our avatars, or turn on your Circle Cam & Microphone. Group members can use the rooms in between scheduled sessions.

Here's More of What's Included:

Guided Imagery Audio & Video Sessions

From the Oasis @ Serenity Cafe Media Library 

Total Value: $17.00

Guided Imagery audio and videos for General use, relaxation, stress-related issues, stress management, and personal growth. Put on your headphones, turn the sound down to a comfortable level, and settle into a comfortable position, then listen a few times a week. 


These are great for those who want to recondition the nervous system with meditation, visualization, mindfulness, or other mental programs. Bonus: A free membership for my courses and audio on Soundwise Mobile app

Hypnosis & Self-Hypnosis Audio & Video Sessions

From the Oasis @ Serenity Cafe Media Library

Total Value: $27.00

Self-hypnosis, meditation, mindfulness, and many other skills help us reprogram our mental default mode (which is where we spend 95% of our day), not to mention adding the power of visualization and affirmation. The guided meditations here are designed with hypnotic languaging patterns for specific changes we want to develop.

These are also great for those who want to recondition the nervous system with meditation, visualization, mindfulness, or other mental programs. Bonus: A free membership for my courses and audio on Soundwise Mobile app

Meditation Music Audio & Video Sessions

From the Oasis @ Serenity Cafe Media Library

Total Value: $17.00

Learn how to use the visualizations and affirmations to supercharge your meditative experiences — remember that the two most important processes in reprogramming the mind are Intensity and Repetition. The audio and videos add intensity, and listening at least once per day for three weeks adds repetition. 

These are great for those who want to recondition the nervous system with meditation, visualization, mindfulness, or other mental programs. Bonus: A free membership for all my courses and audio on Soundwise Mobile app

Brainwave Entrainment Audio & Video Sessions

From the Oasis @ Serenity Cafe Media Library

Total Value: $27.00

Isochronic Brainwave Entrainment and Binaural Beats including Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta levels. Helps to encourage various levels of brainwave activity for various purposes. (Headphones Required)


  • Beta Brainwave Activity: Helps promote concentration and alertness. (Not useful with anxiety)
  • Alpha Brainwave Activity: For Mental Programming with affirmations and visualizations.
  • Theta Brainwave Activity: REM sleep and is good for hypnosis and deep meditation.
  • Delta Brainwave Activity: Encourages deeper, restorative sleep. Good for health and healing

Working with Ego-States and Parts-of-Self

Course from Serenity Café Academy

Total Value: $37.00

The three primary Ego-States of TA are the Parent Ego-State, The Adult Ego-State, and the Child Ego-State. Ego-state therapy and Gestalt therapy paved the way for many other "Parts-Oriented" therapies including Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy and Parts Integration Therapies.  Interestingly, secular and spiritual models of personality agree on the basic structure:

  • Freud: Id, Ego, Superego (Psychoanalytic)
  • Berne: Child, Adult, Parent (Transactional Analysis)
  • Spiritual (Generic): Body, Mind, Spirit (IFS, NLP, etc)
  • Spiritual (Biblical): Flesh, Mind, Spirit (God's Word)

Serenity Café Recovery Center

Serenity Cafe Recovery Center Courses with EBook Included

Total Value: $47.00

Thawing Addiction ~ the Tip of the Iceberg is the basis for the Serenity Cafe Recovery Center. The Recovery Center is a suite of online recovery tools, education, relapse prevention, and the type of structures typically included in an intensive treatment program.  If one begins working on the most painful issues first, it usually stirs up a compulsion to seek comfort and relief the only way we know - by engaging in our addiction of choice. 

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Thawing Addiction at
Serenity Cafe Recovery Center 


Includes...

Thawing Addiction-The Tip of the Iceberg E-book Download            $7.99 Value

Serenity Café Recovery Center Online Courses                       $47.00 Value

Optional Individual Sessions with Don Carter MSW, LCSW       $120/hr. Value

Up to 3 Weekly Group Sessions with Don Carter MSW, LCSW   $135/Wk Value

All Future Updates, Therapy Cards, and Downloads                  Unlimited Value

All Serenity Café Live Webinars, Events, and Webinar Replays  $1440/Yr Value

Peer-Driven Support Community Available 24/7/365 Days a Yr  Unlimited Value

Private EFT-BLS Studios Available 24/7/365 Days a Yr      Unlimited Value

Total Monetary Value? That Depends on You!

The REAL Value is Determined by You and Your Level of Commitment. 

It will be Worthless if You Don't Do the Work, Priceless if You Do!

Is Counseling/Coaching Right For You?

I can offer the tools and I can join you on the journey, but YOU have the hard part! YOU have to take the steps, complete the work, and follow the path(s). While this does NOT require perfection it does call for commitment and discipline. You need to ask yourself how badly you want it.

My Availability

There is only one of me and my availability ebbs and flows. There may be a lag in taking on new clients from time to time. If you see the options to enroll in counseling or coaching below, it means I am currently taking new clients. The option to sign up for the courses will always be available. Feel Free to BYOT (Bring your own therapist to the process)

Notice and Recommendations

Although they can enhance professional help, these courses are not meant to replace professional evaluation and therapy. If you don't get that with me as your counselor or don't already have a counselor, please reach out to someone for evaluation and recommendations.

CRISIS INFORMATION: If you are feeling like hurting yourself, having an emotional crisis, or even thinking of suicide STOP and go to a local emergency room or call a local law enforcement agency. Click Below for resources to find help in the USA: 

Local Suicide Hotline Information

Final Notes

If you already have experience or training in counseling and you feel competent to take the course without counseling or coaching, feel free to do that. You can ask questions at the live webinars and events. You can also message me and text me with questions from the portal.

Doing these activities alone has its place and benefits. However, doing them with an accountability partner or group is even better! Invite a close, safe, like-minded friend or friends to join with you. Let me know when someone you invite takes you up on it and I will give them a 50% off coupon to join you.

If your accountability partner is your therapist or coach, once on board in my client portal, message me. I will enroll them for free under your name so they can be aware of the resources you are using between sessions. The additional structure may help you avoid relapse.

Refund Policy: If you are not completely satisfied with these resources or a specific coaching or counseling session, I will refund 100% of your money for the course or that specific session. No questions asked.

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