Rehabilitation

Getting you through the process of coming out of prison and adjusting naturally back into normal life.

Every day is a new chance to write your next chapter.

Our rehabilitation programs help you embark on an uplifting journey of self-discovery that builds the skills you need to live a positive, law-abiding lifestyle after release from Bunbury Regional Prison. The support services we offer help you set goals and build a sense of being ‘in charge’ so you can make the right decisions and create stability in your life.

How it works

Coming to terms with your past and dealing with the consequences is the first step towards being able to make the most of your time in prison so you can leave a better person. Accordwest offers a range of other support services to assist you and/or your family. These include help with Accommodation, Parenting and Support Services, Alcohol and other Drugs (AoD), Tenant Advice and Education, and Family & Relationship Supports. They all bundle together to wrap around services with you at the centre.

Pathways Program

An intensive 10 week group therapeutic program

Our pathways program is designed to lower your chances of reoffending by targeting the source of your problems. Together we’ll unpack your journey from childhood to today, helping you reflect internally so you can understand why you got to where you are now. To create a complete program that uncovers solutions from all angles, we partner with a number of other approved providers in domestic violence, Alcohol and other Drugs (AoD), trauma related issues and parenting advice support services.

How we help

A wide range of topics are covered in the 10 week journey. Much of the focus is re-tooling you with skills for life. Our journey will aid you in realising factors around decisions you’ve made, where the program topics will assist in developing new perspectives on how you can be. Program topics include underpinning traumas, past and current relationships behavioural patterns, and social benefits and impacts.

What is trauma counselling?

When you find yourself getting ready to leave prison and re-enter your community, a lot of emotions could be building. And while you may have worked on a lot of these, many can lay dormant under the surface, ready to pounce just when you feel like things are getting back on track.

Our Trauma Counselling program helps you come to terms with the time you’ve spent in prison, as well as treat any unresolved past traumas that are having a major negative impact on your life story. Through regular counselling sessions, therapeutic interventions and psychosocial education groups accessible both before and after your release, we will help you manage your past trauma related experiences and assist in making better choices in the future.

Through Trauma Counselling you will actively work towards addressing:

Anxiety
Psychological and emotional pain
Physical pain
Improved sleeping, eating, and physical patterns of behaviour
Increasing motivation towards achieving positive outcomes.

With the support of a qualified and experienced trauma counsellor, you’ll address past traumas that have impacted negatively on your life, including addictive Alcohol and Drug use, addictive behaviours and habits – for example, gambling, gaming, pornography, Mental Health related concerns, Aggressive behaviours towards others – including partners and Intense negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviours which impact on our relationships with others. Our focus is to work toward positive outcomes which look like emotional regulation, increase of helpful beliefs and thinking styles, growth and stability of self-esteem and sense of self and Good Life ‘positive outcomes’ including building strong connections with family, friends, pro-social supports, relationships, recreational activities, spiritual, accommodations, community spirit, and employment.