People change from the inside out – bottom line. Whenever anyone achieves a substantial change in their life, it always starts and is maintained by a change at the level of thought.
Treatment programs ignore this basic fact of human existence. And instead of teaching people how to take control at the level of thought, they teach them to rely on counselors, therapists, sponsors, meetings, medicine, the world, and other external circumstances and conditions for change. They teach people that they can’t control themselves, so it’s not even worth trying. The results of this approach are horrific – people cycle in and out of rehabs and 12-step groups, while never putting together long term success.
There is a better approach.
Cognitive Behavioral Education (CBE), teaches people how to change – at the level of thought. It involves no meetings, no therapy, no aftercare, no medical treatment for an imaginary disease. It’s simply an educational course -a set of classes based on a unique but intuitive philosophy, and proven to work through 22 years of research and practice.
CBE teaches people how to use their thoughts to change their lives. It doesn’t judge, it doesn’t tell you what to think, and it doesn’t label. It just teaches you principles and offers cognitive behavioral exercises that allow you the opportunity to analyze your own problems, draw a line in the sand, and move past them forever. It teaches people to move beyond reactivity and letting themselves be pushed around by circumstance, and shows them how to move towards proactive living – rebuilding the life that they want.
I’ve done the research. I’ve failed in the conventional programs. I found success with CBE a decade ago. It works – where everything else fails. So I’m proud to once again be teaching this revolutionary program offered by The Saint Jude Retreats. I’m now teaching CBE to anyone, anywhere in the world online via Skype – and face to face in my NYC office. I’d love to hear from you, listen to your story, and show you how CBE can help.
We have friendly family consultants answering phones all day long, and they’re willing to answer any and all questions. We can’t wait to help you solve your substance use problem once and for all.
-Steven Slate
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The Saint Jude Program offers Cognitive Behavioral Education in 3 convenient settings:
You can take the CBE course from the comfort of your own home, and on the convenience of your own schedule. We’ll tailor it to fit your life! Classes can be done over video chat via Skype:
for Private Online Instruction CLICK HERE
For those who live in New York City, we welcome you to visit our private office for one on one classes, at your convenience – without having to put your life on hold:
to take the course privately in our New York City office CLICK HERE
Thousands of people have changed their lives by attending our comfy six week retreats in upstate New York, and focusing intensely on self-change:
to stay at our 6 week residential retreat CLICK HERE
Steven Slate has helped hundreds of people to overcome their addictions privately as a coach, in partnership with Stanton Peele Ph.D., and through his work as lead instructor and director of The Saint Jude Retreat, where he also trained many new CBE instructors. He’s the author of The Clean Slate Addiction site, a blog about alternative views of addiction and recovery. He understands the problems of the conventional recovery culture well – having spent 5 years in and out of various treatment programs for his own addiction, before finally solving his problem with a non-disease choice based approach a decade ago. Steven studied coaching at New York University and The Albert Ellis Institute, and is a Certified CBE Instructor.
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