I do think you can turn this around
and I have some thoughts about this.
I asked some people to come here today.
In the audience is Dr. Maureen Esposito
the executive vice president of clinical services
and Dr. Juwad, the medical director
of Transformations Treatment Center.
It is a premier treatment center which specializes
in drug and alcohol and therapy and support.
It's a dual diagnosis treatment center.
But I'm not sending you there.
I think it's important to have that asset
and under the right circumstances they have agreed
to accept you in to the program, correct?
Correct.
And y'all realize she's been in and out of rehab
and failed a number of times, correct?
Exactly.
And anybody can be a star in rehab, right?
The problem is transformation to the outside.
It's that transition to the outside world.
And I've made that a pet project of mine.
You all know what virtual reality is, right?
When you put on goggles and wherever you look
you feel like you are right there in the moment.
Here's an example.
If you feel like you're actually in a race car driving,
well, take a look at this
and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Well I've done the same thing for the treatment world.
I've created a virtual reality tool to help
that transition go smoothly and prepare for triggers.
Here I am in a bar, why?
Because I know that people are gonna get in
high risk situations once they get out
and I wanna be there in a patient's head
training folks on how to handle those high risk situations.
It offers a unique experience so patients
can sit down in a face to face setting with me
without ever leaving the safety of the facility.
Certain rehab programs across the country have this tool
as part of their protocol,
including Transformations Treatment Center.
And so the idea that I'm going for here
is when someone like you who goes in to treatment
and gets out, I want there to be a significant voice
in your head, a significant voice in your head
that stands out from all the noise
where you can say, okay, this is what Dr. Phil and I
talked about, I see this in my head.
We stood in a bar together and we talked about this
and it registers in my head and it becomes a trigger
for coping instead of a trigger for meltdown.
Because I know people can be stars in rehab,
it's transitioning out.
And I'm trying to create a virtual reality tool
to help people do that.
And it's working really, really well.
Let me tell you why I'm not wanting you
to go home with these people.
Because you've done this time and time again
and you have failed.
So why do the same thing over again?
You are going to earn your way in to this elite program.
