Private Recovery & Transformation Intensive

Seven private sessions with senior recovery and transformation consultant Jost Sauer

A customised one-to-one online program, available to clients in Australia and internationally

The Private Recovery & Transformation Intensive is suitable for people who already understand recovery — who may have been through residential programs, counselling, support groups or other approaches, sometimes repeatedly — but have found that knowledge alone hasn’t been enough to create lasting change. His approach is based on a simple principle: what you stop doing is only part of recovery. You also need to transform your life ahead.

This isn’t another standard recovery program. Jost works with the individual circumstances surrounding the recurring cycle: patterns and pressures, mindset, relationships, lifestyle and daily structure, along with the bigger question of what you are moving towards.

A senior consultant approach

Jost approaches each Intensive as an individual case rather than applying a predetermined coaching formula.

He analyses your patterns and circumstances, develops a tailored strategy, oversees its implementation and adapts the program as the work progresses.

The first session establishes the strategic foundation. It gives Jost the opportunity to build a detailed picture of what has been happening, recognise recurring patterns and establish the priorities and direction for the program.

Jost reviews what has emerged and develops the next stage of your individual program. This may include specific practices, changes to daily structure and routine, behavioural strategies, mindset work and other individually determined actions to implement before the next session.

What happens when these changes are put into practice provides valuable information. The strategy is then reviewed and adapted as the program progresses.

The seven sessions are therefore stages of one integrated process rather than seven separate coaching appointments.

Recovery and what comes next

Jost’s approach has always looked beyond substance use itself.

Recurring substance use doesn’t happen separately from the rest of life. Lifestyle, pressure, relationships, habits, identity, direction and purpose can all form part of the larger pattern.

The Intensive therefore works in two directions: recognising and changing the patterns associated with returning to substance use, while developing greater structure, momentum and purpose in everyday life.

The aim is not to repeat recovery theory you already know. It is to apply Jost’s depth of experience to your particular circumstances and what needs to change next.

Who is the Intensive for?

The Intensive may be particularly suited to people who:

• have been through conventional recovery programs but continue to return to substance use
• have achieved periods of stability but find the same patterns re-emerging
• understand their triggers intellectually but struggle to change what happens in practice
• want a private and highly individualised alternative to another standardised program
• have professional, executive or personal circumstances requiring discretion and flexibility
• are prepared to actively implement changes between sessions
• want to build not only greater stability, but a meaningful direction beyond the old cycle

This is an active, collaborative program. It requires honesty, engagement and a willingness to make meaningful changes in everyday life.

What is included

Seven private online sessions with Jost Sauer

The program includes:

• seven one-to-one online sessions
• individual strategy and program development
• practical work and changes to implement between sessions
• Jost’s review and strategy development between appointments
• ongoing adaptation of the program in response to progress
• flexible session timing rather than a predetermined weekly schedule
• private online delivery worldwide

The timeframe is determined by the work and your progress. There is deliberately no fixed seven-day or seven-week schedule.

About Jost Sauer

Jost Sauer is a senior recovery and transformation consultant with decades of experience in recovery, behavioural change and personal transformation.

He is an internationally published recovery author, with titles published by Allen & Unwin and Hachette; spent more than a decade as an educator and lecturer; and has founded, developed and managed residential recovery programs.

His original methodology has evolved through decades of research, extensive frontline experience and thousands of hours of direct client work. His books Higher & Higher and Drug Repair That Works introduced his distinctive lifestyle-based approach to recovery — looking beyond substance use itself to the patterns, mindset, daily structures and sense of purpose that influence what happens next.

Program details

Seven private online sessions
Investment: AUD $4,900
Available worldwide

Sessions are individually scheduled according to the progress of the program.

Before purchasing

The Intensive is a complete seven-session engagement rather than a series of standalone appointments. Jost commits substantial time to program development, review and strategy between sessions as well as to the sessions themselves.

*This program is a private consultancy and personal transformation service. It does not provide medical, psychiatric or psychological diagnosis or treatment and is not a substitute for appropriate professional healthcare or emergency support.