Introduction to Caron’s Breakthrough Program at Caron Philadelphia

Join us at Caron Philadelphia Outpatient Treatment Center to meet Joe Emick, Supervisor of Caron’s Breakthrough to learn more about Caron’s Breakthrough Program as well as be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a discounted Breakthrough Workshop.

Breakthrough’s specially designed workshops at Caron's Pennsylvania campus can help anyone who desires emotional health, mutually satisfying relationships, and wellbeing. Built on emotionally focused therapy, resilience building, the expressive arts, and psychodrama, Breakthrough workshops explore relational patterns and barriers to build a foundation for emotional wellness, authenticity, and fulfillment.

Breakthrough’s Experiential Modalities:

• Emotionally focused therapy that connects emotions to thoughts and behaviors
• Psychodrama
• Gestalt therapy
• Examinations of internal family systems
• Mindfulness-based practices/yoga
• Sensorimotor techniques that incorporate body, mind, and spirit
• Art therapy
• Exercises addressing complex grief and shame

Schedule

Wednesday, December 10th, 2025

Evening Alumni event for Wednesday, December 10th 6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Caron’s Philadelphia Outpatient Treatment Center is thrilled to host an exclusive alumni meeting featuring an introduction to Caron’s renowned Breakthrough Program. This event offers a unique opportunity to connect with Joe Emick, Supervisor of Caron’s Breakthrough Program, and gain valuable insights into the transformative workshops designed to foster emotional health, authentic relationships, and personal fulfillment. Built on a foundation of emotionally focused therapy, resilience-building techniques, and experiential modalities like psychodrama, art therapy, and mindfulness practices, the Breakthrough Program empowers individuals to overcome relational barriers and embrace emotional wellness. Light dinner will be included.

Discover the core elements that lead to meaning, purpose, and happiness in your life and relationships with Breakthrough’s transformative workshops for individuals, couples, and others. To learn more about Breakthrough, check out this video!

Meet the Presenter:

Joe Emick, MA, LPC, CAADC, CMAT, CSAT
Supervisor of Caron's Breakthrough Program

Joe Emick is the Supervisor of Caron’s Breakthrough Program. In this role, he provides therapy and trauma-informed support through a lens of non-judgmental and non-conventional adjunctive therapeutic approaches.

He has designed and implemented weekly trauma art therapy groups and three-day intensive sessions focused on addiction interaction for patients struggling with substance use, trauma, and other behavioral compulsivity issues.

Joe has worked at Caron since 2011 focusing on addiction and relapse issues; sexual, physical, and developmental traumas; LGTBQIA+ issues; and internal family system dynamics. Prior to coming to Caron, he worked with various populations at the National Institutes of Health Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, and the George Washington Art Therapy Trauma Clinic in Alexandria, Virginia. Joe practiced architecture for 25 years before moving into the counseling profession.

In recovery for almost two decades, Joe has had experience as an addict, a patient, and as a counselor, giving him a deep understanding of the specific issues that come with struggle and change. He is passionate about creating a safe container to explore difficult topics with creative methods and approaches. He is passionate about creating a safe container to explore difficult topics with novel methods and approaches.

Joe is a licensed professional counselor, a certified advanced alcohol and drug counselor, and a certified sex and multiple addictions therapist. He has a Master of Arts in art therapy and counseling from George Washington University, Washington, DC.

For more information and questions, please contact Keith Rogers at krogers@caron.org.