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THE FORGE: BEHAVIOURAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM

As I walked out the gate that would lead to my freedom, i knew if i didn't leave my bitterness & hatred behind, i'd still be in prison.


Nelson Mandela

Behavioral Rehabilitation for Reintegration

THE REALITY

THERE'S ANOTHER WAY

THERE'S ANOTHER WAY

 You've been aprehended. Court date looming. Criminal charges have been placed. Uncertain jail time. Your future is on the line. The system has you now. And you're left wondering: what now?

Before lifelong incarceration becomes your reality, know this: one mistake, or a pattern of them, doesn't have to define your future or lock you into t

 You've been aprehended. Court date looming. Criminal charges have been placed. Uncertain jail time. Your future is on the line. The system has you now. And you're left wondering: what now?

Before lifelong incarceration becomes your reality, know this: one mistake, or a pattern of them, doesn't have to define your future or lock you into the system forever. Often, the behavior that landed you here isn't simply bad choices made in a vacuum. Trauma, substance abuse, unprocessed anger, family breakdown, survival mode reactions, or exposure to violence create automatic behaviors that you may not even understand yourself. Standard punishment approaches often fail because they don't address what's actually driving the behavior.

That's where real rehabilitation starts.

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THERE'S ANOTHER WAY

THERE'S ANOTHER WAY

THERE'S ANOTHER WAY

 The Forge is a structured, evidence-based rehabilitation program. It's not punishment, but a clinical intervention. Designed for individuals facing criminal charges or incarceration, the 12 to 36 week program combines Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and Behavioral Coaching to address the underlying drivers of criminal a

 The Forge is a structured, evidence-based rehabilitation program. It's not punishment, but a clinical intervention. Designed for individuals facing criminal charges or incarceration, the 12 to 36 week program combines Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and Behavioral Coaching to address the underlying drivers of criminal and addictive behavior.

Led by Mark Wadie (NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, and Coach Psychotherapist), The Forge helps you:

  • Understand why you're making the choices that land you in trouble
  • Break free from automatic behavioral patterns and trauma responses
  • Build genuine emotional regulation and resilience
  • Manage substance abuse and relapse triggers
  • Reconnect with family and rebuild your potential
  • Create lasting tools for staying out of the system

Courts recognize this work. It demonstrates genuine rehabilitation and commitment to change. It's evidence that you're serious about a different future.

WHY THE FORGE WORKS

THERE'S ANOTHER WAY

WHY THE FORGE WORKS

 Neuroscience shows us that traumatic experiences, unprocessed emotions, and ingrained neural patterns drive automatic responses that willpower and consequences alone won't shift. The Forge works directly with these subconscious patterns, creating measurable improvements in behavioral regulation, emotional management, and genuine insight 

 Neuroscience shows us that traumatic experiences, unprocessed emotions, and ingrained neural patterns drive automatic responses that willpower and consequences alone won't shift. The Forge works directly with these subconscious patterns, creating measurable improvements in behavioral regulation, emotional management, and genuine insight into what needs to change.

For the Court

Incarceration alone doesn't rehabilitate. The Forge provides a structured clinical alternative that demonstrates genuine rehabilitation and commitment to change. It's evidence-based intervention that reduces recidivism and addresses the actual drivers of criminal behavior. 

For You

You deserve a real chance, not just punishment, but actual support to turn your life around. Before ongoing jail time becomes your reality, explore an alternative that gives you genuine tools, professional help, and a pathway to staying out of the system for good.

For Your Family

Your loved ones don't want to see you in prison. They want to see you change. 

Forging an Alternative Path

PROGRAM OUTLINE

 STEP 1: ASSESS

Comprehensive intake assessment to understand your triggers, patterns, and exactly what support you need. An evaluation report can be provided if needed for the court to provide program suitability and treatment reccomendations. 

STEP 2: TRANSFORM

12-36 weeks of intensive online psychotherapy through three structured phases of rehabilitation:

Foundation: Laying the Groundwork - You'll work with Mark Wadie to understand what's really driving your behavior. Including the trauma, patterns, and automatic responses that got you here. We identify your specific triggers and break down the cycles you're caught in. Specialist sessions with our Senior Drug and Alcohol Counsellor and Mark (a certified "Stop it at the Start" practitioner) address substance abuse and family/violence patterns directly.

Momentum: Strengthening Your Commitment - Using NLP, hypnotherapy, and behavioral coaching, you'll practice new skills and learn to manage your triggers. Whether that's substance cravings, anger, family conflict, or survival mode reactions. You'll test your new responses in real situations, building evidence that you can do this differently. Sessions focus on harm minimization and behavioral shifts using evidence-based interventions.

Integration: Creating Lasting Change - You'll consolidate your progress, address any remaining challenges, and prepare for reintegration into the community. This phase builds lasting resilience and creates a concrete plan that keeps you accountable and out of the system.

STEP 3: RETURN

Your progress report becomes the evidence courts need for rehabilitation, as tangible proof of genuine change and commitment to a crime-free future. We provide ongoing momentum sessions and accountability support to keep you moving forward post-program.


PROGRAM GOALS

 Understand Yourself: Know what's really driving your behavior: the triggers, patterns, and beliefs that keep you stuck.

Manage Your Emotions: Learn to handle anger, stress, and pressure without exploding, hurting people, or reaching for drugs or alcohol.

Own Your Choices: Stop blaming others. Take responsibility and build the skills to make different decisions going forward.

Shift Your Mindset: Move from reactive and negative to proactive and resilient. Stop expecting the worst and start building something better.

Handle Stress Without Relapsing: Get real tools for high-pressure moments so you can stay clean and stay focused.

Break Bad Habits, Build Good Ones: Ditch the patterns that destroy your life and replace them with routines that actually work for you.

Find Your Purpose: Discover what you're actually about. Your values, your passions, your why—and build a life around that, not your past.

Program Features

Alcohol and Substance Recovery

Alcohol and Substance Recovery

Alcohol and Substance Recovery

 You'll address what triggered your use in the first place, learn to manage cravings and peer pressure, and build a relapse prevention plan that actually works for your life. Sessions are personalized based on your intake assessment. Whether you're dealing with alcohol, drugs, or both.

The goal isn't just getting clean. It's staying clean and understanding why you used so you don't end up back in the system.

You'll develop concrete strategies for the real situations you'll face in high-stress moments, social pressure, triggering environments. 

Breaking the Cycle of Violence

Alcohol and Substance Recovery

Alcohol and Substance Recovery

 Your violence isn't random. It comes from unmanaged anger, feeling disrespected, or needing to prove yourself. These automatic reactions are possibly what got you arrested. 

The program helps you understand your triggers and why you react the way you do. Once you get that, you learn how to handle conflict without escalating, how to walk away without losing face, and how to build relationships where you're not constantly fighting for control.

You'll get practical tools for when anger hits, because we know it will. You'll take responsibility for your responses and develop healthy alternatives that keep you out of jail and out of destructive cycles.


Accountability and Mentoring

Alcohol and Substance Recovery

Accountability and Mentoring

 You're not doing this alone. From day one, you'll work with Mark as your mentor and accountability partner. Someone who knows what you're dealing with and actually calls you out when you slip up.

At the start, you'll make a program agreement together. It's straightforward: here's what success looks like, here are the boundaries, here's what you're committing to. It sounds simple, but this agreement is everything. It's what keeps you on track when things get hard. You'll have regular check-ins where Mark reviews your progress, keeps you honest, and makes sure you're doing the work.

Hypnotherapy

NLP Techniques

Accountability and Mentoring

 Ready to walk a different path? Our program uses advanced techniques to access and unlock the subconscious barriers created by addiction, trauma, and violence, allowing you to find lasting freedom and transformation. These barriers aren't just ideas you have. They are deeply embedded patterns that operate beneath conscious awareness, automatically triggering cravings, emotional reactions, or defensive behaviors before you've even had a chance to think. Through hypnotherapy, we work directly with your subconscious mind in a deeply relaxed state, where these patterns are most accessible and changeable. Rather than fighting against unwanted behaviors at the conscious level, we help reprogram the underlying responses including the triggers, associations, and learned reactions that drive them. This allows you to break free from cycles that logic and willpower alone haven't shifted, creating genuine neurological change that supports lasting recovery and resilience. 

NLP Techniques

NLP Techniques

NLP Techniques

 Building your own practical tools to reframe negative thoughts and beliefs, fostering healthier thought patterns to improve your life. Through NLP techniques, you'll learn to identify the language patterns and internal processes that keep you stuck. Whether that's automatic negative self-talk, limiting beliefs about your potential, or habitual thought loops that trigger unhelpful behaviors. We help you restructure these patterns at their source, giving you concrete strategies to interrupt old thinking habits and replace them with responses that serve you better. This isn't about positive thinking alone...it's about understanding how your mind works and gaining the flexibility to respond differently to life's challenges, building genuine resilience and lasting behavioral change. 

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Client Progress Report

 

The Client Progress Report provides a comprehensive assessment of the individual’s journey throughout the program. This detailed report highlights the key milestones, achievements, and behavioural changes that have occurred throughout the program.

  • Personal Development Overview: A summary of the client’s growth, including improvements in emotional regulation, mindset, accountability, and self-awareness.
  • Behavioural Change Analysis: An assessment of the specific behaviours that have shifted during the program, including reduced recidivism risks, enhanced emotional intelligence, and the development of healthier coping mechanisms.
  • Progress Toward Program Goals: A detailed look at how well the client has met the individualized goals set at the start of the program, such as overcoming negative habits, reducing stress, and forming positive routines.
  • Session-by-Session Summary: A review of key takeaways, breakthroughs, and areas of focus from each coaching session, providing a clear timeline of the client’s development.
  • Future Recommendations: Actionable recommendations for continued growth and strategies to maintain long-term success.

This Client Progress Report is not only a reflection of the client’s personal growth but also a valuable document that can be utilized in legal proceedings. It serves as tangible evidence of the client's commitment to rehabilitation and positive change, demonstrating the efforts made to address underlying behavioural issues and the progress achieved through structured intervention. As such, it can be presented in court as part of a case for reduced sentencing, parole hearings, or to show compliance with court-mandated programs.

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Program Conditions

Attendance and Participation

Attendance and Participation

Attendance and Participation

Full participation in all coaching sessions is mandatory. Missed sessions must be rescheduled in advance, and consistent participation is key to achieving program outcomes.

Active Engagement

Attendance and Participation

Attendance and Participation

Clients are expected to actively engage in all aspects of the program, including coaching, exercises, and the implementation of new strategies outside of sessions. Progress depends on the willingness to apply new techniques in real-life situations.

Confidentiality

Attendance and Participation

Commitment to Change

All sessions and personal information shared within the program are confidential and will not be disclosed without prior consent, except when required by law.

Commitment to Change

Compliance with Legal Obligations

Commitment to Change

Clients must demonstrate a genuine desire to change and be open to feedback. The program involves confronting difficult emotions and behaviors, and clients must be willing to challenge and reshape their thought patterns.

Program Completion

Compliance with Legal Obligations

Compliance with Legal Obligations

Successful completion of the program is defined as meeting the personal goals outlined during the intake assessment, participating fully in the program, and showing measurable progress.

Compliance with Legal Obligations

Compliance with Legal Obligations

Compliance with Legal Obligations

Clients are expected to comply with any legal obligations they may have, including attending school-mandated appointments or meetings. 

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Mental Health Tools and Resources

In addition to the core program elements, The Forge will educate participants on the urgent mental health services and resources available to support their well-being during and after the program. Participants will be made aware of these critical resources and encouraged to utilise them when needed.


Key services include:

  • Lifeline (13 11 14): A 24/7 crisis support helpline offering confidential support for individuals experiencing emotional distress, mental health challenges, or thoughts of self-harm. Lifeline provides immediate assistance and is a crucial service for those in need of urgent emotional support.
  • 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732): This national helpline provides counseling for those affected by sexual assault, domestic, and family violence. The service offers confidential advice, safety planning, and emotional support, helping individuals navigate difficult situations and prioritize their mental health and safety.
  • Mental Health Advice Line: Available for those seeking advice on managing mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, or stress. The service offers professional guidance on how to handle mental health challenges and maintain overall emotional well-being.
  • MensLine Australia (1300 78 99 78): A confidential counseling service for men, offering support on a wide range of issues, including relationship difficulties, mental health struggles, and coping with stress. MensLine can provide guidance and resources to help clients manage their mental health challenges.


Participants will be provided with information on how to access these services and will be encouraged to reach out if they need immediate support or ongoing mental health assistance. 

By equipping clients with knowledge of these resources, The Forge ensures that they are well-prepared to handle any emotional or mental health challenges they may face both during the program and in the future.

THE FORGE: Reshaping your life

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