Treatment Groups

WRA is committed to excellence in all aspects of service delivery. The staff at WRA places a strong emphasis on safety, tolerance and community in order to create a healing environment. Major research has confirmed that women are more likely to successfully complete treatment if they participate in gender-specific programming which addresses their particular needs.Our treatment groups cover a wide range of topics and therapies:

I. CORE TREATMENT GROUPS

• Relaxation & /or Acupuncture: A professional Acupuncturist facilitates this group.

• AOD Process Group:
  Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) recovery process group.  Held twice a week for clients to discuss current issues related to recovery.

• Recovery Education Part I:
  Twelve week series of topics related to recovery education.  Sets the recovery-learning theme for the week.  Homework is reviewed.

• Honesty, Openness and Willingness:
  Education on integrating the Steps into daily living as an aid to address any problem or issue.

• Expressing Recovery:
  Takes the recovery-learning theme of each week and puts skills into practice utilizing expressive arts and interactive learning.

• Healthy Mind/ Healthy Body:
  Health education and physical exercise through a variety of alternative movement classes: Tai Chi, Yoga, and Belly Dance.  Also provides one group led by New Directions case management counselor, and one group led by HIV/AIDS educator.

• Recovering Womanhood:
  Drama therapy group designed to help women find community and reinforce the strengths of being women.

• MAPS (mindful awareness & practice serenity):
  Mindfulness practice, relaxation skills, and grounding exercises.

• Relapse Prevention:
  Education about the relapse process.

• Yoga:
  Relaxation and mindfulness

• WISE:
  Group designed to help women explore self-esteem and co-dependency issues utilizing both discussion and expressive arts format.

II. SPECIALIZED TREATMENT GROUPS

• Food & Feelings:
  Group for women issues related to over-eating, under-eating, compulsive exercise and/or severely distorted or negative body image.

• Creating Safety:
  Group for women who have experienced trauma based on the work of Dr. Lisa Najavits in “Seeking Safety”.

• Mommy & Me:
  Mothers and their children in the perinatal program are encouraged to interact and explore their relationship by providing a variety of stimulating environments.

• Parenting:
  Teaches parenting skills.

III. AFTERCARE AND CONTINUING CARE GROUPS

• Aftercare Process Group:
  Continued support for women who have completed a treatment program.

• Relapse Prevention II:
  Advanced learning and skill development in relapse prevention.

• Specialized Treatment:
  Available to clients

Please contact us for more information about our treatment groups and other services.