WRA Groups

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.

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.

 AFTERCARE/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