Our addiction treatment program is designed to serve young ladies struggling with a variety of addictive behaviors including substance abuse, self-harm, disordered eating, unhealthy relationships, etc. Historically, addiction treatment has been almost exclusively based on 12 Step programming. While 12 Step programming is very valid, helpful, and widely used for helping individuals who are struggling with addictions, there are many other powerful interventions which are also available. We believe that just as adolescents need treatment interventions specific to their developmental stage—and should not be treated as if they were simply “small adults”—they also can benefit greatly from treatment specific to their gender. Female adolescents have their own set of gender-specific, developmental issues that impact who they are and what they do. It is for these reasons that we also employ other interventions such as Women for Sobriety, Rational Recovery, SMART Recovery and others in our addictions treatment program. In fact, gender specific interventions such as Women for Sobriety have been found by many to be more effective for females in recovery than even 12 Step programming.
In addition to our dynamic array of addictions interventions, we also provide a powerful model for intervening with addictive behaviors in adolescents including: