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Many substance abuse programs are designed to work with
men and do not address issues that are specific to women. Men make up the majority population of substance
abusers and many agencies do not have funds available to provide services for special populations. In addition to working with clients, we currently use techniques specific to women (and unique to the
client) when we work with them individually and in groups to help them meet their counseling and recovery goals. When
working with women with substance abuse issues our treatment plans and services cover body image, post partum depression,
child care, parenting, transportation, employment, codependency, physical abuse, victimization, and other issues related to
the individual client. We use cognitive behavioral theory (CBT) and gestalt techniques in individual
therapy sessions to give the clients an opportunity to discuss problems in the “here and now” to help them
gain insight into what they need to work on to move to (and stay in) recovery and meet their recovery and life goals. In our work with clients, we use a holistic counseling approach where we look
at the whole person and develop interventions to help clients gain insight through music, poetry, journaling, exercise, meditation
and different counseling interventions. In addition to working with women and men, we also work adolescents.
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