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Every year, women around the world experience life events, which are significant events that change a woman’s unique situation. While these events can be enjoyable and exciting, they can also be incredibly stressful. Unfortunately, as a result of these high levels of stress, these events may significantly impact a woman’s alcohol addiction. As a result,…
With the summer approaching months approaching this time of year typically brings many holiday celebrations with family and friends. It’s a season filled with summer parties, mostly revolving around food. Unfortunately, for many women, the holidays and eating disorders can be a challenging combination to manage. The triggers around food that set off someone’s anorexia,…
As a mother looking for addiction or behavioral health treatment, your biggest concern is most likely the welfare of your children while you are in treatment. You may be debating between inpatient versus outpatient options to balance childcare or even the fear of losing your child or children if you seek treatment. Recovering from addiction…
Imagine feeling your worst every day for weeks, months, or years. Unlike ordinary sadness or grief, the symptoms of depression can be debilitating. Severe depression is more than just feeling sad, and it can interfere with all aspects of your life. Depression in women can also increase the risk of substance abuse. Up to a…
Anxiety is one of the most commonly diagnosed mood disorders in the world today. Nearly twenty percent of the population in America is diagnosed with anxiety, and in more severe cases, those struggling with anxiety may need to seek treatment. Moreover, a person’s tendencies toward anxiety could put them at risk for substance use and…
Recovering from an eating disorder is not easy. But before any treatment can begin, any treatment facility needs to understand what the person dealing with the eating disorder is going through and how their eating disorder has impacted family relationships. So we ask each person entering any treatment to meet with a licensed counselor for…
Today’s mental health and addiction treatment programs offer more ways than ever to help women overcome their struggles. One of those options is a partial hospitalization program, also referred to as PHP. With a women’s PHP, you have more flexibility than a residential program alongside a higher level of care than an intensive outpatient program…
The incredible peer and societal pressures to look a certain way can manifest themselves both emotionally and physically in young women all over the world. Sadly, this can turn into a destructive cycle and take a serious toll on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Thankfully, there is help available through eating disorder treatment centers.…
Trauma and alcohol addiction are interrelated. So much so that many addiction treatment centers will use a trauma-informed approach. This approach to addiction treatment has been proven to help successfully overcome the mental, physical, behavioral, social, and emotional effects of a substance use disorder. Trauma-informed care is an approach that helps treatment providers customize an…
Approximately 17 million people in the United States battle alcohol dependence. While an alcohol use disorder tends to affect more men than women, women have alcohol-related issues unique unto themselves. Plus, research actually shows that alcohol use and abuse among women only increase, putting them at higher risk of some alcohol-related problems than men. Alcohol…