If you are a fan of Maine’s own Stephen King or Bob Marley – and who isn’t, really – then you’ll want to attend Crossroads for Women upcoming Masquerade Ball at Dunegrass on October 19th. Why? Because you can bid on the chance to have Stephen King and Bob Marley record a special voicemail message…
The 4th Annual Walk for Recovery will begin in Portland’s Monument Square on Saturday, September 21st at 10:00am (registration starts at 8:30am). Crossroads for Women has teamed up with six other local substance abuse and mental health organizations – including Catholic Charities Counseling Services, Milestone Foundation, Day One, York County Shelter/Serenity House, Health Care for the Homeless and…
If you are on our email list or follow us on Facebook, you know Crossroads for Women is hosting a fabulous Masquerade Ball on October 19, 2013. The fundraising event will be held at the beautiful Dunegrass in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Entertainment will include the band Wavelength, and we’ll have a few big items…
Crossroads for Women will welcome a new executive director on September 30th. Crossroads for Women’ clinical director, Shannon Trainor, LCSW, CCS, was unanimously chosen as Barbara Dacri’s successor in a national search by the organization’s board of directors. Barbara Dacri made the decision to leave Crossroads for Women to pursue other business endeavors. “After twelve…
The following post was written by Nikki Oliver, Crossroads for Women Program Development Manager & Alumni Coordinator A recent trip to Ferry Beach State Park proved to be an excellent example of the Relational Model in action, which Crossroads for Women residential and outpatient programs pride themselves in doing well. In the Relational Model, the primary goal…
Crossroads for Women Clinical Director, Shannon Trainor, LCSW, CCS, was on the Growing up Chaotic Show on BlogTalk Radio yesterday talking about gender-specific substance abuse treatment. The show “provides a 360° view on all topics related to addiction, recovery, abuse, and mental illness.” Shannon talked with the show’s host, Dawn Clancy, about what gender-focused therapy is and…
Crossroads for Women is excited to announce a new collaborative relationship with The Opportunity Alliance to provide medication management services as an extension of our existing outpatient services. Crossroads for Women’ assistant clinical director, Mary Anne Roy, Psy.D, CCS says, “We have started collaborating with The Opportunity Alliance in the past month and feel very positive about this…
Teresa Bendokas-Heinfeld, Crossroads for Women’ system administrator, was recently a guest on the radio show Perspectives. The local radio show is dedicated to featuring Maine-based non-profit organizations. On the show, Teresa talks to host Sandra Gilly about Crossroads for Women’ gender-responsive addiction treatment and its concentration on the ways in which men and women get…
Crossroads for Women has put a stronger emphasis on family involvement at all levels of treatment over the past year or so. Following is an anonymous quote from a client in our halfway house program, also known as Back Cove, about what it meant for her mother to be involved in her treatment. “It was really…
Crossroads for Women recently started a new Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group at its Greater Portland Counseling Center. Read on to know more about our DBT Maine based. DBT is an evidenced-based approach that offers an array of cognitive behavioral strategies to help individuals learn to better manage their emotions, behaviors, relationships and life challenges…
