Dangers of Buying Drugs on the Street
Buying drugs from street dealers has always been dangerous, but in the past five years there has been a notable spike in the number of harmful substances found in street drugs. In the wake of ...
Rx Psychotherapy, Drug Addiction and Rehabilitation
Dual-Diagnosis, Co-occurring Disorder
A dual-diagnosis, also known as a co-occurring disorder, is a term given to people who experience a substance use disorder and a mental illness simultaneously. The 2018 National Survey on Drug Use ...
Intensive-Outpatient-Program
A mom is a rewarding and beautiful experience. But, let’s be honest. Raising a child is not always a walk in the park. In fact, it is one of the greatest challenges women face in the course of their ...
Signs of Addicted to Marijuana
Marijuana is now legal for recreational and medicinal use in a number of states in the U.S. The number of people using pot is skyrocketing as the stuff becomes more mainstream and less taboo. ...
What is the ASAM?
New Directions for Women is proud to announce that we are now ASAM Level of Care certified by the Addiction Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) for a three-year time frame. Achieving this ...
Isolation in Recovery
Isolating and avoiding human contact is quite common for sober people working a recovery program. It usually happens in the early stages of sobriety. However, a recovering person is at risk for ...
Enabling Addiction Treatment and Insurance Coverage
Addiction is a complex brain disease. It is not a choice. Nevertheless, this illness negatively impacts the lives of everyone who comes into contact with it. This is especially true for loved ones. ...
Fun Things to Do in Recovery From Addiction
One of the most common fears among women who embark on their sobriety journey is boredom. After living in the fast lane for years in a drug or alcohol-fueled haze, life takes on a different meaning. ...
Addiction Leads to Serious Mental Health Problems
Addiction is a beast that will devour everything good in your life. This includes your mental health. A substance use disorder will rob you of your joy, your family, freedom, finances, and ...
Symptoms of PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (known as “PTSD”) defines the overwhelming symptoms and feelings that are associated with a traumatic event that has occurred. Women with PTSD typically have ...
How are PTSD and Trauma Different?
It’s very easy to confuse post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma because they have overlapping symptoms and similar names, given they both describe a type of trauma. Individuals with both ...
What is Psychodrama Therapy?
At New Directions for Women, we believe in addressing all aspects of the recovering woman. This includes unhealed wounds caused by childhood trauma.We will be discussing psychodrama therapy in a ...
Therapeutic Value of Psychodrama Exercises
Have you ever thought back on a past event and wished it could have turned out differently? Or what about a specific argument? Have you ever laid in bed at night and played it over and over in your ...
Psychodrama Techniques For Group Therapy
In our last couple of blogs, we have been talking about psychodrama therapy. This is our third blog on the subject in our four-blog series. This week, we really get into the “meat and potatoes” of ...
Psychodrama Group Therapy
Just to give a quick recap, we have defined this form of experiential therapy as one that allows for the healing of past events by reenacting them in a group setting. This happens with the help of a ...
Vaping and Substance Use During Pregnancy
Pregnancy can be stressful, but New Directions for Women provides tools to help lighten the load and help keep women from relying on substances as stress relievers. We see addiction treatment work ...
Is Vaping Safer than Smoking?
Vaping is when a person uses a device such as an e-cigarette or vape pen to deliver chemicals, substances or nicotine into their body by inhaling a vapor. The devices come in all different shapes and ...
How to Heal Your Heart, and Experience Healthy Love
Heartbreak is a painful, yet inevitable part of the human experience. While the desire is often for healthy and respectful love, relationships can devolve and become consumed by passive-aggressive ...
How does Vaping Effect the Brain?
A vaping device is also known as an e-cigarette, electronic delivery system, or e-vaporizer. They are devices that are battery-operated and used for people to inhale a vapor that contains certain ...
Vaping and E-Cigarettes
Vaping devices and e-cigarettes are used as a mechanism to inhale aerosol vapors that usually contain nicotine, flavorings, and other additives. E-cigarettes are typically referred to as tobacco ...
