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New Directions’ Becky Flood on ecstasy use

New Directions for Women’s CEO and Executive Director, Becky Flood was recently featured in an article about ecstasy related deaths in the UK and the U.S. on www.demodirt.com. Demodirt.com is an online publication dedicated to providing demographic and psychographic intelligence about Generation Y, Generation X, and Baby Boomers, Mature Adults and more.
No Future in England’s [...]

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Spotting the Signs of Addiction This Season

by Chris Mears, Board Member of New Directions for Women
The holidays are a chance for loved ones and friends to gather and enjoy each other’s company. Alcohol can be a part of many of these gatherings. All too often, there is someone in the crowd who has a problem with alcohol abuse or addiction. Alcohol [...]

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Becky Flood: Healing the Hole in the Soul of America – Starts with Women

Some may consider Becky Flood the Florence Nightingale of the addiction treatment industry in the 21st century. With more than 30 years of experience in the behavioral health field, Flood has demonstrated exceptional expertise in the development, implementation, management and evaluation of chemical dependency treatment programs. She has distinguished herself in the area of marketing, [...]

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How to Establish an Intervention Business: A Talk with AIS President Rebecca Flood (Part I)

The Moment of Change – Intervention Approaches for Professionals is the largest conference of it’s kind geared to interventionists. Presented by Foundations Recovery Network, the Moment of Change runs from September 28-30 at the Breakers Palm Beach Hotel. The goal of the conference is to help interventionists apply clinical skills from a broad range of [...]

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“Intervention” TV Show to Feature New Directions for Women Treatment Center

AUGUST 4, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COSTA MESA – An episode of A&E reality show “Intervention” featuring nonprofit women’s treatment center New Directions for Women (NDFW) is scheduled to air September 15, 2008 at 9pm on A&E.
The patient was filmed upon arrival to New Directions in Costa Mesa with A&E Interventionist Candy Finnigan. Filming focused on her [...]

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Women Find Success at Female‐Only Addiction Treatment Programs

by Michele Morgan Bolton
New Directions for Women, led by Driven CEO, Beats Industry Statistics
Now at the pinnacle of a three‐decade career helping others with addictions, Becky Flood is the Executive Director/CEO of New Directions for Women, a Costa Mesa, CA‐based non‐profit residential treatment facility for women, pregnant women and women with children. Many treatment centers [...]

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Butterfly Bulletin

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NDFW’s CARF Accreditation

Read about New Directions CARF accreditation.

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