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New Directions featured on the popular Dr. Oz television show.

Last week Becky Flood, New Directions for Women’s Executive Director and CEO, was in New York City with Interventionist Brad Lamm, taping an episode of the Dr. Oz television show. On this episode, Brad performs an intervention with a female patient with young children and New Directions for Women is offered for treatment services. We’re [...]

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Humble Beginnings Create a Lasting Legacy

By Sally Frei, Board Member, New Directions for Women Inc. To help someone recover from addiction you have to have a passion and love for helping people and a foundational understanding of 12 steps.  I believe this to be true about New Directions for Women. Founded in 1977 New Directions paved a hard road of [...]

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Gender Separate Addiction Treatment: Charting the Course of Recovery for Women

By Rebecca Flood, MHS, LCADC, NCACII, BRI II, Executive Director/CEO New Directions for Women Addiction strikes people regardless of economic, financial, or social backgrounds; addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer.  Despite its indiscriminate nature, studies show women are far less likely than men to seek treatment.  According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services [...]

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Maurice Wilson Tribute

A Fisher of Men  Maurice Wilson’s doctors can perhaps be forgiven if they thought that the medical prognosis they recently delivered to him would be received with sadness and grief.  Little did they realize that the prospect of transition, at least for Maurice, had provided him with yet another opportunity to celebrate life.   “I have [...]

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“Addiction Professional” features New Directions for Women in recent article

Excerpted from “Women’s wellness: It’s about relationships” Programs eye women’s family ties, including after treatment by Gary A. Enos, Editor “…In interviews with staff members at Hazelden and at New Directions for Women in Costa Mesa, Calif., it becomes clear that both partner and parenting relationships are seen as critical in how some women end [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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