Levels of Care

At New Directions for Women, we are committed to providing exceptional treatment services that meet physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of each woman and her family suffering from the disease of chemical dependency. Therefore, we tailor each treatment plan to the individual woman and her family being treated, and emphasize responsible recovery for long-term sobriety. By addressing the holistic needs of every aspect of our clients’ lives, including, spiritual, emotional, physical, social and intellectual, we facilitate their journey in recovery, encouraging them to rejoin their communities as healthy, whole women and families.

Our program provides successive levels of residential care from Primary Phase to Extended Phase services. Average length of stay at NDFW is 90 days. Minimum commitment of 30 days required. Length of stay may reach up to 1 year.

The following information is applicable for single women, pregnant women and women who enter treatment with their children:

Primary Phase

Our Primary Phase program is highly structured and provides intensive therapy utilizing individual, family, group and educational counseling. Each woman is assigned a Masters Level Primary Therapist or a Certified Addiction Counselor with whom they create an individualized treatment plan. In addition, we provide equine therapy with horses, art expression, gardening, psychodrama, experiential and spiritual therapies (see Services Offered). Our Primary Phase program is an average length of stay of 30 days.

Transitional Phase

Our women and their families are then allowed to move into a Transitional Phase program that provides more autonomy while still engaging them with all the services provided during the Primary Phase. Women in this phase begin to practice the tools of their recovery in the community while in school, working or volunteering. In the evening, our women return to the safety of their recovery community here at NDFW and focus their abilities to apply their program in daily life. Each woman is encouraged to develop healthy, meaningful relationships with sponsors, alumni, and other women in recovery. In addition, each woman works individually with her assigned Case Manager and develops an individual plan that encompasses her goals in life regarding education, employment, living arrangements, children, family, self-care etc. Average length of stay in Transitional Phase is 45 days.

Extended Care Phase

Lastly, women and their families may move into Extended Care Phase. This is our lowest level of Residential care due to the amount of independence each woman has earned. During this phase of treatment, each woman continues to receive individual, family and group counseling. Additionally, they further practice the tools of their recovery in the community.

New Direction’s Intensive Sober Living Program combines transitional sober living with continued treatment services. This helps women transition to a sober lifestyle after completing primary or extended treatment.

Where should women go after primary treatment?

Located at New Direction’s campus to provide a structured living environment, the Intensive Sober Living Program includes intensive outpatient services based on the Matrix Model. (This is a research and an evidence-based approach that recognizes the diversity and individuality of each client’s stage in recovery).

The program focuses on early recovery skills, relapse prevention, family involvement, individual therapy and 12 step involvement. Clients may enter the program at any stage as the model accommodates for people in various stages of early recovery.

Clients receive seven to ten hours of treatment weekly and are involved in 12-Step programs while they work, go to school or are involved in other productive activities.

Key Benefits

• Gender-separate treatment for women by women
• Provides women completing primary and extended treatment a continued seamless, affordable transition to a sober lifestyle in a community setting
• Located adjacent to the New Directions’ campus, residents enjoy the tranquil and supportive atmosphere
• Women continue to have the support of recovering and sober peers as they adjust to their new lifestyle and learn new living skills
• Matrix model has been proven effective in achieving independence from addiction
• Early recovery groups give clients the essential skills for establishing and maintaining sobriety
• Family involvement educates, encourages and involves family and significant others in the recovery process helping to break the generational cycle of addiction
• Relapse prevention addresses specific issues that help clients avoid relapse and take accountability for sustaining recovery
• Weekly individual therapy helps clients enhance the quality of recovery
• Social Support helps clients successfully “resocialize,” or transition to an alcohol and drug free lifestyle that supports recovery
• Evening program allows clients to access treatment while working or going to school

Services offered

• Individual and Conjoint Therapy
• Early Recovery Skills Groups
• Relapse Prevention Groups
• Family Education Group, Family Conjoint Sessions
• Social Support Group
• 12 Step Involvement
• Established schedule
• Drug Testing – weekly at random
• Aftercare – up to 1 year
• 24 hour awake staff

Amenities offered

• Private and shared bedrooms in single family home
• One block to beautiful Newport Back Bay reserve
• Shared living room, bathroom, and kitchen.
• Fully equipped kitchen
• Garden and meditation area
• Housekeeping
• Designated parking area