Treatment for Women at Healing Springs Ranch

How addiction and trauma can look different for women

Women often come to treatment carrying more than the substance use itself. As the National Institute on Drug Abuse notes, women “typically enter substance use disorder treatment with more severe medical, behavioral, psychological, and social problems,” in part because they tend to move more quickly from first use to dependence. Women are also more likely to have experienced domestic violence and sexual assault, and many are managing caregiving, work and family expectations at the same time.

At Healing Springs Ranch, we treat trauma as the root of most mental health and addiction struggles, not as a side issue. Our clinicians work to identify and resolve the experiences driving the symptoms, so recovery goes deeper than stopping a behavior.

What women’s process groups are for

Women’s process groups are small, clinician-led groups made up only of women. Clients bring whatever they need to. Themes that come up often include:

• Relationships, boundaries and codependency
• Trauma, including relational and sexual trauma
• Motherhood, caregiving and the guilt of stepping away to get help
• Body image, and the relationship with food and the body
• Shame, perfectionism and the pressure to hold everything together

Women’s groups meet weekly.

Beyond the group

Women’s process groups are one part of an individualized treatment plan that includes:

• Two to three individual therapy sessions a week with master’s-level clinicians
• Trauma resolution using approaches such as EMDR and Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT); see Comprehensive Trauma Treatment
• Cognitive therapy, DBT skills, psychodrama, art therapy, somatic processing and mind/body groups, including yoga and meditation
• Family involvement through our Family Program

When disordered eating is part of the picture alongside addiction or a mental health condition, it is addressed in the same treatment plan. Read more about disordered eating at Healing Springs Ranch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a women-only program?

No. Healing Springs Ranch is a co-ed residential program. Women take part in women’s process groups alongside individual therapy and groups shared with all clients. Learn more about our gender-specific process groups.

What does Healing Springs Ranch treat?

We treat addiction, mental health conditions and trauma, separately or together, including complex co-occurring diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI/PTSD), dissociative disorders and borderline personality disorder alongside substance use.

Can I keep in touch with my children while I am in treatment?

Yes. Clients have individual phone privileges, so you can stay in touch with your children and family by phone. Time together in person happens through family counseling sessions; we do not have visitation outside of those sessions.

Do you treat eating disorders?

We address disordered eating when it occurs alongside addiction or a mental health diagnosis. We do not treat active eating disorders in people who are medically unstable; medical stabilization needs to happen first, in a hospital or a specialized eating disorder program.

Do you accept private pay and insurance?

Yes, both. We welcome private-pay clients and offer payment plans. We are in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Health Choice, Magellan and Employers Health Network, and work with out-of-network benefits. We do not accept Medicare or Medicaid.