Crawford House offers an intensive, individualized, comprehensive, six month, treatment program that addresses the particular needs of women in early recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction. The program is designed to facilitate physical, emotional, and spiritual healing by fostering a safe and mutually supportive community of recovering women
Our program components include:
- Ten hours of educational group sessions scheduled on a rotating weekly basis. Topics are geared to the needs of the residents and include taking personal responsibility, setting boundaries, communication skills and how to have fun in recovery;
- Training in independent living skills such as budgeting, parenting, health maintenance, daily exercisingand nutrition is integrated into the daily schedule of all residents;
- Weekly individual counseling and group educational sessions;
- A monthly family education program for families of residents;
- Monthly employment readiness services including workplace presence, job search techniques, and skills assessment;
- Weekly "choices group" based on Reality theory;
- Attendance and participation in at least nine community-based Alcoholics Anonymous and/or Narcotics Anonymous meetings each week;
Referrals to Crawford House are accepted by phone. Women seeking to enter the program are interviewed prior to admission. Please contact the Intake Coordinator, Deborah Prewitt at (908) 874-5153 if you have any questions or to conduct the intake process. |
