You might be wondering, “What’s a typical day like at Villa Kali Ma?” Let us give you a tour – in blog post form! Here at the Villa – our…
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Addiction treatment is available in different degrees of intensiveness, tapering from in-hospital emergency medical care down to weekly outpatient treatment. Spanning that range are: medically supervised detox, partial hospitalization programs,…
More than fifty years ago, the spiritual teacher Ram Dass popularized the phrase “Be Here Now”. Distilling the essence of Eastern philosophies and spirituality for the benefit of people raised…
What we put in our bodies matters. That’s why, once we decide to detox from drugs and alcohol, we can benefit abundantly from a holistic approach to recovery. Holistic…
Have you made the courageous decision to recover from substance addiction? Sincere congratulations, from our hearts to yours! You might be wondering what comes next. Well, every recovery journey begins…
It’s totally valid to feel nervous before detox. For most of us, starting a detox from drugs and alcohol is a leap into the unknown. Any change is a heroic…
What is Internal Family Systems Therapy? The Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) model is a non-pathologizing approach to psychotherapy that applies systems thinking to work on inner relationships among parts inside…
According to Bessel van der Kolk, MD, trauma treatment pioneer and bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score, research shows that when it comes to trauma, there is no…
At Villa Kali Ma, we work with women recovering from trauma, mental illness, and addiction. These three forms of suffering often go together. When a woman has trauma, she experiences…
Signs of unresolved trauma can be tricky to recognize. Many of us live with trauma for years without a clue that life could be any different. For women with a…