Residential treatment is the most promising path for addiction recovery for women with addiction, mental health disorders, and trauma. In this article, we share some observations and about what works…
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Any honest psychotherapist will tell you that when genuine healing arrives, it wells up out of a hidden source, dispensed by something (or someone, depending how you look at it)…
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…
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…
