Women with a history of trauma, mental illness, and substance abuse need extra tools for dealing with being triggered. Being triggered isn’t just uncomfortable, but potentially dangerous, putting us at…
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There is an established link between depression and addiction. Depression is a side effect of all substance abuse, so during certain stages of recovery from substances, depression will need to…
There is a growing need for dual diagnosis anxiety treatment for women. In this post, your friends over here at Villa Kali Ma explore the connection between anxiety and addiction…
Most women recovering from substance addiction also need dual diagnosis treatment, due to the high prevalence of co-occurring disorders. Especially for women with a trauma history, integrated mental health care…
The benefits of mindfulness meditation are plentiful and well-documented. Thanks in part to the work of doctors and psychologists advancing the cause in mental health settings, people like Jon Kabat…
Women recovering from addiction, mental illness and trauma almost always need support with codependency recovery too. At Villa Kali Ma, we see every day how women who have been very…
At Villa Kali Ma, it is our strong belief that women are precious. Every single one of us matters. This statement bears repeating, and often! Because for the many women…
Women’s mental health needs to be approached differently than men’s. While women have some core human experiences in common with our male counterparts, women in particular benefit from gender-specific treatment….
In the words of pioneering psychiatrist, researcher and educator Bessel van der Kolk, when it comes to trauma, it is the body that keeps the score of what we have…
Famously, some cultures have more words for snow than we do in English .”Snow on the ground”, “snow in the sky”, and even “drifting snow” were once purported to have…