There is a vast difference between alcohol and drug addiction treatment for women than for men. The single most important gender difference is the actual access that a women has to alcohol and drug treatments that are designed for the circumstantial as well as the physical and psychological needs of a woman.
A women is much less likely to be able to afford a traditional inpatient alcohol and drug addition treatment program and more likely to have personal obligations that would prevent a woman from taking advantage of a treatment program even if they could afford it. That's because a women is statistically more likely to be un-insured, more likely to be poor and more likely to have the responsibility for the care of children. Weyland Consultation Services believes that for an alcohol and drug addiction treatment for Women to be effective it needs to be an affordable outpatient program with few disruptions of their day-to-day life.
But even more importantly in finding an effective alcohol and drug addiction treatment program for women is to find one that has been designed for women. Unfortunately most rehabilitation treatment services are planned with men in mind, not considering that women might also fall victim to the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.
Additional complications to an effective alcohol and drug addiction treatment program for women include: the paucity of medical research on women's health, the stigma of female addiction, higher incidence of sexual trauma and abuse and the heightened sensitivity of women's bodies to alcohol and other drugs.
Weyland Consultation Services has made the sincere and professionally executed effort to put together a tract of services specifically designed for women. They offer a discreet and gender specific group and an individual outpatient opportunity for women to attain recovery. These services are provided in a calm and soothing environment that supports the patients efforts to take the risk to the necessary steps toward ongoing recovery at the patients pace. The professionals at Weyland have learned that pushing people tends to encourage behavioral or literal relapse. Weyland supports their women patients and support then in finding their own way, while honoring their needs and personal beliefs.
Central to all of Weyland's addiction treatment services is the core understanding that that patients values, self concept, and the way they view the world must be an intrinsic part of their treatment for it to be successful in mapping a road to recovery with their specific needs in mind.
Because the needs of women are different from men, Weyland offers flexible hours and can create a personalized program to fit into a women's family and career schedule. The professionals at Weyland understand that a women patient might not be able to fit into one of their pre-designed programs and they are prepared to do whatever they can to make coming into treatment palatable and possible!
If you are a woman, know a women or work with a woman that needs help to overcome this painful, destructive illness while allowing the continuation of life's obligations with minimal interruption and located in the Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area in Oakland, Berkley, Danville, Concord and Walnut Creek areas - visit our website www.weylandservices.com/ or call (925) 945-7816 ext. 41.
