Continuing Care Plan: Roadmap for Women in Addiction Recovery
Before leaving residential treatment, you will meet with your primary counselor from the Center for Women’s Recovery, as well as your alumni coordinator. Both will help you develop a continuing care plan to address your individual needs for ongoing recovery.
Your continuing care plan includes recommendations from the entire treatment team at Hanley Center: nursing, psychiatry, psychology, spiritual, wellness, and your primary counselor.
The continuing care plan will prioritize the issues to be addressed. If there is an issue we are not able to treat or take care of for you while you are in residential treatment, such as legal, occupational, housing, or mental health issues, we will outline the steps necessary to address them. Prior to your discharge, patient advocates will make appointments for any providers or meetings that you agree to attend.
In addition, your alumni aftercare coordinator will assign you a Hanley Center alumni or AA/NA contact where you live, and have you call her before you leave. Your coordinator will also review support groups with you and help you identify a 12-Step group for you to attend in your area.
When you have completed your treatment, your alumni coordinator will assist and support you in your recovery for two years and beyond.
Continuing Care Services for Your Recovery Journey
Recommendations for your continuing care may include a broad range of services to address your physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health, including (but not limited to):
- Extended residential treatment
- Transitional living facility (halfway house)
- Intensive outpatient program
- Individual or group outpatient psychotherapy
- Psychiatric care
- Appointments with primary physician and/or specialists
- 12-Step meeting groups
- Aftercare support group specifically for women
- Family support groups and/or Al-Anon, Alateen
- Nutritional counseling
- Involvement in physical activity
If you live in South Florida, you may attend weekly continuing care meetings on campus free for up to six months. Similar arrangements can be made with out-of-town treatment facilities. There are also 12-Step meetings on campus you may attend at any time.
