Drug and Alcohol
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselling Program provides brief interventions, short, medium and long –term counselling.
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselling Program provides brief interventions, short, medium and long–term counselling addressing current substance use, harm minimization, relapse prevention, long term recovery, support with pharmacotherapy maintenance and importantly can also addresses complex co-occurring issues and underlying trauma issues
For clients in active alcohol and or drug misuse, harm reduction strategies may be a feature of counselling to help reduce related harms to clients and to the community and also be utilized to increased opportunities and enable positive long term changes in health and well-being.
Relapse prevention strategies are commonly utilized for clients in recovery, who are unstable in their abstinence or on pharmacotherapy maintenance.
AOD counsellors at the Centre are also able to provide counselling and support to clients in 12 step programs.
Although the Centre’s AOD counselling program can assist and support the goal of quitting it is not within the brief of the Centre to provide treatment for withdrawal or to manage clients whose substance use is at dangerous levels. The AOD counselling program can help with referral to detox and or AOD rehabilitation services.
Women presenting at the Centre in an intoxicated state either from alcohol or other substances, or who present with signs and symptoms of overdose from drug use will be referred for appropriate medical care.
If you are concerned about or are impacted by alcohol and/or drug use of a family member or person close to you, our counselling program can also be helpful for you.
Empowering women to improve the quality of their lives and fulfill their potential.
Drug & Alcohol
The SWCC alcohol and other drugs long term counselling program can work on complex underlying issues around childhood abuse, domestic violence etc. within the safety of our trauma informed care framework.
Alcohol and other drug misuse can be a way of coping with trauma, stress, loss or difficult changes in life. Sometimes it can feel like it is becoming unmanageable or has left your life in a mess. Seeing one of our experienced AOD/Trauma counsellors at the Centre can help to uncover what is going on and facilitate your journey to more productive patterns and a better state of psychological/mental and emotional wellness.
Empowering women to improve the quality of their lives and fulfill their potential.