Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, SFBT
SFBT focuses on what the client wants life to look like after treatment and the small, practical steps that can move her towards it.
This can be useful for women who are trying to rebuild routines, repair relationships, return to work, improve parenting confidence, stabilise housing or create safer support networks.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT
ACT can help clients make room for difficult feelings without automatically turning to alcohol or drugs.
It also supports values-based recovery, such as health, safety, parenting, relationships, work, independence, self-respect and personal direction. ACT can help women choose actions that fit the life they want, even when recovery feels uncomfortable or uncertain.
Narrative Therapy
Many women carry shame, regret or a harsh story about who they are because of addiction.
Narrative therapy can help clients separate themselves from the addiction, understand their experiences with more compassion and build a more useful story about recovery and identity.
Spiritual or Existential Questions
Some women may want to explore questions about identity, purpose, faith, grief, guilt, motherhood, relationships or what they want their life to stand for after treatment.
This is optional and personal. It is not religious or compulsory, but it can be meaningful for clients who want to include it in their recovery.
Massage
Massage may be offered as a supportive therapy to help with general muscle tension, relaxation and reconnecting with the body during recovery.
It is part of the wider support environment, not a replacement for clinical care or counselling.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture may be offered as a complementary relaxation and wellbeing support where suitable.
It is not a replacement for clinical assessment, counselling or withdrawal support.
Personal Trainer
Gentle, structured movement can help clients rebuild routine, confidence, energy and sleep habits during recovery.
Activity should be matched to the woman’s health, mobility and stage of treatment.
Sound Therapy
Sound therapy may be offered as an optional relaxation activity intended to support calm, rest and emotional settling.
It may suit clients who find stillness difficult or need a low-pressure way to slow down during early recovery.
Relapse Prevention Planning
Relapse prevention needs to be personalised. It may cover triggers and high-risk situations, managing cravings, relationship or family pressures, returning to work or home responsibilities, housing, finances, support networks, parenting concerns where relevant, ongoing counselling or medical follow-up, safety planning and what to do after a lapse or setback.
Recovery support continues beyond detox or a short residential stay. A clear aftercare plan can help women leave treatment with more structure, safer supports and a better idea of what comes next.
