Our Mission
Amethyst provides a safe, structured and affordable therapeutic
community in which recovering drug and alcohol dependent women can
gain and maintain sobriety. Our program model focuses on addictions
and emphasizes the role that poverty plays in perpetuating drug
and alcohol use. The model also addresses issues that sabotage recovery
and attempts at independence, such as the trauma of physical and
sexual abuse, attachments to unhealthy interpersonal relationships,
grief and loss issues, and limited education and job skills or experience.
Our approach to recovery is gender-specific and incorporated the
Relational Cultural Model into our practices. This model recognizes
that women build on and develop in relationship to other people.
To meet the gender-specific needs of women at Amethyst, we create
a safe, supportive, nurturing and woman-centered environment that
encourages trust, bonding and connection (Covington, 1999). Our
program helps women learn how to develop positive connections to
themselves, peers, family, the workplace and the community as a
whole.
History
Board
& Management
2004 Annual Report
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