Gándara Residential Services for Women

Gándara Residential Services for Women is a 30 bed substance use recovery program that focuses on behavioral changes with positive reinforcement. The program helps adult women, with or without co occurring mental health disorders, commit to learning the skills and tools needed to maintain recovery.

It’s great that they also offer specialist services for pregnant and postpartum women. Gándara is in a quiet suburban neighborhood of Holyoke, Massachusetts, close to sprawling cemeteries and Rohan Park, where residents can enjoy peaceful walks to clear their heads and reflect on their recovery.

Trauma Informed Substance Use Treatment for Women

One of the great things about the women’s program at the Gándara Residential facility in Holyoke is the sense of community it promotes. Women live and work together to create a strong, sober network committed to living a life free of substances. They use a trauma informed approach to treatment to account for the high incidences of past trauma seen in women with substance use disorder.

I love that accountability plays a key role in the recovery process at Gándara, with clients actively developing their own treatment plan and recovery goals. Women are encouraged to model and practice new coping strategies, improve their self-esteem, and develop a network of peers that will support them through the program and beyond.

Inclusive Addiction Treatment for Women

I feel it’s important that priority for admission is given to marginalized and minority communities, such as LGBTQ+, Hispanic, or African American clients and clients who are homeless, as well as those living with HIV/AIDs and those who are pregnant.