Oct
24
If you’ve been keeping up with Crossroads for Women over the past few months, you know we’ve been going through lots of exciting changes. Following is a letter to Crossroads clients and referrers from the executive director, Barbara Dacri, explaining some of those changes and what to expect in the weeks to come. For the …
Sep
06
If you keep up with Crossroads for Women via our monthly e-Newsletter or on our Facebook page, you know that we have started to expand our outpatient services to serve men. In talking with service providers, physicians and others who refer clients to us, we saw the need for more outpatient substance abuse and mental …
Jul
25
The following post was written by a client in Crossroads for Women’s halfway house program. Clients and staff recently had the opportunity to experience the 34th Annual Maine Area RoundUp, an event put on by Alcoholics Anonymous. This year, Crossroads for Women Back Cove was “Rocketed into the 4th Dimension” at the 34th Annual Maine …
Jun
16
A couple weeks back, some Crossroads for Women staff were sharing information about a yoga class that incorporated a traditional 12 step meeting. Or, is it a 12 step meeting that incorporated yoga? Whatever it is, it sounded intriguing. Turns out, a 12 step recovery yoga class is being held in Falmouth (ME) twice per …
May
18
Our Residential Rehab program here at Crossroads for Women uses a lot of craft supplies – typical stuff like markers, scissors, colored paper, old magazines for collages, etc. Clients new in recovery often find the art projects our clinicians give them a new and creative way to sort through their thoughts and feelings, outside of …
May
12
Following is the text of the 2 minute testimony from Barbara Dacri, Crossroads for Women‘s executive director, to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs of the Maine Legislature. Barbara testified on 5/11/11 at the State House in Augusta, Maine in response to the governor’s new change package. The Maine Office of Substance …
May
11
Today, the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the policy committees of the Maine Legislature are holding public hearings in Room 228 of the State House on the Governor’s CHANGE PACKAGE to LD 1043. If passed, this change package will close both of Crossroads for Women’s residential facilities. We asked for your …
Apr
27
Ever wonder what it’s like to be in a therapy session with a counselor? If you haven’t experienced an outpatient counseling session, you might wonder what goes on behind those closed doors. We decided to ask a few of Crossroads for Women’s outpatient therapists about the basic goals of a counseling session. While it depends …
Apr
25
Crossroads for Women is offering a free one-hour counseling session during the month of May to new clients at its three counseling centers in Portland, Windham and Kennebunk, Maine. To book an appointment, call 207.773.9931 (Portland), 207.467.3369 (Kennebunk), or 207.894.5733 (Windham). “Many people wonder what it would be like to sit and talk about whatever …
Mar
23
The following post was written by a current Crossroads for Women halfway house client, Amanda. Monday, March 21, 2001, our program director had an outing planned for the clients. We were all very excited. So, we all piled in the van, me and 5 other women, with absolutely no idea of where we were going. …
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