Women’s Recovery Specialists in Maine since 1974

Remember who you wanted to be.^™

Residential and outpatient treatment services for addiction and mental health disorders built around how women actually heal.

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Confidential. No obligation. Most major insurance accepted.

Est. 1974 50+ years in Maine

CARF Accredited

NAATP Member

CAMP Maine’s only licensed addiction residential program for pregnant and parenting women

Start where you are

Three ways in. All of them start with a phone call.

I need help for myself

Talk to an admissions counselor today. We’ll walk you through what treatment looks like, what it costs, and what happens on day one.

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I’m worried about someone

You don’t need her permission to ask questions. Learn how to have the conversation, and what we can and can’t tell you.

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I’m a referring provider

Same-week assessments, direct clinician line, and a referral form that takes under three minutes. Levels of care from PHP to IOP.

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Who we are

Gender-responsive care, built in Maine, for women in Maine and beyond.

Crossroads for Women opened its doors in October 1974 as a safe place for women to get sober. Fifty years later we’re the state’s most established provider of gender-responsive addiction, mental health and eating disorder treatment.

Our programs treat substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions together, because they rarely arrive separately. And because leaving your children behind is the reason many women never get help at all, our Children and Mothers Program keeps families together through residential care.

More about our approach

Dining room at the Crossroads for Women residential program

1974Serving Maine women

What we offer

A full continuum of care — step down, not drop off.

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Residential

Back Cove Women’s Residential

Primary residential treatment in a home-like setting with an in-house chef, holistic therapies and 24-hour clinical support.

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Residential · Families

Children & Mothers (CAMP)

Maine’s only licensed, nationally accredited residential program with on-site childcare for pregnant women and mothers.

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Day Treatment

Partial Hospitalization

Structured full-day clinical programming with evenings at home. A step down from residential or up from outpatient.

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Outpatient

Intensive Outpatient (IOP)

Evening and daytime group tracks that fit around work and family, with individual counseling and relapse-prevention skills.

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Specialty

Eating Disorder Treatment

Residential, PHP and IOP eating disorder care, including co-occurring substance use, in a ten-bed intimate setting.

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Medical

Medication-Assisted Treatment

MAT integrated with counseling and psychiatric care for opioid and alcohol use disorder, coordinated with your care team.

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Insurance & cost

Find out what treatment will actually cost you.

We’re in network with many insurance plans including MaineCare. Send us your details and an admissions specialist verifies your benefits and calls you back with a real number — usually the same business day.

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My experience was life-changing. I learned to accept my alcoholism as a disease and something that I cannot change. I learned to not feel shame and to have self-compassion. I also learned coping skills to help fight off the cravings and triggers. I am using these every day now.

DG — Back Cove experience

I would tell them to do it. I was a little leery at first of the strict scheduling and the homework, but these are the tools that I still use today. I really learned how to manage my time and my life in a more constructive way.

Advice to others considering treatment at Crossroads

I had been through a lot by the time I reached admissions at Crossroads. They were very helpful with contacting my insurance and taking care of the details. I asked a lot of questions and they answered honestly. I explained that I have a back injury and food allergies and they were able to accommodate me. I was given a room on the first floor and they made sure that there was plenty of food.

Admissions process experience

The staff was very supportive. I was in rough shape when I got to Crossroads. I was depressed and ashamed of myself and I didn’t know if I could stop drinking. The staff was very warm and welcoming. They gave me encouragement and good advice. They were easy to talk to and many were in recovery themselves. The psychiatrist was knowledgeable about the effects of alcohol and gave me insight into my disease.

Experience with residential staff

I’m glad that I came here. It is a good step between inpatient and living independently without addiction. The group is fairly small and we all support each other. I’m still learning more about my addiction and how not to succumb to it. The more I learn the better equipped I feel to not relapse.

The all women setting makes it easier to open up about my alcoholism.

IOP experience

This is my third week in the IOP at Crossroads and I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every day. The groups have been incredibly informative, skills-based, process-oriented and filled with relapse prevention strategies. The group uses process orientation to discuss needs that are individually tailored. The facilitators are compassionate, knowledgeable and very accessible. My time has been extremely well spent! Thank you!

RS — IOP experience