Relational Treatment Model in a Family-Style Setting
The small residential community, with a maximum of 10 residents, holds a relationally-based family environment for residential treatment with step-downs into day treatment and outpatient programs, and supports women in returning to college and work.
The program serves a wide range of psychiatric, psychological and family issues including self-injurious behavior, borderline personality disorder (BPD) and other personality disorders, eating disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety disorders, mood disorders, bipolar disorder, as well as those who are dually diagnosed with substance abuse in partial remission.
Angelus House is set on 10 acres and residents live in a charming seven bedroom home with a delightful front porch, large living room with a working fireplace, beautiful perennial and organic vegetable gardens and a kitchen with an adjoining dining room where residents eat their meals together. Additionally, residents are invited to cook one-on-one with the Angelus House chef. Building community and creating meaningful relationships plays a key role in treatment.
Wellspring’s therapeutic approach is based on the belief that beneath each person’s sadness, anger, pain and stress lies an injured self that lacks the foundation of trust necessary for building healthy relationships. Our relational treatment model addresses injuries with both nurturance and structure to reactivate each person’s ability to grow in a meaningful way.
Angelus House offers a comprehensive treatment program that supports individuals in an intensive treatment process that works to restore themselves and their relationships.
The multi-disciplinary treatment team includes a Psychiatrist, Nurse, Psychotherapists, Social Workers and Milieu Counselors. This team works with each client to address specific needs and goals that are carried out through a wide range of individual and group therapies with an emphasis on the emotional and creative-expressive modalities. Clinical therapies are integrated with organic gardening, culinary, and land and animal programs that are designed to rebuild the body while nurturing the mind and spirit.