Residential Treatment for Adult Women Struggling with Mental Health & Emotional Challenges
Angelus House at Wellspring is a premier mental health residential treatment and transitional program for young adult women age 18 and over.
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.
““Going to Angelus House saved my life. There is no other program like this in the country. Other programs I’d been in focused on stopping my ‘problem behaviors’ instead of getting to the root of the issue. At Angelus, I discovered the origins of my mental illnesses. I started healing childhood wounds and learned to nurture my inner child. And eventually, my illnesses were no longer unmanageable and life-interfering. The place isn’t magic. It only works if you work too. It was some of the hardest work I’d ever done in my life, but I wouldn’t be here without it. My life is now something I treasure deeply.”
— Former Angelus resident
The Adult Residential Program Includes:
- Individual, Family and Group Therapy
- DBT
- CBT
- Art Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Adventure Program
- Land and Animal Program
- Yoga and Meditation
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
- Expressive Arts Program
- Culinary and Life-Skills Program
- Substance Use Education
- Psychiatric Assessment
- Nutritional Assessment
- Medication Monitoring
- Individualized Treatment Programming
- Transition and Discharge Planning
- Community Service and Volunteerism
- Educational Services are available through the Arch Bridge School to complete high school or transition to college
All treatment modalities are included in the daily rate which is the financial responsibility of the resident and her family. Angelus House also accepts out of network insurance based on your insurance plan’s definition of medical necessity on the day of admission.
Staff at Angelus House includes a team of Psychotherapists, a Psychiatrist, Registered and Practical Nurses, Creative Therapists, Nutritionist, Teachers, Social Workers and Milieu Counselors.
Transition to Greater Independence
As a person stabilizes and strengthens, treatment at Angelus House shifts to include a discharge plan that ensures a successful return to life with family, college or independent living.
We provide many opportunities for residents for healthy development of life skills and social enrichment activities, such as cooking meals, gardening, creating art, yoga and knitting, . Residents also enjoy going off campus to horseback ride, hike, visit fun and interesting galleries and state parks, bowling and even visiting local farms.
Some residents begin college course work or employment before their transition home.