The Women's Health Project Treatment and Research Center (WHP) is dedicated to providing and developing specific treatments for women with mental health disorders who also struggle with addictions. With a focus on women who have experienced trauma or abuse, the program provides a supportive, multi-modal outpatient treatment environment. For women with addiction, treatment is designed to address the issues involved in recovering from substance use in the context of significant anxiety, mood and other psychiatric symptoms.

Our Treatment Approach

· WHP offers a range of treatment alternatives, including time-limited, cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal treatment models. These treatment strategies have been shown to decrease psychiatric symptoms and reduce substance use with a variety of client populations.

· Treatment plans vary based on client needs. Length of treatment is individualized according to client progress and need for ongoing care.

· WHP offers psychopharmacological consultation and management.

· WHP also provides adjunctive psychological services for women who attend methadone maintenance programs or other substance abuse treatments. Through our affiliation with the Addiction Institute of New York, we are also able to offer more intensive substance use treatment. The Addiction Institute of New York offers a broad network of addiction and rehabilitation services to address individual needs.

· In addition to individual psychotherapy, group therapy is an integral part of WHP, including a range of specialized group treatments designed to meet the unique diagnostic needs of the women in the program. Specific groups focus on issues such as: posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use, relapse prevention, HIV risk reduction, parenting, distress and anger management, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training, and other special needs.

· Recognizing that individuals come to treatment with different levels of motivation, we also utilize motivational enhancement techniques to facilitate treatment participation, enabling clients to benefit from therapy according to their readiness for treatment.

· St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, part of the Continuum Health Partners hospital system, provides a comprehensive treatment environment through which we can offer women in our program a range of additional health care services, including general medical care, comprehensive HIV/AIDS care, as needed.

The WHP Staff

Treatment at WHP is provided and supervised by experienced clinicians who are dedicated to working with women facing challenges specifically related to trauma and addiction. Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and specially trained clinicians provide services to the women in the program.

Training Opportunities

The Women's Health Project offers training opportunities for psychology and social work graduate students, psychiatry residents and professionals interested in clinical work or research with women with substance use disorders and trauma. To a select number of candidates we offer doctoral level clinical psychology externships and master's level social work internships, as well as a post-doctoral clinical psychology fellowship.

Fees

The Women's Health Project accepts most forms of insurance and has a sliding fee scale for self-pay clients.

Admission

Referral to WHP can be arranged by calling Ann Goelitz, CSW at the Women's Health Project at (212) 523-7693. A comprehensive psychiatric evaluation will be scheduled, and the WHP team will consider the best treatment options for the client.

The Health Education Advocacy and Learning Center (H.E.A.L) at the St. Luke's Division also provides personalized assistance to clients seeking access to public entitlements.

Location

The Women's Health Project Treatment and Research Center is located at the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, at the St. Luke's site, between Morningside Drive and Amsterdam Ave.

Women's Health Project Treatment and Research Center
411 W. 114th St., Suite 6C
New York, New York 10025
212-523-3061
212-523-2140 (fax)

You may also find information about our clinical and research initiatives and training programs at www.whpnyc.org.