Any interested women can participate if space is available. Specific gender issues are addressed include cocaine mothers, women and aids, child abuse, incest, rape and battering, parenting, sexuality, self-esteem and women's health issues. Designed to provide psycho-education to the women assigned to the Boot Camp. Activities include individual, group or therapeutic community activities. Therapy is short-term and focuses on behaviors and their consequences and defense mechanisms including denial.
Participants continue education, engage in self-exploration and relapse prevention planning.
Offenders continue their education and accept responsibilities to work on their personal recovery issues including breaking through denial. They will engage in comprehensive relapse prevention planning, and will be encouraged to participate in 12-step fellowships and other support groups. Counselors will develop recommendations and referrals and offenders will make contact with treatment networks or support systems in the community, as appropriate. Offenders continue their education and accept responsibility to work on their personal recovery issues including breaking through denial. They will engage in comprehensive relapse prevention planning.