Drug and alcohol support for women

We adapt our standard approaches to make them more user friendly and accessible for women.

Some of our groups and meetings have female only attendance. Others focus on specific women’s issues, such as pregnancy, relationships and female specific health issues. We also offer support which can help you to deal with trauma you may have experienced. 

As part of your recovery plan, you can give your preference on the types of interventions you feel are most suitable for you. You're also given preference over the type of worker you will receive support from. If you would prefer to have appointments with a female worker, then just let us know when you get in touch with us and we will arrange this for you. 

You're welcome to come to our service buildings, but we understand some may find this difficult. If it suits you better, we can also meet you in a location in your community, in your home, or we can carry out your appointments through phone or video calls. 

Here at WithYou, we want you to feel safe and comfortable when seeking support, and your privacy is really important to us.

Everything you tell us, whether in person or online, is confidential. The only time this might change is if we have serious concerns about your own or someone else’s safety.

We also know that family and/or work commitments can make it difficult to attend appointments. We can structure your appointments around you and your commitments.

The majority of our services have at least one late evening opening and weekend appointments. 

If you are someone who is experiencing domestic abuse then we understand that accessing support can be particularly difficult.

Please be reassured that we are experienced in managing these types of situations sensitively. If you're able to make contact with us, we can discuss the ways we can manage your care safely.

This might include using a false name, using video calls for your appointments and we often work closely with domestic abuse providers so that we can offer you appointments in their centres together with them. 

We work closely with a range of partners who provide services to women. This means that if you need to access support from a number of different agencies, we will work together to make the experience easier for you.

This might include having joint appointments, so that you only need to come to one appointment rather than several, and also sharing information, so that you don’t need to keep repeating yourself or revisiting difficult issues. We will ask you what you feel would work best for you. 

If you are already accessing support from an agency then let us know. Or ask your worker within that agency to get in touch with us and we can discuss how we can work together to get the best support in place for you.

We know that some women prefer to access materials digitally and often look for self-help.

You can find useful self-help resources in our Information and Advice library. 

In some services, we can provide you with access to a structured programme that you can do at home yourself with remote support from us. This is where you work through a programme yourself in your own time, and we will check in with you to see how you are doing.