About Women at The Well – Athens
Women at The Well offers inpatient treatment for women with alcohol and/or substance addiction. The program includes individual counseling, group therapy, religious guidance and more. Women at The Well is located at Athens, Tennessee.
Women At The Well involves an assesment to identify why the self-destructive behaviors are occurring, and then a contextualization of these reasons as a function of what wrong belief systems are in place regarding meeting basic needs. Through discipleship curriculum and ongoing pastoral counseling relative to the curriculum content, the students are able to discover their false beliefs and replace them with a genuine relationship with God. Students come to them in various states of hopelessness. They have acquired dysfunctional paths, behaviors, and attitudes to satisfy primary needs of security and search for significance.
They believe that a proper relationship with God will meet all of those needs. Therefore the discipleship process is instituted. Student counseling and education generally involve the integration of principles from various psychological disciplines and with varying philosophical fundamentals. They embrace the appropriation of this information where it can facilitate discipleship. Most Christian therapiests would state that certainly the goal of any sound therapeutic process is discipleship. Each Student is specially assigned to the caseload of a WATW Mentor. Along with individual and group counseling, this Mentor is also responsible to ensure a smooth delivery of all of WATW’s services to the student and family. The mentor is the point of contact for the family, available to answer questions and give updates on the students progress.
The program requires a $400 Apliccation Admittance Fee.
Their Bible-based curriculum is designed in such a way to emphasize introspective thinking and works hand-in-hand with their Christian counseling. Designed for the individual student, the work required motivates students to examine areas of their lives that are in need of change, change that comes through knowing God – His character and His word. Students are required to complete certain contracts before graduation from their program which is accomplished through meeting daily and weekly goals. Some of the topics that may be discussed in group include: Positive Peer Influence, Accountability, Conflict Resolution and Personal Responsibility.