Women’s Drug Rehab

Residential Treatment Designed for Women

Drug Rehab for Women in Agoura Hills, California

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What Makes a Women-Only Drug Rehab Different

If you are looking at drug rehab for yourself, your daughter, your sister or your friend, the choices can feel endless: how long to stay, how far from home, inpatient or outpatient, and whether a women-only program is worth seeking out. This page explains what a women’s drug rehab is, why it exists, and what treatment at Ohana actually looks like, so you can decide with clear eyes.

Ohana Recovery Center is a residential program for adult women in Agoura Hills, California. We are licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services and accredited by The Joint Commission. Every clinician, facilitator and staff member who works with you is a woman.

Addiction is not the same disease in women as in men. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that women tend to progress from first use to dependence more quickly, respond differently to stimulants and opioids because of hormonal cycles, are more likely to have a co-occurring anxiety, depressive or eating disorder, and are far more likely to have experienced physical or sexual violence before they ever enter treatment. Women also carry different reasons for using: to keep going through exhaustion, to manage pain, to quiet trauma symptoms, or to control weight.

Those differences change what good treatment looks like:

  • Women often move from first use to dependence faster than men (NIDA).
  • Women are more likely to have a co-occurring depressive, anxiety or eating disorder (NIDA).
  • Hormonal cycles change how women respond to stimulants and opioids (NIDA).
  • Women reach higher blood alcohol levels than men from the same amount and develop liver and heart harm sooner (NIAAA).
  • A large share of women in treatment report histories of physical or sexual abuse (SAMHSA TIP 51).
  • Women are more likely to use to cope with stress, trauma or pain, and face more stigma and childcare barriers to getting help (SAMHSA).

A women’s drug rehab is built around these realities instead of adapting a men’s program after the fact. That means trauma screening on day one, clinicians trained in women’s health and perinatal issues, groups where motherhood, relationships and body image can be talked about without an audience of men, and family work that includes children where it is safe and appropriate.

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Treatment for Women by Caring Individuals

Ohana builds a treatment plan for each woman from a full clinical and medical assessment, and adjusts it weekly. Learn more about who we are and how we work.

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Levels of Care at Our Women's Drug Rehab

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Residential Inpatient

Live-in treatment with 24-hour staffing and a full daily schedule of therapy. The right fit when withdrawal risk, home environment or co-occurring symptoms make outpatient care unsafe.

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Detoxification

Clinically managed detox with 24-hour on-call medical support, overseen by our medical director. We assess withdrawal risk before admission and arrange hospital-level care first when it is needed.

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Dual Diagnosis

Depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar disorder are treated alongside addiction by the same team, because untreated mental illness is one of the most common reasons women relapse.

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What to Expect at a Women's Drug Rehab

The steps of treatment are the same ones you would find in any good program. What is different is the approach, the pace and who is in the room. Here is what the first weeks at Ohana look like.

Assessment. Before you arrive, a clinician talks with you by phone about your use, your health, your medications and your safety. On arrival you have a medical and psychiatric assessment with our clinical team. This is where your plan starts.

Detox, if you need it. Stopping opioids, stimulants or alcohol after regular use produces withdrawal, and withdrawal is the point where most people go back to using. Detox at Ohana is clinically managed, with 24-hour on-call medical support and medication to ease symptoms where appropriate. Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal can be medically dangerous; if your assessment shows that risk, we arrange a medically monitored detox first and admit you afterward.

Therapy. Once you are stable, the real work begins. Your schedule combines individual therapy, group therapy and family sessions, drawing on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), EMDR and trauma-focused CBT, art therapy, psychoeducation and motivational enhancement. Medication-assisted treatment, including buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol), is available when it fits your plan.

Dual diagnosis. Most women we treat have a mental health condition alongside addiction. We treat both at the same time rather than sending you somewhere else for one of them.

Aftercare. Leaving treatment is often the hardest part. Before you go home you will have a written aftercare plan: an outpatient or therapy referral, a medication plan, a relapse-prevention plan, and a place in our alumni and family program so you stay connected to the women you recovered with.

Why a Women-Only Treatment Center Helps

Treatment that matches your body and your history. Clinicians who work only with women see the patterns that generic programs miss: use that tracks the menstrual cycle, drinking that started after a birth or a loss, stimulant use tangled up with an eating disorder.

Safety that makes honesty possible. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s guidance on treating women notes that a large share of women in treatment have histories of abuse, and that mixed settings can silence them. In a women-only house, the hardest things get said in the first week, not the last.

Mothers are supported, not judged. Fear of losing children keeps many women out of treatment. Our case managers help you plan childcare and family logistics before you arrive, and family work can include your children where it is safe and appropriate.

A community that lasts. The women you live with become your first sober network, and our alumni program keeps that network alive after discharge.

Ohana Recovery Center: A Women's Drug Rehab in Agoura Hills

Ohana is a small residential program in a private home in Agoura Hills, in the hills between the San Fernando Valley and the Pacific. Staff are on site 24 hours a day; medical support is on call around the clock. Days are structured and full: therapy, movement, meals prepared by our chef, and time outdoors.

Our therapies include individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, EMDR, CBT, art and music therapy, breathwork, yoga and mindfulness, and medication-assisted treatment where it fits. Our program is trauma-focused by design, because the majority of women who come to us have lived through abuse, loss or violence, and because treating addiction without treating what sits under it rarely holds.

Length of stay is decided with your clinical team, not by a brochure. We work with most major PPO and POS insurance plans and verify your benefits before you arrive.

Frequently asked questions about women's drug rehab

About this page. Ohana Recovery Center is a women-only residential treatment program at 1936 Hazel Nut Court, Agoura Hills, California. We are licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services (license 191091AP, verify on the CHHS facility list) and accredited by The Joint Commission. Our medical director, Sirisat Khalsa, MD, is board-certified in addiction medicine. Detox at Ohana is clinically managed, with 24-hour on-call medical support. Nothing on this page is a promise about outcomes: recovery looks different for every woman, and the right level of care is decided with you after a confidential assessment.

What is a women’s drug rehab?

A women’s drug rehab is a treatment program that admits only women and is designed around the ways addiction develops and recovers differently in women: faster progression to dependence, higher rates of co-occurring depression, anxiety and trauma, and the practical realities of pregnancy, parenting and relationships. At Ohana the staff is all women too.

How long does women’s drug rehab take?

It depends on the substance, how long you have used, your health and your home situation. Federal research summarized by NIDA finds that staying in treatment long enough matters more than any single therapy, and that most people need several months of care across levels, residential followed by outpatient. Your length of stay at Ohana is set with your clinical team and reviewed weekly.

What drugs do you treat?

Opioids including fentanyl, heroin and prescription painkillers; stimulants including methamphetamine and cocaine; benzodiazepines; alcohol; cannabis; and prescription misuse. Many women arrive using more than one substance, often alongside a mental health condition, and the plan covers all of it.

Is detox included?

Yes. Detox at Ohana is clinically managed with 24-hour on-call medical support, under our medical director, a board-certified addiction medicine physician. Where an assessment shows a high medical risk, for example severe alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence, we arrange a medically monitored detox first and admit you as soon as you are stable.

Can I stay in touch with my children while I am in treatment?

Yes. Contact with your children is supported, and family therapy is part of the program rather than an add-on. Practical details such as visiting, calls and schedules are worked out with your therapist and case manager. Tell us your situation when you call and we will plan around it.

Does insurance cover women’s drug rehab?

Most major PPO and POS plans cover residential treatment when it is medically necessary. We verify your benefits before admission, usually the same day, and explain any out-of-pocket cost plainly before you decide.

Talk to a woman who answers the phone. Call 818-308-1370 or request a confidential callback. We can check your PPO or POS benefits the same day, and there is no obligation.

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If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or dial 911. Ohana is not an emergency service.