Our Philosophy

At Grace House, we recognize that the desire for profound change often emerges through the pain and suffering of addiction. Addiction disrupts the brain’s natural reward system and places the body in a chronic state of stress, making anxiety, isolation, hopelessness, and emotional dysregulation feel like normal ways of living.


Healing begins when women are given opportunities to experience safety, connection, purpose, and success. We believe lasting recovery occurs by restoring balance to the mind, body, and spirit while helping the brain develop healthy pathways through repetition, positive experiences, and meaningful relationships.


Women often enter treatment burdened by guilt, shame, low self-worth, and fear. Recovery begins with small, consistent actions. Every completed task, every healthy choice, every act of courage, and every connection with another person becomes evidence that change is possible. These daily victories build confidence, strengthen resilience, and replace hopelessness with hope.


Our philosophy embraces whole-person healing. Clinical treatment is combined with contemplative practice, movement, meditation, recreation, creativity, service, and community because healing is not achieved through insight alone. Physical activity, social connection, purposeful work, and playful experiences naturally stimulate the brain’s reward system, helping restore healthy dopamine and serotonin functioning while reducing stress, anxiety, and conditioned cravings.


We believe that repetitive, esteem-building actions are transformative. Caring for oneself, maintaining one’s living environment, helping others, participating in groups, exercising regularly, and practicing recovery skills create habits that gradually become a healthy way of life. These seemingly small actions become the foundation upon which confidence, self-respect, and long-term recovery are built.


At Grace House, we strive to replace stress with strength, anxiety with confidence, isolation with community, despair with hope and anhedonia with joy. We believe every woman possesses the capacity to heal, grow, and reclaim her life when given compassionate support, practical tools, and opportunities to experience success.

We are a Phased Substance Use Treatment Program Offering a Complete Continuum of Care

 
Grace House for Women is proud to offer unique, experiential Residential Services for individuals seeking support in early recovery.  Founded in 2010, we were the first women’s managed recovery residence dedicated to improving the quality of life for women in their journey of recovery. Since then, we have evolved into a long term women’s licensed substance use treatment program (#SAA735510) providing structured, therapeutic support for clients with substance use disorders with ASAM 3.5 and 3.1 Levels of Care and final sober living phase that is designed for women to advance themselves through phases and earn autonomy through achieving milestones in their own personal growth and financial independence.

Our program blends the warmth and community of a recovery home with the professionalism and structure of a licensed treatment setting. Clients participate in evidence-based clinical programming delivered by our qualified behavioral health staff, including group therapy, individual counseling, recovery education, and case management, all within a supportive, professional and peer-driven environment. We continue to prioritize connection, empowerment, and whole-person healing while offering the clinical structure needed to support lasting recovery.

Joint Commission Accreditation

Grace House is Joint Commission accredited, underscoring our commitment to providing safe, high-quality, and effective care.

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A Message from the Founder

Grace House for women sober living sarah coupe
In 2007, I found myself unable to stop using drugs. I had been trying very hard for years, attending rehab and meetings with no measure of success. I felt hopeless and convinced that I was going to die from addiction. As a last resort, at the suggestion of a newly recovered friend, I decided to work with the Twelve Steps.

​Once I began the body of work designed to provide a necessary spiritual experience, I knew that I could recover. The lifelong requirement is maintenance through a program of action. The continuation is essential, especially in early recovery, where intensive effort must be made to adhere to the principles of the Twelve Steps in order to interrupt the behavioral and emotional patterns of addiction.
When I recognized the need for a structured living home for women, I decided to open Grace House. Its name embodies the gift bestowed upon us through living by spiritual principles. It is also the name of my daughter, who was a small child when I recovered and to whom I dedicate my efforts of paying forward what I have been given by other women in recovery.

I have over 15 years experience working with women to develop a healthy, structured and practical program of recovery and am now a licensed substance use counselor. For more information about Grace House and its unique experiential treatment for women, please contact us today.

All the best,