Affinity House sits on nice grounds and has a calm, home-like setting where the focus is on care, support, and recovery, and although the building is peaceful, there's a lot going on for both care and treatment, because the facility offers special programs for women and young adults, and lets adult women and men ages 18 to 64 take part in services that include independent living, assisted living, memory care, home care, short-term respite care, and addiction treatment, and the staff take on clients dealing with both mental health and addiction, including those referred by the court. The care options make room for those living with challenges like bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, OCD, schizophrenia, and even those using opioid or methadone medication, though their medication has to be prescribed elsewhere, and people can stay for the duration they need, in short-term or long-term programs, since the place does everything from detox services to inpatient and outpatient treatment, partial hospitalization, and aftercare support, with transitional housing like halfway houses and sober homes for those who want safe, substance-free living once they finish main treatment.
There's plenty of therapy, including individual, group, family, and couples counseling, and you'll find approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, Matrix Model, motivational incentives, twelve-step facilitation, relapse prevention, brief intervention, rational emotive behavioral therapy, anger management, and trauma-related counseling, and for people facing alcohol or drug addiction, there's medication-assisted treatment, detoxification, long-term residential rehabilitation, and both adult and young adult programs, with sober living homes set aside just for women. There's also support for behavioral addictions like gambling, food, and internet, and they talk about withdrawal symptoms, dangers of drugs, cost of addiction, spotting warning signs, and even ways to help loved ones, since education is a big part of their work, and they've got community meetings and self-help groups for support during recovery and beyond.
Affinity House cares about the whole person, so the team offers case management, social skills training, life coaching, and extra services for people with complex needs, including forensic services and support for folks in the legal system, and when it's time to leave, aftercare, discharge planning, and follow-up help continue to guide residents. Families and couples can join in counseling, and family support is built into their standard rate, with activities meant to help everyone cope. The daily routine includes creative arts spaces, outdoor and experiential activities, recreational therapy, and therapy methods like trauma therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. The center welcomes smokers in certain outdoor or indoor areas, follows a pet-friendly policy, and lets residents use a library, computers, and a small general store, with all meals provided and 24-hour security for safety; it accepts Medicaid, private payment, and sometimes government funding, and it's run by a private nonprofit linked to Lutheran Social Services, which connects Affinity House to a large network of community and faith-based programs, resource hubs like the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Eau Claire County, and more than 300 other groups.
Affinity House holds recognition as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, which means staff care about their work and the people they help, and the Council on Accreditation and community partners keep up standards. Gender-specific programming, support for women, and transitional or sober housing for women make the place a strong choice for that group, but the center provides memory care, senior assisted living, and other medical and mental health support for both aging adults and young adults, too. Every person entering Affinity House gets help tailored to their needs, and whether someone needs intense residential rehab, a safe place to live, counseling for a family, support for a mental health diagnosis, or just a place to start over, the team works together with each person to teach skills and give support for life after treatment.
