pff — didn't want to leave, was scared to leave. strong, headspace clear — like, so positive. weeks, there was no mask, i wasn't — no gambling, no alcohol, no anything. you were stripped bare. in a house with other women and staff... yeah, i would say it has changed my life, in the sense of, i found me again. the centre is made to feel like a home. it's the only one of its kind offering this type of intensive therapy. sometimes people find it easier to put it on a piece of paper, to write it down, to draw it, and that is why we do use a lot of art and creativity. and equally, we use it for reflection. if you can see something physically in front of you, it allows you to have a look at it and kind of process it and think, "wow, ok, i get where i am kind of coming from." and how important is it to have a programme that has been built and designed by women, for women? i think having a specific programme designed for women is invaluable. men tend to talk about the gambling first, before we look at trauma. whereas women go straight in with the impacts that gambling might have had o