About Prelude Behavioral Services Bernie Lorenz Recovery Womens Half Way Treatment Program
Prelude Behavioral Services Bernie Lorenz Recovery is a women's recovery residence in Des Moines, Iowa offering transitional housing and substance use treatment support for women rebuilding their lives after addiction. The program provides a substance free living environment designed to help women step down from higher levels of care and prepare for independent living. With a focus on trauma informed care, life skills development and co-occurring mental health support, Bernie Lorenz Recovery emphasizes both sobriety and real world stabilization.
Recovery Programs
Women enter a residential or halfway house setting that combines around the clock support with outpatient counseling and recovery services. This transitional model helps clients maintain accountability, build healthy routines and access clinical care while living in a recovery focused community.
Programming includes individual, group and family counseling using evidence based approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing, relapse prevention and 12 step facilitation. The program also addresses co-occurring mental health conditions and incorporates vocational and life skills training to support employment readiness, budgeting and long term reintegration.
Key Features
- Location: Des Moines, Iowa with access to public transportation
- Program type: Women only residential recovery housing and outpatient support
- Who they serve: Adult women, including those with co-occurring disorders and trauma histories
- Treatment approach: Trauma informed, evidence based therapies with practical life skills and vocational support
- Payment options: Medicaid, self pay, sliding fee scale and possibly private insurance




