Helping Women Recover : A Program for Treating Substance Abuse - Special Edition for Use in the Criminal Justice System

by Covington, Stephanie S.

• ISBN13: 9780787995348
• ISBN10: 0787995347
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2008-06-09
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The Step-by-Step Guide to a Powerful Process for Healing Women with Substance AbuseSince it was first published in 1999, Helping Women Recover has set the standard for best practice in the field of women and addiction. Helping Women Recover is based on Dr. Covington's Women's Integrated Treatment (WIT) model. It offers a program specifically designed to meet the unique needs of women in correctional settings who are addicted to alcohol and other drugs or have co-occurring disorders. This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes evidence-based and empirically tested therapeutic interventions that are used to treat substance abuse and trauma in an innovative way. The Helping Women Recover program offers counselors, mental health professionals, and program administrators the tools they need to implement a gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment program within the criminal justice system.

Author Biography

Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, is a nationally recognized clinician, author, and organizational consultant noted for her pioneering work on women's issues. She has over twenty-five years of experience in the design and implementation of treatment services for women and is recognized for her work in both the public and private sectors. For the past fifteen years, Dr. Covington has worked to help institutions and programs in the criminal justice system develop effective gender-responsive services. She has provided training, technical assistance, and consulting services to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the National Institute of Corrections, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the Correctional Service of Canada, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and many state and local jurisdictions.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction to Substance-Abuse Treatment for Women

Women in the Criminal Justice System: Who They Are

Historical Background: Why a Woman's Treatment Program?What We Have Learned

Fundamentals of Gender-Responsive Services

Integration

The Value of Twelve Step Programs and Other Mutual-Help Groups

Research on Helping Women Recover

Facilitating the Program

Organization and Content of the Program

Principles of an Effective Treatment Program

The Role of the Facilitator

Module A:

Defining

Sense of

Self-Esteem

Sexism, Racism, and Stigma

Relationships

Family of Origin

Mothers

Mother Myths

Interpersonal Violence

Creating Healthy Relationships and Support Systems

Sexuality

Sexuality and Substance Abuse

Body Image

Sexual Identity

Sexual Abuse

Fear of Sex While Clean and Sober

Spirituality

What Is Spirituality?

Prayer and Meditation

Creating a Vision

Appendix: Additional Recovery Resources

Appendix: Additional Recovery Resources

Five Primary Practices of the Oxford Group

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous

A Letter from Carl Jung to Bill Wilson

The Serenity Prayer

The Synanon Prayer

The Sixteen Steps for Discovery and Empowerment

A New Version of the Twelve Steps

Thirteen Statements of Affirmation or Acceptance

SMART Recoveryr

XI

References

Gender-Responsive Resource Materials

The Author

Index

Feedback Form

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