Helping Women Recover : A Program for

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.

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.

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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