Helping Women Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction

Helping Women Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction training offers a comprehensive treatment model that integrates theories of addiction, women’s psychological development, and trauma. Designed to give counselors, clinicians, and others a basic understanding of the current knowledge related to addiction, the training focuses primarily on women’s recovery. It emphasizes the key issues of self, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and the therapeutic techniques for dealing with these issues.

​There are two versions: community and criminal justice.
Learning Objectives: 
By the end of the program, participants will be able to

• Discuss the history of women’s treatment
• Integrate current theoretical perspectives
• Examine the multiple issues in women’s recovery
• Demonstrate specific treatment strategies
• Integrate trauma and addiction treatment.

New additions to the 3rd edition include:

• Expansion from 17 to 20 sessions
• Trauma-sensitive yoga exercises
• Updated gender information and language
• Incorporating more mindfulness
• New brain research as it relates to addiction and trauma
• Updated statistics
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) survey
• Process of trauma and its effects on the mind and body.

The Details

Online

Oct 25 & 26 ​9 AM - 1PM (CST)

Nov 2-4 9AM - 1 PM (CST)

Registration for Helping Women Recover is limited. 

Each agency will receive a facilitator guide and each participate will receive a workbook.

CLOSED

We strongly request that everyone have there cameras on so we can make a good connection in a virtual training. If any of the participants will want CEUs, they will have to have their cameras on.

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There is no cost to participants for this training. ​

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Resources

ACEs:
     https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html
    https://acestoohigh.com/

Healing Neen documentary and book: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnK00sXdTW8
    https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Neen-Womans-Salvation-Addiction/dp/0757317960

Protective factors for children: 
    https://www.cdhs.udel.edu/content-sub-site/Documents/PCE%20Infographic%20Final%2024%20Jun%2020.pdf

SC Website: 
    https://stephaniecovington.com/

A bit of background on the Stone Center:
    https://www.wcwonline.org/JBMTI-Site/the-development-of-relational-cultural-theory

Nadine Burke ACE TedTalk:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk

EFT Tapping
    https://www.healthline.com/health/eft-tapping 
Privilege Walk
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5f8GuNuGQ 
Stone Center background
    https://www.wcwonline.org/JBMTI-Site/the-development-of-relational-cultural-theory
Nadine Burke ACE TedTalk
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk

Family Sculpture
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz_u9YEYWdY