Webinar: Women’s Recovery—New Tools for Professionals

In this upcoming professional’s webinar, author and women’s advocate Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, shares 35 years’ worth of professional insights and experience, along with new tools and improved resources for gender- and trauma-responsive care.

Why We Need to Modernize Our Care

When Alcoholics Anonymous was founded nearly 90 years ago, most of the participants were men, and many of our country’s medical practices were based around men’s minds, bodies and health. Intending to address those discrepancies in 1994, Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, wrote A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps, a formative first step toward a more holistic understanding of women’s experiences in addiction and recovery.

What’s Next?

Although our understanding of women’s health has greatly matured over the past 30 years, along with our healing capacity as professionals, we’re still learning and adjusting to emerging best practices, which should include gender- and trauma-responsive care for women and gender-expansive folks everywhere.

As it stands:

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·???????? Women’s rate of drinking is increasing more than men’s

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·???????? Opioids are disproportionately impacting women

What tools have we acquired to help them process trauma and commit to Twelve Step recovery? And how do we hold more space for the beautiful breadth and depth of their experiences and humanity?

During this professional webinar, Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, will:

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• Discuss the history of addiction among women and gender-expansive people
• Describe the changing role of mental health and recovery professionals
• Review specific resources for trauma- and gender-responsive care
• Acquire and practice new tools to use with patients and clients

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Don’t miss this informative and inspiring conversation!

Register here.