Since it was first published in 1999, Helping Women Recover has set the standard for best practice in the field of women s treatment. 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. Review "Practitioners, researchers, and institutional– and community–based staff will benefit from reading and applying the theoretical and practical perspectives of Helping Women Recover. Frankly, it is refreshing to read information of this caliber that is based on experiences of working with women offAnders." (Mary V. Leftridge Byrd, superintAndent, Department of Corrections, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) "For the first time, Stephanie Covington′s Helping Women Recover addresses the real issues underlying female criminality. The curriculum is based on sound theories about women′s psychosocial development and experiences and is designed for a variety of criminal justice settings. The curriculum is restorative in nature, providing meaningful ways for each woman to find her own `right path′." (Anne McDiarmid, criminal justice consultant, St. Paul, Minnesota) "A clear and comprehensive guide. Covington provides addiction professionals with a precise and detailed curriculum based on her knowledge, caring, and years of experience addressing the special needs of addicted women." (Monessa Overby, vice president, clinical services, Betty Ford Center) "An excellent tool for integrating women′s issues with relapse prevention therapy. Helping Women Recover is practical and easy to use and helps guide clinicians to work on the deeper recovery issues with addicted women." (Terence T. Gorski, founder, clinical director, National Relapse Prevention Certification School) "A comprehensive, practical, and extraordinarily valuable guide for anyone involved in creating, implementing, or facilitating women′s treatment programs." (Janet L. Surrey, founding scholar, Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Stone Center, Wellesley College) "An important contribution to the tools available to corrections personnel in working with women with addictions. With its superb Facilitator′s Guide it provides a unique, comprehensive, and realistic approach to recovery. It fills a huge gap in the criminal justice system by offering a framework for gAnder–specific programming. As part of a drug and alcohol treatment program in prisons, jails, and community corrections, it will significantly aid staff in presenting material in an appropriate and sensitive manner." (Martin F. Horn, secretary of corrections, Department of Corrections, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) From the Inside Flap A Step–by–Step Guide to a Powerful Process for Working with Substance Abusing Women in Correctional SettingsWhile there is a wealth of material available for the treatment of substance abuse, most of the information is based on research focused on men–not women. Helping Women Recover is specifically designed to meet the unique needs of substance abusing women. Created for use with women′s groups in a variety of correctional settings, Helping Women Recover offers mental health professionals, corrections personnel, and program administrators the tools they need to implement this highly effective program."An important contribution to the tools available to corrections personnel in working with women with addictions. With its superb Facilitator′s Guide
