Helping Women Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction

Stephanie S. Covington

Wiley, Jun 9, 2008 - Psychology - 376 pages

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 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 which are used to treat addiction 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 in group therapy settings or with individual clients.

Included in SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices.

About the author

Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, is a nationally recognized clinician, author, and organizational consultant noted for her pioneering work on women's issues. As consultant to the Betty Ford Treatment Center, her work included the creation of a progressive and innovative program for women. She has trained mental health professionals in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Africa, and New Zealand. She is a board-certified Diplomate of the National Association of Social Workers and a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Helping Women Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction
• Author: Stephanie S. Covington
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Wiley, 2008
• ISBN: 0787995339, 9780787995331
• Length: 376 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / General; Psychology / Psychopathology / Addiction