Helping Women Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction
For more information, or to enroll, call Kelsey Wittla (810) 522-7756
Module A
Session One: Self
Session Two: Defining Self
Session Three: Sense of Self
Session Four: Self-Esteem
Session Five: Sexism, Stereotyping, and Power
Primary Goals:
Module B
Session Six: Family of Origin
Session Seven: Mothers
Session Eight: Mother Myths
Session Nine: Fathers
Session Ten: Understanding Abuse and Trauma
Session Eleven: Interpersonal Violence
Session Twelve: Creating Supportive and Loving Relationships
Primary Goals:
Module C
Session Thirteen: Sexuality and Addiction
Session Fourteen: Body Image
Session Fifteen: Gender and Identity and Sexual Orientation
Session Sixteen: Challenges of Healthy Sexuality
Session Seventeen: Healthy Sexuality
Primary Goals:
Module D
Session Eighteen: What is Spirituality?
Session Nineteen: Mindfulness, Prayer, and Meditation
Session Twenty: Creating a Vision
Primary Goals:
Module A
Session One: Self
Session Two: Defining Self
Session Three: Sense of Self
Session Four: Self-Esteem
Session Five: Sexism, Stereotyping, and Power
Primary Goals:
- To help participants begin to identify who they are (not what they do) and what they feel
- To help participants begin to connect with one another in relationships of respect, mutuality and compassion
Module B
Session Six: Family of Origin
Session Seven: Mothers
Session Eight: Mother Myths
Session Nine: Fathers
Session Ten: Understanding Abuse and Trauma
Session Eleven: Interpersonal Violence
Session Twelve: Creating Supportive and Loving Relationships
Primary Goals:
- To help women explore their perceptions of their mothers and fathers
- To help women to understand how their relationships as children and as adults affect their addictive spirals
- To help women to understand the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships
- To help women to connect with one another in relationships of respect, mutuality and compassion
Module C
Session Thirteen: Sexuality and Addiction
Session Fourteen: Body Image
Session Fifteen: Gender and Identity and Sexual Orientation
Session Sixteen: Challenges of Healthy Sexuality
Session Seventeen: Healthy Sexuality
Primary Goals:
- To educate women about sexuality and, in particular, the sexual issues most often experienced by women with substance use disorders and other addictive behaviors
- To help women to restore or develop the participants appreciation for their bodies
- To help the participants to support one another in healing sexually
Module D
Session Eighteen: What is Spirituality?
Session Nineteen: Mindfulness, Prayer, and Meditation
Session Twenty: Creating a Vision
Primary Goals:
- To educate the group members about what spirituality is
- To help the group members to start spiritual journeys that they will continue throughout their lives
- To bring closure to their group experience