Helping Women Recover: Virtual Training Open Enrollment

Helping Women Recover

2025 Open Enrollment Virtual Training Opportunity

Dr. Covington’s innovative, evidence-based 20 session program integrates theories of women’s psychological development, trauma, and addiction to meet the needs of women with addictive disorders. By popular demand we are again opening this virtual training to the general public. Space will be limited for this interactive virtual event.

Over the past forty years our knowledge of women’s lives has increased dramatically, and we have added significantly to our understanding of the treatment needs of women with addictive disorders.

Based on Dr. Covington’s curriculum Helping Women Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction, this interactive training offers a comprehensive treatment model that integrates theories of addiction, women’s psychological development, and trauma. Designed to give counselors, clinicians, and program administrators a basic understanding of the essential elements needed for the development of women’s programs, the training focuses primarily on women’s recovery. The emphasis is on the key issues of self, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and the trauma-informed therapeutic techniques for dealing with these issues. Trauma-sensitive yoga exercises, updated gender information, and new brain research as it relates to addiction and trauma will be addressed.

This training is conducted by our Certified Trainer, Carol Ackley, LADC, retired Executive Director of River Ridge Treatment Center (2000-2015) who developed and implemented gender-responsive, trauma-informed, co-occurring treatment services in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. Dr. Covington will also offer a Q&A session during the training.

Throughout this interactive training, your trainer also discusses how the treatment program materials can be used with women in the criminal justice system.

April 1-2 and 8-9, 2025 (4-day training, 4.5 hours per day)

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12 pm - 4:30 pm Eastern Time
11 am - 3:30 pm Central Time
10 am - 2:30 pm Mountain Time
9 am - 1:30 pm Pacific Time

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View our Zoom Participant Guide for helpful suggestions to prepare for the training as well as our Training FAQ page.

$490 per person. Deadline to register: March 30, 2025

We do provide continuing education credits (CE's). Please see below for additional information.

Purchase Orders: If organizations want to register multiple people using a Purchase Order, please email your request to training@stephaniecovington.com for more information.

Cancelation Clause: If you can no longer attend a training you've registered for, you must email training@stephaniecovington.com with your request to transfer into another course or request a refund. Refunds, minus a 25% administration fee, are available up to 1 week ahead of the training so people on waitlist can be accommodated.

Topics

Historical overview
Theoretical integration
Gender differences
Implications of treatment
Treatment strategies for the following:
Sense of self/self-esteem
Building healthy relationships
Exploring sexual issues
Healing trauma
Developing a spiritual life

Objectives

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

Materials

All handouts and information required for this training are included in the registration fee. Obtaining the program materials for this training is not required. After you register, you will be sent a link for the training as well as a printable PDF of the PowerPoint and any handouts that are used during the training.

However, we suggest that each person attending the training obtain a copy of the Participant's Workbook to view during the training to enhance your learning experience. Those leading groups after the training will also want a copy of the Facilitator's Guide (includes a workbook). You can obtain materials from either the publisher or Covington Books.

Community Version: Table of Contents

Criminal Justice Version: Table of Contents

The facilitator’s manual is a step-by-step guide containing the theory, structure, and content needed for running groups. A Woman’s Journal, the participant’s workbook, allows women to process and record the therapeutic experience. The materials are designed to be user-friendly and self-instructive. This allows the HWR program to be implemented by a staff with a wide range of training and experience.

This virtual training is open to the general public, but space is limited for this interactive training so register now.

We have a wide variety of people attend our trainings from licensed professionals (Masters and Doctorial Level) as well as paraprofessionals and peer-facilitators. Because professionals tend to work in interdisciplinary teams, this course is created for social workers, counselors, therapists, clinical supervisors, correctional professionals, and program administrators.

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NAADAC continuing education credits (CE’s)

Dr. Stephanie S. Covington is a NAADAC Approved Education provider, provider number 250526. For more information, please visit http://www.naadac.org/providers.

Attendees of this training will receive 16 NAADAC continuing education credits (CEs). Attendees must attend all 4 days, 4.5 hours per day plus complete the evaluation form at the end of the training to receive credit. NAADAC CEs are approved by the following organizations and boards: http://www.naadac.org/naadac-ce-approvals

Social Workers (ASWB) Credit Designation

Stephanie S. Covington, LLC dba Center for Gender & Justice, provider number 2033, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/25/24 - 9/25/25. Social workers completing this course receive 16 continuing education credits.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program CEs are approved by the following jurisdictions: https://www.aswb.org/licenses/ace-approved-continuing-education/states-and-provinces-that-accept-ace/

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