An internationally recognized clinician, organizational consultant, lecturer, and author, Dr. Covington is a pioneer in the field of addiction and trauma. For more than 35 years, she has created gender-responsive and trauma-informed programs and services for use in public, private and institutional settings. Her extensive experience includes consulting for and developing programs for numerous U.S. and international agencies and designing women’s services at the Betty Ford Center. Dr. Covington has also developed programs for people in criminal justice settings and has conducted seminars for behavioral health professionals, community organizations, criminal justice professionals and recovery groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Europe, Africa, Iceland, Brazil, and New Zealand. She has published extensively, including twelve gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment curricula. Dr. Covington wrote the first manualized treatment program for substance use disorder treatment and authored the best-selling book, A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps, which has a new 30th Anniversary edition. Her latest book is the well-received Hidden Healers: The Unexpected Way Women Help Each Other Survive Prison.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How addiction impacts women differently
• The role of stigma
• The connection between trauma & addiction
• The need for trauma-informed, gender-sensitive treatment
• A Woman's Way Through the 12-Steps
• The impact of language
• Healing in community
• Women in prison
• Flaws in the criminal justice system

To learn more about Dr. Covington's work, please see the links below:

Website: www.stephaniecovington.com

Instagram: @StephanieCovingtonOfficial

A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps, 2nd edition (book, workbook and facilitator guide): https://www.stephaniecovington.com/books/bookstore/a-womans-way-through-the-twelve-steps-2nd-edition/

Hidden Healers: The Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help Each Other Survive: https://www.stephaniecovington.com/books/bookstore/hidden-healers-the-unexpected-ways-women-in-prison-help-each-other-survive/

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