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Progress Not Perfection: Creating More Inclusive and Welcoming Spaces for Women in Recovery
June 4 @ 2:00pm - 3:30pm
ABOUT THE TRAINING:
How and where women access recovery, and how professionals and treatment programs support women in or seeking recovery is changing rather rapidly. The pandemic increased innovation in the self-help and recovery space and opened new options and ways for women to engage with recovery supports and there has been a parallel movement towards more fluid and adaptive treatment approaches. Supporting women to design individualized recovery plans invites us all to rethink traditional approaches and demands that we incorporate new ways of thinking about women and how we meet them in recovery spaces. While these conversations are sometimes difficult, they are essential. This group discussion, facilitated by recovery professionals and thought leaders (many in recovery themselves) is a starting point for future dialogue.
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify and articulate the diverse recovery support needs of women, recognizing the intersecting dimensions of identity and how they impact
- Analyze the stages of change theory within the context of women’s recovery journeys, emphasizing the importance of meeting women at their current stage of readiness.
- Evaluate strategies to make recovery services more accessible for women (including financially).
- Examine approaches that foster empowerment and self-efficacy in women’s recovery processes and support them to create and implement their own patchworks of recovery.
- Discuss easy to implement practices that help create trauma-informed and nurturing environments in recovery spaces within and outside of formal treatment spaces.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Dr. Dawn Nickel is a respected thought leader in the women’s recovery sphere and (along with her daughter Taryn Strong) the Co-Founder of the SHE RECOVERS® Foundation, a nonprofit charity whose mission is to redefine recovery, inspire hope, end stigma and empower women in or seeking recovery from substance use, trauma, mental health issues and related life challenges.
Dawn is a Certified Professional Recovery Coach, with a PhD and over two decades of research, writing and consulting experience related to women and health care policy. In her professional work, Dawn has focused largely on exploring how best to support women who experience challenges related to substance use, mental health issues or intimate partner violence, the three things that prompted Dawn to start her own personal recovery journey in 1987. Dawn is also the author of She Recovers Every Day: Meditations for Women, published by Hazelden in early 2023.
Tara Heald, Recovery Director, Irishman & Associates
Sadie Broekemeier, President | MA, LADC, LPCC, Recovering Hope
Sandy Ogle, LADC, CIP, Senior Interventionist, Drew Horowitz & Associates
Sandra is a Licensed Addiction Therapist with extensive background assisting countless individuals and families navigating the road to recovery from a variety of addiction and mental health concerns. Sandra earned her degree & certification through the University of Minnesota in Psychology & Addiction Studies.
Sandra’s background is diverse, having worked in a multitude of clinical settings ranging from residential care, outpatient treatment, detoxification, internal county services and within the MN public school system. Sandra has led treatment teams, collaborated with local communities, advisory boards, and founded a successful county wide substance abuse prevention coalition. With three decades of experience, her highly evolved skill set allows her to navigate the most complex of behavioral health crisis situations.
Sandra brings a dedication to our team, along with a passion for assisting female specific concerns, adolescents, and families. Sandra believes that properly intervening can serve as a catalyst supporting and empowering both an individual and their loved ones to begin a process of healing. Her polished intervention style was shaped by her background and training in client centered care, family systems, cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing. Sandra’s expertise in intervention work is recognized in Minnesota as well as nationwide.
Sherry Gaugler-Stewart, Director of Family and Spiritual Recovery, The Retreat
Important Information:
- CEU applications have been submitted to the Boards of Behavioral Health, Social Work and Marriage and Family Therapy. 1.5 CEUS will be available. This event will not include ethics or cultural competency CEUs.
- Attendees will be issued a CEU certificate upon completion of a post-event survey and post-test. Certificates will not be issued on-site at the event.
- To comply with board requirements for tracking attendance, attendees will be required to check-in to the event and check-out at the conclusion of the event.
- This is a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual tickets available. Please be sure you have selected the correct ticket-type at checkout, as refunds and conversions are not available.
- Drew Horowitz & Associates does not offer refunds on ticket purchases. If you’re not able to attend the event after purchase, please contact us to transfer your ticket to another individual.
- Direct any questions or comments to Kara Frahm, Director of Business Development at [email protected]
Our Sponsors
This event is presented and sponsored by the Horowitz Health family of companies, She Recovers, Recovering Hope, The Retreat and The Lion House.