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<p>Preface</p> <p>Acknowledgments</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 1. What the Facilitator Needs To Know About Providing Gender-Responsive Services</b></p> <p>New Approaches to Men’s Treatment [A head]</p> <p>What We Have Learned [B head]</p> <p>Men, Addiction, and Crime</p> <p>Implementing This Program in a Custodial Setting</p> <p>Safety</p> <p>Trauma-Informed Responses and Criminal Justice Interventions</p> <p>Fundamentals of Gender-Responsive Services</p> <p>Gender Differences</p> <p>Theoretical Framework</p> <p>Addiction Theory: How Addiction and Recovery Work</p> <p>A New Focus on Men’s Psychological Development</p> <p>Relational-Cultural Theory</p> <p>Trauma Theory</p> <p>Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Responsive Services</p> <p>Triggers</p> <p>A Man’s Reluctance to Acknowledge Trauma</p> <p>The Value of Twelve Step Programs and Other Mutual-Help Groups</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 2. Facilitating the Program</b></p> <p>This Revised Edition [A]</p> <p>Structure and Content of the Program</p> <p>Four Issues: Self, Relationships, Sexuality, and Spirituality [B]</p> <p>A Man’s Workbook</p> <p>The Sessions</p> <p>Principles of an Effective Treatment Program</p> <p>A Supportive Environment</p> <p>Open Groups      </p> <p>Admitting a New Group Member</p> <p>Session Three: The Man Rules</p> <p>Scheduling New Group Members</p> <p>Modifying Sessions</p> <p>Graduating Group Members</p> <p>Building Trust and Loss of Leadership</p> <p>Using a Psychoeducational Model: Three Levels of Intervention</p> <p>A Strength-Based Model</p> <p>Readiness for Change</p> <p>Cultural Context and Gender</p> <p>Cultural Humility and Responsiveness</p> <p>Dealing with Current Trauma</p> <p>Treatment Program Design</p> <p>Therapeutic Communities and Step Programs</p> <p>Facilitation</p> <p>Facilitators and Therapeutic Style</p> <p>Qualities of an Effective Facilitator</p> <p>Preparation for Conducting the Program</p> <p>Special Considerations for Criminal Justice Settings</p> <p>The Role of the Facilitator</p> <p>Self-Care</p> <p>Training Facilitators    </p> <p>The Facilitator’s Journey</p> <p>Materials Needed for the Sessions</p> <p>Opening Session: Introduction to the Program</p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue [Components of each session (see below) must be included.]</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Facilitator Introduction</p> <p>Group Introductions </p> <p>Overview of the Program and Session Format </p> <p>Group Agreements</p> <p>Lecture: What Is Addiction?</p> <p>Lecture: What Is Trauma?</p> <p>Lecture: The Spiral of Addiction and Recovery </p> <p>Activity: Breathing and Exhaling</p> <p>Activity: Focusing on the Here and Now</p> <p>Lecture: Feeling Chart</p> <p>Discussion: Reactions</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activities</p> <p>Grounding Activity</p> <p>Closing</p> <p>Module A. Self</p> <p>Goals of Module A</p> <p>Background and Rationale</p> <p>Complementary with Twelve Step Programs</p> <p>The Sessions</p> <p>Session Content</p> <p><b>Session 2: Defining Self</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activities</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Overview of Module A </p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Feeling Okay: Grounding and Relaxation Activities</p> <p>Feelings and Body Check-in</p> <p>Discussion: What Do You Want To Get out of This Group? </p> <p>Lecture: Self-Identity and the Role of Feelings</p> <p>Activity: Who Am I?</p> <p>Debrief Activity</p> <p>Lecture: The Water</p> <p>Activity: Breathing   </p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 3: Men in Recovery</b></p> <p>Session Overview      </p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Lecture: The Water, Part 2</p> <p>Activity: The Man Rules</p> <p>Lecture: The Man Rules</p> <p>Activity: The Man Rules and the Principles of Recovery</p> <p>Subgroup Discussions</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>RRecovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing </p> <p><b>Session 4: A Sense of Self</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator’s Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity </p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Lecture: Looking at Our Lives as Journeys</p> <p>Activity: Looking Back: Our Journeys</p> <p>Activity: Returning to the Present</p> <p>Activity: Sharing Our Stories</p> <p>Activity: What Is a Life Journey?</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>RRecovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activities and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 5: Men, Inside and Out</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activities </p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Lecture: Inside and Out</p> <p>Activity: My House, Outside and Inside</p> <p>Lecture: The Challenge of Vulnerability</p> <p>Activity: The Emotions Game</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>RRecovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 6: Men and Feelings</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity </p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Lecture and Discussion: Relationships and Feelings</p> <p>Lecture: The Anger Funnel</p> <p>Activity: Communication and Feelings</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Lecture: What We Have Covered So Far</p> <p>RRecovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p>Module B. Relationships</p> <p>Goals of Module B</p> <p>Background and Rationale</p> <p>Complementary with Twelve Step Programs</p> <p>The Sessions</p> <p>Session Content</p> <p>Facilitating the Sessions</p> <p>Additional Resources</p> <p><b>Session 7: Family of Origin</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Overview of Module B</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Family Sculpture</p> <p>Discussion: Family Sculpture</p> <p>Discussions: Family Roles</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activities and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 8: Barriers to Healthy Relationships</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activities</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Interactive Lecture: Abuse and Trauma</p> <p>Discussion: Abuse</p> <p>Activity: A Place of Peace Visualization</p> <p>Lecture: The Power and Control Wheel</p> <p>Lecture: Interpersonal Violence</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 9: Fathers</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Lecture: Our Fathers as Individual Men</p> <p>Discussion: Our Fathers’ Lives</p> <p>Discussion: Fathers and Children</p> <p>Activity: Breathing and Visualization</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 10: Mothers</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Reading Letters to Fathers</p> <p>Discussion: Letters to Fathers</p> <p>Discussion: On Being a Father </p> <p>Lecture: Our Mothers as Individual Women</p> <p>Discussion: Mothers and Children</p> <p>Activity: Breathing and Visualization</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 11: Creating Healthy Relationships and Support Systems</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Reading Letters to Mothers</p> <p>Discussion: Letters to Mothers</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Activity: What Does Support Feel Like?</p> <p>Lecture: What Is a Supportive, Growth-Fostering Relationship?</p> <p>Lecture: Defining Boundaries</p> <p>Activity: Relationship Maps</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out </p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 12: Effective Communication</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Completing and Sharing Relationship Maps</p> <p>Activity: Secret Identity</p> <p>Lecture: Communication and Conflict</p> <p>Activity: Communication and Conflict</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 13: Creating and Maintaining Intimacy</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Lecture: Intimacy and Connection</p> <p>Interactive Lecture: The Man Rules and Intimacy</p> <p>Discussion: Intimacy</p> <p>Activity: Talking Format/COTE</p> <p>Discussion: COTE</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p>Module C. Sexuality</p> <p>Goals of Module C</p> <p>Background and Rationale</p> <p>The Sessions</p> <p>Facilitating the Sessions</p> <p>Themes</p> <p><b>Session 14: Sexuality and Addiction</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Overview of Module C</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Creating Lists About Sex and Feelings</p> <p>Lecture: Introduction to Human Sexuality</p> <p>Discussions: Basic Issues in Sex and Sexuality</p> <p>Debrief Discussion</p> <p>Lecture: Introducing the Sexual-Chemical Lifeline</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>The Question Box</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activities and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 15: Sexual Identity</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Session Activities</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>The Question Box</p> <p>Discussions: Social Messages About Sexuality and Gender</p> <p>Debrief Discussions</p> <p>Interactive Lecture: Heterosexism, Sexual Prejudice, and Misogyny</p> <p>Lecture: Body Image</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activities and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 16: Barriers to Sexual Health</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activities</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>The Question Box</p> <p>Interactive Lecture: Sex While Under the Influence and Consent</p> <p>Lecture: Masturbation, Pornography, and Paying for Sex</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Discussions: Sexual Triggers and Relapse</p> <p>Debrief Discussions</p> <p>Lecture: Sober Sex</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activities and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 17: Healthy Sexuality</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activities </p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>The Question Box</p> <p>Activity: Sharing Sexual-Chemical Lifelines</p> <p>Activity: Collage of Healthy Sexuality</p> <p>Activity: Sharing Collages</p> <p>Discussion: A Sexual Health Model</p> <p>Lecture: Love, Sex, and Intimacy</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p>Module D. Spirituality</p> <p>Goals of Module D</p> <p>Background and Rationale</p> <p>The Sessions</p> <p><b>Session 18: What Is Spirituality?</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Overview of Module D</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Yoga Pose #1</p> <p>Lecture: Spirituality, Religion, and Addiction</p> <p>Discussion: Religion and Spirituality</p> <p>Interactive Lecture: Behaviors that Promote the Spiritual Journey </p> <p>Lecture: To Be of Service</p> <p>Activity: Creative Expression Project</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activities and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 19: Power and Privilege</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activities</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Yoga Pose #2</p> <p>Lecture: Power</p> <p>Discussion: Power, Privilege, and Behavior</p> <p>Activity: True Identity</p> <p>Debrief Activity</p> <p>Lecture: Meditation and Silence</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 20: Building Resilience</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing</p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity </p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Yoga Pose #3</p> <p>Lecture: Addiction, Trauma, and Spirituality</p> <p>Lecture: Grief</p> <p>Discussions: Grief and Loss</p> <p>Debrief Discussions</p> <p>Activity: Building Resilience</p> <p>Interactive Lecture: A New Definition of Masculinity</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Recovery Check-out</p> <p>Between-Sessions Activity and Closing</p> <p><b>Session 21: Creating a Vision</b></p> <p>Session Overview</p> <p>Participant Goals</p> <p>Topic Sequence and Recommended Timing </p> <p>Materials Needed</p> <p>Information About Facilitating This Session</p> <p>Facilitator’s Notes and Dialogue</p> <p>Welcome and Quiet Time/Settling In</p> <p>Review of Previous Session/Between-Sessions Activity</p> <p>Feelings/Body Check-in</p> <p>Activity: Breathing</p> <p>Activity: Grounding</p> <p>Selected Meditation</p> <p>Session Goals</p> <p>Activity: Share Creative Expression Projects</p> <p>Activity: The Ritual of Returning to the Community</p> <p>Lecture: “Promises of Recovery” and Gratitude</p> <p>Activity: Prospective Journey</p> <p>Activity: Honoring Our Time Together</p> <p>Feedback Form and Closing</p> <p>Appendices [In separate file.]</p> <p>Appendix 1. The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous</p> <p>Appendix 2. Recovery Programs</p> <p>Appendix 3. Online Recovery Meetings</p> <p>Appendix 4. Redefining Gender</p> <p>Appendix 5. Emotional Sobriety</p> <p>Appendix 6. Five Senses Cards</p> <p>References</p> <p>Feedback Form</p> <p>About the Authors</p> <p>Praise for Helping Men Recover</p> <p>Responses to the Helping Men Recover Feedback Form</p> <p>Index</p>

<p><b> STEPHANIE S. COVINGTON, PhD, LCSW,</b> is an internationally recognized clinician, author, and organizational consultant known for her pioneering work on the gender-informed treatment of addiction and trauma. She has over 30 years of experience in the design and implementation of treatment services in public, private, and institutional settings. She has published extensively, including <i>Exploring Trauma+: A Brief Intervention for Men and Gender-Diverse People, Helping Women Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction</i>, and <i>A Young Man’s Guide to Self-Mastery</i>. She has worked in many US jurisdictions as well as other countries to help criminal justice institutions and programs develop gender-responsive and trauma-informed services.</p> <p><b>DAN GRIFFIN, MA,</b> has worked in the addictions and mental health fields for more than 25 years, with a particular focus on masculinity. He is the author of <i>A Man’s Way Through the Twelve Steps, A Man’s Way through Relationships, Amazing Dads</i>, and <i>Healing Men’s Pain</i>. Dan’s graduate work focused on the transformation of masculinity in the Twelve Step culture. He is an international speaker and consultant who lives in LA with his wife and daughter. He has been in recovery since 1994. <p><b>RICK DAUER, LADC,</b> is a behavioral health consultant and trainer. He has been a professional in the field of addiction since 1984 and has experience in residential, outpatient, and corrections-based treatment programs, including over 25 years as a clinical director. He has served on numerous state and national boards, panels, and task forces dedicated to improving access to high-quality substance use disorder services. He has long been an advocate for and practitioner of gender-responsive and trauma-informed care and he supervised the first pilot programs for both the <i>Helping Women Recover</i> and <i>Helping Men Recover</i> curricula. Rick lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and has been in recovery for over 40 years.

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