Table of Contents

Contents

• Introduction
• I. Theory, Research, and Social Issues: Exploring Addiction in Context
• A Descriptive Outline of a Program for Cocaine-Using Mothers and Their Babies
• Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: Gender Socialization and Women’s Addiction: A Literature Review
• Codependency: The Social Reconstruction of Female Experience
• Powerlessness--Liberating or Enslaving?: Responding to the Feminist Critique of the Twelve Steps
• II. Feminist Approaches to Training and Treatment of the Addictions
• Challenging General Patton: A Feminist Stance in Substance Abuse Treatment and Training
• Are We Keeping Up With Oprah?: A Treatment and Training Model for Addictions and Interpersonal Violence
• Treating Women Drug Abusers Who Were Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Who’s On Top?: Sexism, Alcoholism, and Systemic Therapy With Couples
• Chemical Dependency Treatment for Lesbians and Their Families: The Feminist Challenge III. Special Issues in Treatment and Recovery: Reflection and Intervention
• Women and Shame: Kin and Culture
• Codependent or Empathically Responsive?: Two Views of Betty
• Reflections of Male Codependency
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

Claudia Bepko