100257: Many Roads, One Journey: Moving Beyond the 12 Steps

About the Course:

While Dr. Kasl illuminates the failings of traditional 12-step programs, she builds on the underlying wisdom of the programs, adapting them to clients with varying worldviews, sources of strength, and conceptions of the Divine. This book offers a sound alternative for helping clients who find 12-step programs incompatible with their belief system.

Author

By Charlotte Kasl, Ph.D.

About the Author:

Charlotte Kasl, Ph.D. is a psychologist in private practice near Missoula, Montana. She is a leader in the new empowerment movement in the field of recovery and is the author of Women, Sex, and Addiction

Course Objectives:

1. to be able to discuss the controversies surrounding traditional 12-step programs

2. to be able to describe how therapy groups can be developed based on the varying spiritual belief systems of group members

3. to learn the 16 steps the author proposes as an alternative to 12-step programs