Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, is an internationally recognized clinician, consultant, lecturer, author, and pioneer in addiction, trauma, and recovery. For more than 35 years, she has created gender-responsive and trauma-informed programs and services. She has also consulted for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the California Department of Corrections, and many other institutions nationally and internationally. She has published extensively, including 10 gender- and trauma-focused interventions, and co-authored a three-year research project, Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders, for the National Institute of Corrections. Her latest book is Hidden Healers: The Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help Each Other Survive.

• Materials Needed for Each Session xxxvChapter 1Part 1: Information for the Facilitator 1The Therapeutic Environment 2Before the Session 6Tips on Conducting a Group Session 9Part 2: Theoretical Foundation for the Beyond Violence+ Program 16Introduction 16The Social-Ecological Model 16Pathways Theory 18Relational-Cultural Theory 19Empowerment Theory 20Trauma Theory 21Addiction Theory 24Best Practices for Prevention Programs 27Summary 28Part 3: Research on the Beyond Violence Curriculum 29A Lack of Studies on Interventions for Women Who Use Force 29Implementation of Beyond Violence in a Women’s Prison 29Summary 32References 34Chapter 2Part 1: Women and Violence: Describing the Target Treatment Group 39Introduction 39Women Involved in the Criminal Justice System 41Women Convicted of Violent Offenses 41Violence in Women’s Prisons 46Are Women Becoming More Violent? 47Women’s Pathways to Crime in General 49Women’s Pathways to Violent Crime 51Part 2: Perspectives on Women and Violence 52Gender Disparity in Violence 52Summary 54References 55SessionsOrientation Session: Introduction to the ProgramSession Overview 63Background Information for the Facilitator 64Facilitator Welcome and Introduction 65Group Introductions 67Quiet Time 67Overview of Program 68Group Agreements 71Session Format 75Information To Share: Triggers 76Activity: Five Senses 78Activity: Breathing and Exhaling 79Information To Share: Violence 81Check-in 87Discussion: What Would You Like To Get from This Group? 87Information To Share: The Social-Ecological Model 88Activity: Creating a Container 99Survey 102Between-Sessions Activity 105Self-Soothing Activity: Palms Down, Palms Up 105Closing 107References 107Part A: SelfSession One: Thinking Our ThoughtsSession Two: Feeling Our FeelingsSession Three: Violence and Trauma in Our LivesSession Four: The Effects of TraumaSession Five: Anger and MeSession Six: The Risk of Suicide in PrisonSession Seven: Fostering Connection, Hope, and Meaning in PrisonSession Eight: Understanding OurselvesPart B: RelationshipsSession Nine: Our FamiliesSession Ten: CommunicationSession Eleven: Power and ControlSession Twelve: Conflict ResolutionSession Thirteen: Our ChildrenSession Fourteen: Nurturing in ActionSession Fifteen: Caregiving over Time and with OthersSession Sixteen: Relationships in PrisonSession Seventeen: Everyday Actions in Our RelationshipsSession Eighteen: Creating Our RelationshipsPart C: CommunitySession Nineteen: Our CommunitiesSession Twenty: The Importance of SafetySession Twenty-One: Creating CommunitySession Twenty-Two: The Power of CommunityPart D: SocietySession Twenty-Three: Society and ViolenceSession Twenty-Four: Creating ChangeSession Twenty-Five: Transforming Our LivesSession Twenty-Six: Honoring Ourselves and Our CommunityAppendix 1: Ten Truths That Matter When Working with Justice-Involved Women 671Appendix 2: Yoga Poses 677Appendix 3: Handouts To Cut Out and Distribute 683Appendix 4: The Women in the What I Want My Words To Do To You DVD 695About the Author 701About the Cover 703

Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, is an internationally recognized clinician, consultant, lecturer, author, and pioneer in addiction, trauma, and recovery. For more than 35 years, she has created gender-responsive and trauma-informed programs and services. She has also consulted for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the California Department of Corrections, and many other institutions nationally and internationally. She has published extensively, including 10 gender- and trauma-focused interventions, and co-authored a three-year research project, Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders, for the National Institute of Corrections. Her latest book is Hidden Healers: The Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help Each Other Survive.

• Materials Needed for Each Session xxxvChapter 1Part 1: Information for the Facilitator 1The Therapeutic Environment 2Before the Session 6Tips on Conducting a Group Session 9Part 2: Theoretical Foundation for the Beyond Violence+ Program 16Introduction 16The Social-Ecological Model 16Pathways Theory 18Relational-Cultural Theory 19Empowerment Theory 20Trauma Theory 21Addiction Theory 24Best Practices for Prevention Programs 27Summary 28Part 3: Research on the Beyond Violence Curriculum 29A Lack of Studies on Interventions for Women Who Use Force 29Implementation of Beyond Violence in a Women’s Prison 29Summary 32References 34Chapter 2Part 1: Women and Violence: Describing the Target Treatment Group 39Introduction 39Women Involved in the Criminal Justice System 41Women Convicted of Violent Offenses 41Violence in Women’s Prisons 46Are Women Becoming More Violent? 47Women’s Pathways to Crime in General 49Women’s Pathways to Violent Crime 51Part 2: Perspectives on Women and Violence 52Gender Disparity in Violence 52Summary 54References 55SessionsOrientation Session: Introduction to the ProgramSession Overview 63Background Information for the Facilitator 64Facilitator Welcome and Introduction 65Group Introductions 67Quiet Time 67Overview of Program 68Group Agreements 71Session Format 75Information To Share: Triggers 76Activity: Five Senses 78Activity: Breathing and Exhaling 79Information To Share: Violence 81Check-in 87Discussion: What Would You Like To Get from This Group? 87Information To Share: The Social-Ecological Model 88Activity: Creating a Container 99Survey 102Between-Sessions Activity 105Self-Soothing Activity: Palms Down, Palms Up 105Closing 107References 107Part A: SelfSession One: Thinking Our ThoughtsSession Two: Feeling Our FeelingsSession Three: Violence and Trauma in Our LivesSession Four: The Effects of TraumaSession Five: Anger and MeSession Six: The Risk of Suicide in PrisonSession Seven: Fostering Connection, Hope, and Meaning in PrisonSession Eight: Understanding OurselvesPart B: RelationshipsSession Nine: Our FamiliesSession Ten: CommunicationSession Eleven: Power and ControlSession Twelve: Conflict ResolutionSession Thirteen: Our ChildrenSession Fourteen: Nurturing in ActionSession Fifteen: Caregiving over Time and with OthersSession Sixteen: Relationships in PrisonSession Seventeen: Everyday Actions in Our RelationshipsSession Eighteen: Creating Our RelationshipsPart C: CommunitySession Nineteen: Our CommunitiesSession Twenty: The Importance of SafetySession Twenty-One: Creating CommunitySession Twenty-Two: The Power of CommunityPart D: SocietySession Twenty-Three: Society and ViolenceSession Twenty-Four: Creating ChangeSession Twenty-Five: Transforming Our LivesSession Twenty-Six: Honoring Ourselves and Our CommunityAppendix 1: Ten Truths That Matter When Working with Justice-Involved Women 671Appendix 2: Yoga Poses 677Appendix 3: Handouts To Cut Out and Distribute 683Appendix 4: The Women in the What I Want My Words To Do To You DVD 695About the Author 701About the Cover 703

Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, is an internationally recognized clinician, consultant, lecturer, author, and pioneer in addiction, trauma, and recovery. For more than 35 years, she has created gender-responsive and trauma-informed programs and services. She has also consulted for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the California Department of Corrections, and many other institutions nationally and internationally. She has published extensively, including 10 gender- and trauma-focused interventions, and co-authored a three-year research project, Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders, for the National Institute of Corrections. Her latest book is Hidden Healers: The Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help Each Other Survive.

• Materials Needed for Each Session xxxvChapter 1Part 1: Information for the Facilitator 1The Therapeutic Environment 2Before the Session 6Tips on Conducting a Group Session 9Part 2: Theoretical Foundation for the Beyond Violence+ Program 16Introduction 16The Social-Ecological Model 16Pathways Theory 18Relational-Cultural Theory 19Empowerment Theory 20Trauma Theory 21Addiction Theory 24Best Practices for Prevention Programs 27Summary 28Part 3: Research on the Beyond Violence Curriculum 29A Lack of Studies on Interventions for Women Who Use Force 29Implementation of Beyond Violence in a Women’s Prison 29Summary 32References 34Chapter 2Part 1: Women and Violence: Describing the Target Treatment Group 39Introduction 39Women Involved in the Criminal Justice System 41Women Convicted of Violent Offenses 41Violence in Women’s Prisons 46Are Women Becoming More Violent? 47Women’s Pathways to Crime in General 49Women’s Pathways to Violent Crime 51Part 2: Perspectives on Women and Violence 52Gender Disparity in Violence 52Summary 54References 55SessionsOrientation Session: Introduction to the ProgramSession Overview 63Background Information for the Facilitator 64Facilitator Welcome and Introduction 65Group Introductions 67Quiet Time 67Overview of Program 68Group Agreements 71Session Format 75Information To Share: Triggers 76Activity: Five Senses 78Activity: Breathing and Exhaling 79Information To Share: Violence 81Check-in 87Discussion: What Would You Like To Get from This Group? 87Information To Share: The Social-Ecological Model 88Activity: Creating a Container 99Survey 102Between-Sessions Activity 105Self-Soothing Activity: Palms Down, Palms Up 105Closing 107References 107Part A: SelfSession One: Thinking Our ThoughtsSession Two: Feeling Our FeelingsSession Three: Violence and Trauma in Our LivesSession Four: The Effects of TraumaSession Five: Anger and MeSession Six: The Risk of Suicide in PrisonSession Seven: Fostering Connection, Hope, and Meaning in PrisonSession Eight: Understanding OurselvesPart B: RelationshipsSession Nine: Our FamiliesSession Ten: CommunicationSession Eleven: Power and ControlSession Twelve: Conflict ResolutionSession Thirteen: Our ChildrenSession Fourteen: Nurturing in ActionSession Fifteen: Caregiving over Time and with OthersSession Sixteen: Relationships in PrisonSession Seventeen: Everyday Actions in Our RelationshipsSession Eighteen: Creating Our RelationshipsPart C: CommunitySession Nineteen: Our CommunitiesSession Twenty: The Importance of SafetySession Twenty-One: Creating CommunitySession Twenty-Two: The Power of CommunityPart D: SocietySession Twenty-Three: Society and ViolenceSession Twenty-Four: Creating ChangeSession Twenty-Five: Transforming Our LivesSession Twenty-Six: Honoring Ourselves and Our CommunityAppendix 1: Ten Truths That Matter When Working with Justice-Involved Women 671Appendix 2: Yoga Poses 677Appendix 3: Handouts To Cut Out and Distribute 683Appendix 4: The Women in the What I Want My Words To Do To You DVD 695About the Author 701About the Cover 703