Sexual Health in Recovery

Based on a curriculum that was successfully implemented and evaluated at Stepping Stone, a drug and alcohol treatment program in San Diego, Sexual Health in Recovery offers counselors a chance to understand and integrate basic sexual health principles into their work. Addiction treatment professionals and their clients will then be able to comfortably and safely address sexual issues that may impede recovery-and thus have a greater chance at successful treatment.Key Topics:Assessing a client's sex/drug-linked relapse riskImproving counselor confidence in talking about sexual issuesDealing with out-of-control sexual behaviorUnderstanding how a client's sexual attitudes and values may help or impede recoveryDiscussing a client's sexual past when it impacts recoveryEncouraging client's sexual health while in recoveryHelping clients set expectations for sexual relationships while in recoveryOvercoming counselor ambivalence about addressing sexual issues in treatment