Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Hello
It’s true, the 12 steps are outdated…
But it’s also undeniable: 12-step recovery programs have worked for millions.
So instead of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, let’s look at where the classic recovery model needs an update.
Dr. Jamie Marich’s goal is to take what we’ve learned from new advancements in addiction treatment and trauma knowledge and use it to breathe new life into the traditional 12-step model.
We don’t want to confuse or shame clients who have found success with the 12 steps. We want to learn ways to make them more resonant, especially for trauma survivors.
Listen, addiction affects 1 out of 10 people — either personally or via someone they love. And often the most available resource is based on the 12-step model.
Let’s help make what’s already out there work for the most people.
Learn how to help your clients modify and adapt existing 12-step recovery approaches so they have a better path into recovery.
Understanding the Trauma-Addiction Interplay
From the first module, you’ll learn why we need trauma-informed recovery for people with substance use issues. Most addiction comes from a place of trauma and Jamie explains how addiction is a form of dissociation, an adaptation to trauma. You’ll review the common models of understanding addiction, specifically trauma-informed addiction models, so you can treat addiction with a wider lens than brain-based models.
12-Step Recovery Overview
In this module, you’ll receive an overview of the 12-steps model. Jamie will explore where the 12 steps can (and often do) go wrong, and how some of the slogans and practices of a 12-step program are problematic. You’ll learn to assess challenges of the 12-step approach for your client and suggest modifications for improved success.
Towards a Solution
In Module 3, you’ll develop skills to support your clients in 12-step treatment programs. You’ll explore trauma-informed language to help empower your clients to modify and adapt 12-step approaches in a way that is more relevant to them. You’ll learn clinical practices for stabilizing and doing recovery work in a more trauma-informed way. And you’ll understand how to help clients navigate what they are hearing at 12-step meetings without bristling or shame so they get the most benefit out of their recovery program.
Other Action Steps
In your final module, Jamie will discuss a mindfulness approach to addiction recovery. You’ll practice a sample meditation and learn other skills to use with your clients. Jamie will share resources for accessing additional help so you can work with, not against, 12-step resources and other outlets in your community.
In this workshop, you will get:
Meet Your Presenter
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Dr. Jamie Marich (she/they), describes themselves as a facilitator of transformative experiences. A clinical trauma specialist, expressive artist, writer, performer, short filmmaker, Reiki master, TEDx speaker, and recovery advocate, she unites all of these elements in her mission to inspire healing in others. She is a woman in long-term recovery from an addictive disorder and is living loudly and proudly as a woman with a dissociative disorder with the goal of smashing stigma about dissociation in the mental health field and in society at large.
Jamie is the author of 11 books on EMDR, trauma, arts, and dissociation. Her latest books are Trauma and the 12 Steps: A Complete Guide for Recovery Enhancement, Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Life, and Healing Addiction with EMDR Therapy: A Trauma-Focused Guide with Dr. Stephen Dansiger. She is the founder of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness and the developer of the Dancing Mindfulness approach to expressive arts therapy and of Yoga for Clinicians.
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