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The Self-in-Relation Theory and Women for Sobriety: Female-Specific Theory and Mutual Help Group for Chemically Dependent Women

✍ Scribed by Monique Manhal-Baugus

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 502 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 1055-3835
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1874.1998.tb00127.x

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✦ Synopsis

This article discusses the self‐in‐relation theory as it applies to chemically dependent women. The theory provides an alternative way of understanding and viewing chemically dependent women. The self‐in‐relation model (or theory) states that relationships are extremely important in women's psychological development and functioning and that women's connection with others is fundamental to self‐concept. Women for Sobriety, a mutual help group for chemically dependent women, offers an alternative way of supporting women in trying to achieve recovery, and this is also discussed in a relational context.