Spiritual Care For Women
What is Spirituality?
One of the most important aspects of your addiction treatment at Hanley Center is spiritual care and counseling. By no means do we equate spirituality and religion; instead, we believe that spirituality reaches deeper – beyond religious traditions – to the very foundation of your life.
Spirituality encompasses a sense of hope, self-worth, and purpose in life, all of which significantly affect your quality of life and sense of wellness.
We believe that spirituality is the set of personal convictions that influence your daily life through your thoughts, deeds, verbal communications, and relationships with yourself, others and your higher power.
Spirituality and Women
Men, women, older adults and even Baby Boomers tend to approach spirituality differently. Women are typically far more open than men, but also more afraid. They fear rejection and tend to feel inadequate. Women want spirituality but feel they can’t achieve it, that it is beyond their reach. Women also tend to feel much more shame and guilt about their addiction, which makes them feel undeserving of spirituality.
In many cases, women who are addicts have been physically or sexually abused by men. Because our Western Judeo-Christian society views God as a masculine, paternal power, this also puts women at odds with spirituality.
Your spiritual care counselor will help you overcome these obstacles and help you discover your Higher Power. She will help you formulate a life-long spiritual transformation that will lead to individual freedom and a meaningful spirituality for your continuous recovery from drug and alcohol abuse.
Spiritual Care for Addiction Treatment and Recovery
The 12-Step spiritual principles taught and experienced at Hanley Center are vital to the ongoing success of women in recovery. They enable you to let go of old behaviors and feelings of shame and guilt that trapped you in a cycle of addiction.
They empower you to tap into your own spiritual resources to promote peace of mind, restore injured relationships, and foster sobriety on the journey to recovery.
At Hanley Center, the chaplain’s ministry is one of comforting presence and unconditional love, which focuses on fostering peace and the well-being of the whole person. Through spiritual counseling and activities, women come to realize that addiction to drugs and alcohol compromises the quality of their relationships and daily life.
