(HS White 150790 2026) Women and Alcohol: A Non-Pathologizing Approach to Treating Disordered Drinking

Course overview

Most women in therapy don't think they have a drinking problem - and they're probably right by traditional standards. They're not "alcoholics," they're exhausted and they're over-functioning and they're using wine exactly as marketed: as self-care, as a reward, as their "off switch." And because alcohol serves such an important function, it's hard for them to talk with you about changing how much and how often they drink. In this session, Amanda White, LPC, LMHC -- author of the acclaimed Not Drinking Tonight and creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen -- will show you how to approach gray-area drinking in a way that bypasses defensiveness and shame. You'll learn: Key curiosity-based questions to understand patterns of disordered drinking How to collaborative exploration creates more change than confrontation ever could Why moderation fails and what to do instead to break the perfectionism-exhaustion-wine-anxiety cycle