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Spirituality and Recovery

Jeff Georgi, MDiv, MAH, LCAS, LCMHC, CCS, CGP
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Jeff Georgi, MDiv, MAH, LCAS, LCMHC, CCS, CGP, will review a clinical framework exploring spirituality as a relevant, non-prescriptive dimension of recovery from substance use disorders. Using the theme 'Addiction isolates; recovery connects,' the session examines how loss of meaning, belonging, purpose, hope, and connection are symptoms of the disease and how treatment can support restoration through choice, relationships, healthy risk, and participation in awe and wonder. Participants will examine how spiritual disruption intersects with biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors; and how recovery communities, family systems, alumni networks, peer support, and referral partnerships contribute to sustained healing. The presentation offers practical language and discussion prompts that professionals can use when addressing spirituality, connection, and community as part of ethical, clinically integrated care.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to help treatment professionals understand why spirituality is an important clinical dimension of treatment for substance use disorders by exploring how addiction disrupts meaning, connection, hope, purpose, and belonging, and how recovery-oriented care can support restoration through community, relationships, personal growth, and inclusive spiritual language.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Define at least four ways that spirituality is clinically relevant to supporting discussion of meaning, connection, purpose, hope, and belonging in substance use disorder treatment.

  • Describe at least four ways addiction disrupts connection to self, family, and community, and identify two (2) recovery-oriented restoration interventions.

  • Explain four core clinical dimensions of spiritual restoration (choice, relationships, healthy risk, awe/wonder) and demonstrate how to integrate them into evidence-based clinical treatment and recovery planning.

  • Identify at least three concrete strategies for strengthening continuity of care through community-based recovery resources.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Jeff Georgi, MDiv, MAH, LCAS, LCMHC, CCS, CGP
Jeff Georgi, MDiv, MAH, LCAS, LCMHC, CCS, CGP, is a licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and Certified Group Psychotherapist specializing in the integration of spirituality and addiction recovery. A university medical center faculty associate in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, he bridges academic research, theological background, and clinical practice. Throughout his career in clinician education, public health consultation, and program development, Georgi has co-chaired national clinical consensus panels, authored academic publications, and trained practitioners nationwide on shame, recovery, and group psychotherapy. His clinical work centers on an integrated model of addictive disease that frames spirituality as an essential therapeutic construct—guiding clinicians and patients to leverage meaning, purpose, values, and connection as vital sources of resilience in long-term recovery.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Origins Texas Recovery