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FAMILY COUNSELING

Our belief is that the family unit is central to developing an emotionally, physically and mentally healthy lifestyle. It is also essential for successful substance abuse recovery and allows the family to understand the nature of the disease of addiction and the behaviors, communications, and interpersonal problems that trigger and perpetuate substance abuse. Family counseling offers individuals and families the opportunity to nurture family relationships through a directed counseling approach. Our caring counselors work with each member of the family to help foster a long-term supportive family unit. 

We offer an intense educational program to teach how behavioral problems associated with substance abuse/dependency affects the interpersonal dynamics of the family. We also identify the present the family system and work toward breaking through the defense mechanisms that have supported or enabled the destructive behaviors of the individual suffering from addiction. Family programming also encourages the expression of the painful emotions of feelings that may have been avoided or medicated in the past. Effective communication is emphasized and the resolution of past anger and resentment give way to hope and positive support for building an honest and open relationship within a family or partnership. We also offer opportunities for recognizing and maintaining healthy boundaries. 

Family counseling is vital to successfully addressing issues related to family relationships especially in relation to substance abuse, domestic violence/anger management, co-occurring disorders, and youth behavioral issues. As such we highly recommend incorporating family counseling into treatment plans for all individual’s receiving services. Family counseling is held as a group with all members of the family unit and provides a safe and open environment to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and alter negative behavior patterns to address issues in a holistic manner.