Family members enjoy a Family Program designed to support, educate, and guide family members in the recovery process. The Family Program meets every Monday Night from 6-7:30 pm. We consider family members to be a critical part of the recovery process for all our patients. Additionally, family members are included in sessions during the course of treatment as it is clinically indicated to support the patient and the family.
The Family Program exposes and educates family members to early recovery issues and strives to assist family members in developing recovery support coping skills through clinically driven experiential activities, educational groups and process groups. Therapeutic exposure includes meeting with the Clinical Director and master’s level clinicians, substance abuse counselors and program staff.
Family members are also exposed to the multifaceted issues across a continuum from use, to abuse, to being chemically dependent. Family members learn about the five primary dimensions in chemical dependence: tolerance (e.g. it takes more of the drug to get the same results), withdrawal (e.g. to stop use will cause a physical and psychological response), drug seeking behaviors (e.g. regular interest and commitment neglected due to drug seeking), inability to regulate use (e.g. use more than what was intended), and continued use despite negative consequences.
Perhaps most importantly, family members are supported as they also work through the 12 Steps of AA and also identify the spiritual and meaning areas of their lives and engage in the behavioral pursuits so critical to health and wellness.
