Healing Through Family Therapy at Oceanfront Recovery
At Oceanfront Recovery, we offer family therapy programs to educate and support the family and friends who have been impacted by addiction. During the recovery process for the addict, they learn about the root cause of their addictions and how to deal with those and modify their addictive behaviors so that they don’t fall back into the habits that landed them here.
The same is true for families – dealing with an addict can impact loved ones just as much as the actual addiction, albeit in different ways. They harbor guilt and shame and fear and a myriad of other emotions that have to be explored, so they can support the addict without losing themselves in the process. For healing to be complete, the families must learn how they got where they are and move to be a healthy part of a strong family in recovery. Some of the topics we talk about include:
- What they can control in the situation, and what they cannot
- That they are not responsible for their loved one’s addiction and that they need to let go of that burden
- How to refocus energy and care back into themselves and other important relationships
- Learning how to support without enabling
- Improving their own quality of life and their relationships
- Understanding the disease itself
Each of these is a skill that family members need to develop and put into daily practice to escape the grasp that addiction has on them and help their loved one remain in recovery in the future.
Discover How Oceanfront Recovery Can Help Your Family
Family involvement helps families step back and recognize negative behavior patterns and relationship dynamics, both in themselves and in the addict. We have found that the support a family provides to a patient recovering from addiction is essential to that patient’s success, which is why Oceanfront Recovery offers a Family Weekend regularly.
We view family as a crucial component of a patient’s ongoing recovery and strive to involve family members in our recovery process and addiction treatment programs in California as much as possible, which is why these weekends are an important part of our Family Program. Since every family is different, and the process of family involvement in addiction therapy will differ for every person, Family Weekend provides a safe space for healing to begin, starting the process of family reintegration. Parents, siblings, spouses, children, and other concerned loved ones are encouraged to participate.
Contact Oceanfront Recovery to be involved in Family Weekend or to schedule family therapy with your loved ones. Call (877) 296-7477 to support your loved ones today.