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Family Therapy Program for Addiction
At Grace Abounds Recovery, we understand that addiction affects not only the individual directly but their loved ones, too. Our comprehensive family therapy program, set in Matawan, New Jersey, is designed to support and heal families affected by addiction and co-occurring disorders.
Recognizing family dynamics’ essential role in recovery helps foster healthy boundaries and communication, rebuild trust, and create a supportive home environment. Through family involvement in the treatment journey, we aim to provide a holistic recovery approach, enhancing the well-being of our clients and their families.
If you’d like to learn more about our outpatient addiction treatment programs or family therapy programs, please contact us anytime.
Addition has the potential to profoundly affect relationships and social functioning. Broadly, some of the key areas where these effects may be seen include:
- Secrecy, broken promises, and dishonesty cause erosion of trust.
- Substance abuse negatively affects communication, leading to emotional distance and conflicts.
- Loved ones may go through a diverse range of emotions as they cope with the behavior of the addicted person.
- Family members or friends may develop codependent behaviors and prioritize the needs of the addicted person over their own.
- When someone struggles with addiction, they may be isolated from friends and family, and the stigma associated with their addiction can cause shame and embarrassment, leading to avoidance of social interactions.
- Children of people who struggle with addiction may experience trauma and instability, or they may take on a caregiving role, becoming responsible for their addicted parent.
- Substance abuse tends to lead to more conflict, which can include arguments and domestic violence. Persistent addiction erodes marriages, friendships and other important relationships.
Addressing the many effects of addiction on relationships and social function is complex and requires comprehensive treatment, including a family therapy program.
Addiction leads to functional, psychological and emotional disruptions to families. It’s often called a family disease because the impact goes beyond the individual struggling with substance use, affecting every member of the family.
Family members will experience anxiety and high stress levels, along with resentment and anger. Trust is often eroded, and repeated failed recovery attempts can lead to a loss of faith in the person with addiction. Addiction impedes healthy communication. Family members may also unintentionally enable the behavior of the addicted person by providing financial support, making excuses or covering up their mistakes. Family members can focus so much on the addicted person they neglect their own needs.
The emotional and behavioral consequences of addiction ripple through the entire family and loved ones often share the trauma and stress associated with living with an addicted person. Families may adapt in unhealthy ways to try and manage the behavior of the addicted person, leading to dysfunction and worsening the cycle of addiction and co-dependency.
At our New Jersey drug and alcohol rehab center, we understand the many effects of addiction on the family and work to help everyone throughout the recovery process to improve outcomes.
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Family Involvement in Treatment and Recovery
Key to our addiction treatment services is having available a family program in therapy. Family members can provide essential encouragement, emotional support and motivation, which are critical to recovery. A supportive family environment can include stability and a sense of safety to help reduce the risk of relapse.
Family involvement can also have other benefits, including:
- Family involvement helps members understand the nature of addiction and its effects, as well as the recovery process, reducing stigma and misconceptions. Learning effective communication strategies reduces conflict and builds the opportunity for healthier interactions.
- A family therapy program helps identify and address codependent behaviors and patterns of enabling. Families learn to set and maintain healthy boundaries.
- When the family is involved in treatment and recovery, they can learn to recognize early relapse signs and provide timely support or intervention and ongoing support.
- Addiction can damage family relationships, so their involvement in recovery can rebuild trust and heal emotional wounds.
At Grace Abounds Recovery, we strive to include family and loved ones as much as possible in addiction treatment.
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A family therapy program is a specialized form of psychotherapy involving the addicted person and their family members. While the treatment plan will be unique for every person and family, some of the things you might anticipate include:
- A comprehensive evaluation by an expert to assess family dynamics and communication patterns and the effects of addiction on each member.
- The therapist and family members can work together to set specific goals for therapy, like developing healthy boundaries.
- Therapists can educate the family about addiction, including its effects on relationships, the brain and behavior.
- Families learn about triggers and how to support a loved one in managing cravings to avoid relapse.
- Family therapy can include learning active listening, empathy, assertiveness, and strategies to constructively resolve conflicts.
- Participating in family therapy can help address codependent and enabling behaviors.
- Therapists provide tools and strategies that help families support their loved ones in preventing relapse and maintaining recovery.
Family involvement in treatment and recovery has numerous benefits, including enhanced recovery outcomes, strengthened family bonds, and improved mental health.
When a family functions well, it provides a support network for ongoing help and encouragement throughout the recovery journey.
Grace Abounds Recovery offers partial care programs, an intensive outpatient program, and traditional outpatient rehab. We integrate family and loved ones into these programs as much as possible.
Recognizing the vital role of family support in recovery, we offer dedicated weekly family therapy sessions for healing. These sessions create a safe and structured environment for families to discuss experiences and addiction-related issues and work together toward recovery.
Family therapy can be part of our outpatient programs, which include:
- The partial care program is well-suited to someone needing intensive support but not 24-hour residential care. The environment is structured with in-depth therapy and treatment activities, including individual and group therapy, holistic therapies and educational sessions.
- The intensive outpatient program offers significant support with a balance of flexibility. The focus is on individual counseling, group therapy and skill-building.
- Our traditional outpatient program offers a less intensive level of care, which is well-suited for individuals who have made progress in their recovery but need continued support to maintain momentum.
If you have a loved one struggling with addiction, your support can make an enormous difference in their recovery journey. We invite you to participate actively in the healing process at Grace Abounds Recovery. Your involvement supports your loved one and helps create a healthier, more resilient family dynamic.
