Addiction impacts both the addict and the addict’s loved ones. It tears apart families and destroys lives, striking at the core of relationships and human intimacy. Santé Center for Healing understands that the recovery process requires healing of individuals, couples and families, through versatile addiction therapy.
When possible, every effort is made to re-establish and strengthen the patient’s bonds with their primary support system, including improved communication with appropriate disclosure and amends. When appropriate a collaborative effort is made to establish rules for the patient’s return to the home environment. When the patient is unable to return to the home, guidelines are established for continued involvement and contact with loved ones. Santé provides referrals to families for support as needed. The family receives a letter, questionnaire, and a workbook upon the patient’s admission into addiction treatment to help identify the healing process that will be extended to them.
Addiction impacts everyone in the family unit. Family therapy offers the opportunity to have someone listen to how the patient’s actions have impacted the lives of those around them. If relational problems are driving loved ones away, intervention strategies are formulated with the patient’s recovery in mind. This relationship between the family member and therapist leads to a more rounded plan for change. If the family member feels the need to have more extensive therapy sessions, these are offered and can be discussed with Santé’s Family Therapy Coordinator. Santé truly believes that the family plays an integral part of treatment.
Some of the features of family therapy at Santé include:
- Family of Origin work through utilizing Genograms
- Intervention sessions when treatment is difficult
- Individual and couples therapy for family members
- Weekly family night with psycho-educational lectures and process groups
- Offering referrals for family members who would like to seek help out of state
