Beyond Boundaries: Treating Addiction within the Family System
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Description
While families of individuals with addiction are often encouraged to stop enabling behaviors, learn to set boundaries with their loved one, and attend supportive 12-step meetings for families, these interventions often fail to give the family members the tools they need to effectively change their behavior. This presentation explores an alternative frame for working with addiction in the family system using principles of motivational interviewing, the stages of change, and values oriented behavior.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Registered Nurse
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Andrew graduated with his Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Oral Roberts University in 2012, and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Prior to coming to Santé, he worked in community mental health and addiction treatment in Oklahoma, providing both assessment and ongoing therapy for individuals and families suffering from addiction and severe mental illness. Andrew has devoted much of his career to helping families recover from the impact of addiction, and in pursuit of that goal, became a Certified Gambling Counselor in 2018. Andrew is passionate about using his skills as a Family Therapist to help patients and their families identify and change unhealthy or unproductive patterns of interaction in order to facilitate lasting recovery from addiction.