Your family is an essential part of your life, for better and for worse. Family relationships are sometimes the cause of addiction for some family members where their home life is not a place for healthy growth and development. Your family can also be loving and supportive of your addiction recovery. Your loved ones are there to help heal the wounds that are driving your addiction.
At Arkview Recovery Center, we understand the importance of family therapy in addiction recovery. We will encourage all family members to be a part of their loved ones’ addiction recovery process to improve family relationships that addiction has broken. If you or a family member is suffering through addiction and is ready to make positive changes in their life, call us today at 717.744.0756 or complete our online form to discuss your loved ones attending family therapy as part of an addiction treatment program. To help encourage your family to attend family therapy, you can discuss all of the potential benefits of involving them in your addiction recovery.
3 Ways to Encourage Your Loved Ones to Attend Family Therapy
Improved Communication
Many families do not know how to communicate with each other effectively. Families that do not openly talk about their feelings and how others’ actions affect them can increase the risk of drug and alcohol addiction. During family therapy, your therapist will work to understand your family dynamics and communication skills and form effective tools to help everyone open up and begin talking with each other.
Personal and Family Wellness
Family therapy is not just for helping overcome addiction. It is for all family members to discuss personal issues openly and how addiction has affected them. As you learn how to communicate with each other effectively, you will begin improving your well-being and the well-being of the entire family.
Defined Goals for Addiction Recovery
When everyone in your family is involved with your addiction recovery, you enforce your addiction recovery goals. Family members will become part of your support group and help you stay on track toward the goal of sober living.
Other benefits from family therapy include:
- Creating a stronger family bond
- Learning more about addiction and its effect on the family unit
- Rebuilding trust
- Restoring broken relationships
At Arkview Recovery Center, family involvement in our drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs is essential for effective, life-long recovery. Our family therapy programs will help everyone understand addiction and create a better family life for sustainable recovery.
The Importance of Family Therapy During Addiction Recovery
Having a supportive home life is crucial to you maintaining your recovery. Without a supportive home to return to while working on your recovery, your chances of maintaining it diminish quickly. All the hard work you completed during your detox and residency program will not benefit you if your family relationships are one of your triggers and you have not dealt with it.
Family therapy sessions are critical in any successful addiction recovery program. Each phase of your addiction recovery can benefit from having your loved ones attending family therapy in different ways, such as:
- Residency program
- Partial hospitalization program
- Intensive outpatient program
- Outpatient program
- Aftercare programs
Choose Family Therapy at Arkview Recovery Center
Family therapy sessions are not just for your family member going through addiction. Each family member can openly discuss any issues they are having. At Arkview Recovery Center, our goal is to help our patient and everyone in the family that has been affected by addiction.
If you or a family member is struggling with addiction, call 717.744.0756 or complete our online form today to learn more about your loved ones attending family therapy.
Kyle is Lead Therapist at Arkview Recovery Center. He holds a Master of Social Work degree from Temple University and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He has years of experience working directly with individuals who suffer from addiction and mental health disorders. Being in long term recovery himself, Kyle is very passionate about the recovery process. He is heavily involved in the local recovery community in which he enjoys his commitments to service and giving back. His specialty is in group therapy and developing clinical staff. Kyle brings to Arkview a holistic approach to recovery, specializing in mindfulness, reality therapy, and solution-focused therapy.
