Families & Recovery: What to Expect

Your participation allows for a deeper understanding of addiction and its impact on your loved one’s life. You may have witnessed the progression of their addiction and can provide valuable insight into underlying issues or triggers. This information helps us develop personalized treatment plans that address these factors.

Involving you in therapy can lead to improved communication and relationships within your family. Addiction often strains relationships and creates tension, but therapy provides a safe and supportive space to address these issues. Through therapy, you can learn healthy communication strategies, set boundaries, and rebuild trust that may have been damaged by addiction.

Moreover, your participation in your loved one’s addiction therapy can also help you understand the recovery process better. Many family members are unfamiliar with the complexities of addiction, and therapy can educate you on the disease and its treatment. At Bridging the Gaps, our weekly family education program educates families on the disease of addiction and provides them with actionable strategies to help their loved ones through recovery. This increased understanding can lead to more empathy and support from you, which is crucial for your loved one’s recovery.

Involving you in your loved one’s treatment process allows for a more holistic approach to treatment, which we are very passionate about at BTG. Addiction not only affects the individual but also has ripple effects on their loved ones. By including you in therapy, we can address the impact of addiction on the family as a whole and support everyone’s healing process. This approach also helps prevent codependency or enabling behaviors that may hinder your loved one’s recovery.

A common question we receive from family members at BTG is, “why can’t they just stop?” In our weekly virtual family education program, our family program coordinator, Gina Helveston, addresses important topics pertaining to the disease of addiction to help family members to better understand what their loved one is going through. Attendance at these weekly education sessions is required to visit your loved one on the weekend

Our family program provides opportunities for our clients and their loved ones to mend relationships and begin to understand each other better. 
Family therapy for addiction aims to improve communication, increase understanding and empathy, and strengthen relationships within the family unit. It also helps family members learn how to support their loved one in recovery and cope with any challenges that may arise. 
Conjoint sessions are scheduled when considered therapeutically appropriate. They include our family program coordinator and the client’s counselor in order to facilitate a healthy, productive dialogue where everyone feels heard and respected.

The support doesn’t end when your loved one finishes treatment. Our family aftercare program allows family members to share their experiences, uplift each other as they face common challenges, and celebrate with each other when they progress in their healing process.