BRC Healthcare Corporation Manor, Texas, United States
Session Description:This presentation seeks to outline the impact of the family system on addiction. Specifically it will consider the ways in which addiction is: influenced by adverse childhood experiences and intergenerational trauma, the importance and pathway to family recovery, and the way in which treatment systems can integrate family recovery to improve client outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
After this activity participants should be able to
Identify the attachment injuries in early childhood that increase risk for addiction in adolescence and adulthood.
Define family recovery through the lens of attachment theory.
Implement strategies for engaging the family in acknowledging and healing attachment wounding and for supporting recovery.