Family Support, Information, and Resources
Promises Behavioral Health provides family therapy and other family-based programs to support you and your loved ones in repairing relationships at their current level of care. The family-based programs available may differ based on the treatment location. Please be sure to ask your loved one’s primary therapist or case manager for details.
What are the benefits of participating in family programming?
Promises Behavioral Health provides family recovery programs that are informative and therapeutic. These programs include activities and discussions that give families knowledge on addiction and mental health problems while allowing them to connect with others facing similar issues. The webinars provide information and guide towards understanding the recovery process. In such a supportive environment, family members who are impacted by addiction and mental health problems can:
- Begin to understand how communication patterns and interactions with their loved ones contribute to behavioral health issues
- Develop healthy coping strategies, especially when feelings of anxiety and fear arise
- Learn to effectively support their loved one in recovery while taking care of themselves
- Recognize signs of relapse
- Set healthy boundaries and expectations that support long-term recovery
- Communicate honestly and effectively
- Learn about the disease of addiction and co-occurring disorders that contribute to destructive behaviors
Family participation can improve the likelihood of patients completing treatment, enhance social and family connections, and even prevent relapse situations.
The clinician at Promises recommended Family Therapy after my loved one discharges. What is Family Therapy and how do I find a therapist?
A full family recovery means that there may be memories and experiences healed within the relationship with your loved one in treatment, and some that may be healed independently with a mental health professional.
There are two places we recommend looking for support – American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT) and Psychology Today. With the latter, you can specify locally to your city if you’d like in person care, or to the state if you’d like virtual care. You can also filter by insurance, “issues,” and other things. If you’re looking for couple and/or family therapy, we recommend going through AAMFT to find someone who was trained to work relationally.
AAMFT – https://www.aamft.org/directories/find_a_therapist.aspx
Psychology Today – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/
Family members must also heal from the emotional aftermath of their loved ones’ behavioral and mental health issues. Contact Promises today at 844.875.5609 to learn how we can help people across the United States struggling with addiction or mood disorders and their families.