Historically, professionals have interpreted a family’s response to addiction in terms of personal psychopathology, rather than normal adaptation to the chaos of addiction in the family. Families have learned to be apprehensive of professional services. Families feel responsible, keep secrets,
My last Grand Canyon trip was the best ever. I attribute this to the wisdom and experience of Gary, the trip leader, who had over 20 Grand Canyon trips “under his lifejacket”. I learned some valuable lessons from him. One
As a young therapist, I chose to focus on addiction because of my own family. My research emphasized the importance of recovery for the whole family. Although the literature espoused the importance of recovery being a family process, this method