Family Wellness Workshop - Prevent Substance Misuse

The misuse of alcohol and/or other substances impacts the family and other interpersonal relationships. Recovery involves the healing of these relationships. The Family Wellness Workshop, a therapeutic and educational program for adults or adolescents with substance use disorders or that has a family member with substance use disorder.

The Program brings together family members (such as parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, or anyone else who is considered family) for an educational session, group therapy, and personal growth. The program equips family members with communication skills, relapse prevention strategies and coping mechanisms for ongoing recovery.

This is a FREE workshop that is open to the community, regardless of an individuals’ current stage of recovery.

Participants will:

Receive an understanding about the disease of addiction, the nature of mental health disorders and how the two interact.
Examine the stages of recovery for family members.
Develop effective communication skills and boundary setting.
Participate in adventure therapy to increase self-awareness and behavioral changes important in the recovery process.
Develop supportive relationships with other participating families