Benefits of Family Therapy

Written By Jessica Alexander

Research indicates that family therapy for SUDs provides many benefits, such as:

  • Improved treatment retention

  • Improved understanding of addiction and how it affects families

  • Increased family support for the person in recovery

  • A better understanding of what to expect in treatment and recovery

  • Increased awareness of the warning signs of relapse

  • Helping the family make positive changes related to the SUD, such as their patterns of communication and behavior

  • Promoting family strengths

  • A reduced risk of relapse

  • Helping families understand the importance of taking responsibility for their own emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being

    • https://americanaddictioncenters.org/therapy-treatment/family-therapy

If you are someone who continues to struggle with your family while getting clean/sober or even while maintaining sobriety, I would highly suggest looking into doing family therapy. Each person has a different perspective/experience of the same event, and sometimes those experiences can keep us stuck. Working through the past and also determining how to best support in the future is a beautiful thing. Change is hard, but when everyone puts their best foot forward and towards healing, the entire family benefits.

Jessica Alexander
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