Parent Resources
What Can Parents Do?
There have been many a parent or spouse, brother or sister, who has lost their way in their worry about their loved one. They have forgotten their hopes and dreams and locked them in a trunk waiting until their loved one improves, feeling absolutely powerless. Creating healthy boundaries will allow these feeling to dissipate.
Articles About Parenting
Were the Holidays Bad for You? Start the New Year Off with The Gift of Treatment
Families so often want to wait till after the holidays to have their loved ones go to treatment. Through the years I have often wondered what the wisdom is in that. Truth is most folks who have a loved one with a substance use disorder, process disorder or chronic...
30 Ways to Cultivate Abundance
This year the biggest lesson I have learned is Letting go. If I grip tight onto what I have and am in fear of losing whatever that is, I end up blocking myself from receiving massive gifts of Abundance. Practicing abundance as a meditation, just like practicing a...
What Do Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and I All Have In Common?
Well I hope that got your attention! As many of you know: I am a huge country fan I took time out of my busy schedule to take photos with Blake Shelton and Keith Urban at the CMAS a few years ago I want you to be “Happy" Anywhere in Covid And to remember when “We...
It’s All About Our Childhood
Not too sure what has gotten into my head today yet I just wrote a blog on its all about the bacon…really it’s about the childhood smells of food that comforted me when things got tough. Then I got to thinking about my childhood and how we often repeat what we don’t...
How Addiction Recovery Changes Intimate Relationships
Being in recovery from alcohol or other drugs does not guarantee that you and your husband, wife, partner, son or daughter will not face issues in your relationship. Couples often come to us seeking help because everything else they have tried has not worked. It can...
What Is Care Management in Addiction Treatment?
I thought long and hard about how we offer services to the families we serve. We take pride in going the extra mile with are clients in providing Care Management services. In addition to Intervention and Safe Escort Services, here are some of the other services of we...
Myths Surrounding Family Therapy and Family Coaching
Let's face it - family coaching is basically an unknown entity for most people and its scary to be in a group where there has been tension and trust issues. Not every clinician is equipped to engage with families and some prefer not to. Today I want to discuss the 4...
Do You Know a Workaholic?
I was so busy working that I missed July 5 National Workaholics Day. I guess I am guilty as charged. In fact, it wasn’t until a Forbes article undulated before my tired work eyes did, I ever know there was a National Workaholic Day. In my life every day is a workday....
Are You Reckless? Is Addiction Reckless Behavior?
Lately I have been thinking about what prompts reckless behavior. We all know that in the past 4 months we have been cautioned to act with reserve, to stay put, to social distance and to wear masks. However, life is messy, and events have occurred which have served as...
Additional Resources For Parents
Straight Talk
Claudia Black
Everything You Need to Know about Chemical Dependence
Vernon E. Johnson
The Brown Bottle
Penny Jones
Setting Rules And Limits Pamphlet
The Real Life Parenting Skills Program
Living With an Alcoholic
Al-Anon
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4787.Top_10_Parenting_Books_
http://www.parenting.com/blogs/mom-congress/melissa-taylor/10-best-books-thinking-parents
Bradshaw On the Family
John Bradshaw
The Journey of The Heroic Parent
Brad M. Reedy PHD
The Parallel Process
Krissy Pozatek
The Alcoholic Family in Recovery
Stephanie Brown PhD
Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal
Louise Stanger
Learn To Thrive
Louise Stanger
Raising Happiness
Christine Carter PhD
Raising Lions
Joe Newman