My Addicted Child: Codependency, Enabling and the Road to Recovery - Tapa blanda

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Do you know someone who has an addiction?

Are you worried sick about their health and life?

There is good news. There is a solution.

My Addicted Child lays out a path of family-based treatment that works.

Larry Fritzlan LMFT and Avis Rumney LMFT know what works. In the words of the Clinical Director of a nationally known residential treatment program: “For those who follow [Larry’s] discharge recommendations, including ongoing family treatment, the success rate approaches 100%. For those who don’t follow our recommendations, the success rate approaches zero.”

Fritzlan and Rumney describe a treatment approach that can lead not only to sobriety for the addict, but to the addict recouping lost development, and to both the addict and family members becoming healthy individuals who can function together, as a healthy family and in the world.

Everything you need to get started is in this book. You, as a concerned parent, hold the key. You can begin today.

Larry Fritzlan, LMFT, has been a licensed psychotherapist and a certified addiction specialist for almost 20 years. He is one of the few psychotherapists who is also a certified interventionist, Larry’s passion is to help teens, young adults and their families escape from the downward spiral of addiction. He founded Steps to Freedom, one of the first family-based, long-term addiction and codependency treatment programs.

Avis Rumney, LMFT, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice for over 30 years, specializes in food and weight problems, addiction, codependency, and family therapy. She is Cofounder of Steps to Freedom and is dedicated to fostering recovery for individuals and families, and supporting them to grow and flourish. Avis is the author of Dying to Please: Anorexia, Treatment and Recovery.

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“My teenager has been experimenting with drugs, but I’m afraid he’s crossed a line. He’s not himself; he’s surly, and his grades are slipping. I don’t know how to make him stop.” “My daughter has been through wilderness programs and seen drug counselors, but she just keeps on drinking. I want her to stop drinking before she drives drunk and kills herself or someone else.” “I found syringes and aluminum foil in his room. I know some of his friends use OxyContin. I think he’s shooting heroin, and I’m scared. Now what do I do? ” There is good news. There is a solution. This book lays out a path of family-based treatment that works. We know what works, but in the words of the Clinical Director of a nationally known residential treatment program: “For those who follow our discharge recommendations, including ongoing family treatment, the success rate approaches 100%. For those who don’t follow our recommendations, the success rate approaches zero.” We describe a treatment approach that can lead not only to sobriety for the addict, but to the addict recouping lost development, and to both the addict and family members becoming healthy individuals who can function together, as a healthy family and in the world. Everything you need to get started is in this book. You, as a concerned parent, hold the key. You can begin today. Larry Fritzlan, LMFT, has been a licensed psychotherapist and a certified addiction specialist for almost 20 years. One of the few psychotherapists who is also a certified interventionist, Larry’s passion is to help teens, young adults and their families escape from the downward spiral of addiction. He founded Steps to Freedom, one of the first family-based, long-term addiction and codependency treatment programs. He lives in Marin County, California. Avis Rumney, LMFT, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice for over 30 years, specializes in food and weight problems, addiction, codependency, and family therapy. She is Cofounder of Steps to Freedom and is dedicated to fostering recovery for individuals and families, and supporting them to grow and flourish. Avis is the author of Dying to Please: Anorexia, Treatment and Recovery and Taming the Food Monster Within. She lives in Marin County, California.