Family and friends may be a very important part of your life, and their love and support can be a key driver as you plan your future. A major part of recovery involves developing a strong support network, and involving the family is a vital part of the Rhodes Recovery Programme.
Where there is addiction in a family, the impact and destructive behaviours of the addict often become the main focus for the family unit and individual relationships within the family. Members of the family often adopt roles such as the family caretaker, scapegoat, rescuer and enabler. These are generally subconscious drives to ensure the safety of the family.
So, when the addict starts on the road to recovery, the family can fall into disarray again. There is also the strong possibility that families have long distanced themselves from the addicted person.
Addiction is often termed as a family illness because subconsciously everyone becomes involved whether they want to or not. This means that the recovery of the family and the relationships between its members are equally as important as the recovery for the addicted individual.
Family days are integrated into the Rhodes Recovery treatment plan. Our approach will help to address the effects and negative consequences of addiction. It will focus on working towards change within the family system as well as between each family member. The family day involves group therapy sessions, workshops and lectures and family involvement with the treatment planning.
In addition, we offer couples therapy, specifically focusing on improving or changing communications and intimacy for those in romantic relationships with each other.
Home visits are also incorporated into the programme, which may include overnight stays. This will allow you to start the process of re-integration back into family life.