What you'll learn
- Gain a useful understanding of addiction
- Identify and recognise behaviours that sustain or enable addiction
- Formulate new ways of behaviour that support recovery of the addicted person and the recovery of family members
- Understand the process of personal recovery
Requirements
- This is a simple, encouraging course for anyone who is affected by another individual's addiction. All that is required is an open mind to new ideas.
Description
Join accomplished Family Therapist and addiction/recovery specialist Jean Wheeler on an exploration of addiction, it’s associated behavioral patterns, and proven pathways to recovery for the family unit. This effective approach to understanding a complex problem can help family members face the challenges of addiction by developing new coping strategies to relieve the pressures caused by addiction created through a lack of practical information.
In this Family course you will learn about aspects of addiction, patterns of behavior, typical family system responses as well as accessible resources to create the changes necessary to set the stage for your family's recovery.
You will learn how to integrate effective, constructive techniques to help all members of the family, as well as the individual effected by addiction.
You will learn to understand and identify the, often well intentioned, family responses that can enable addictive behavior and create obstacles to the recovery process.
Clear practical video lectures, text lectures and quiz style check ins encourage changes in thinking, understanding and processing of problematic behaviors and responses to the situations created by addiction problems in the family.
Developed by professionals intimately involved in long-term recovery, with extensive clinical experience of family addiction and recovery processes the course is designed to educate, inform and support new ways of dealing with the problem.
Who this course is for:
- Any individual who is keen to understand addiction, has a loved-one affected by addiction, has experienced adverse affects of another person's addiction, and wants to engage in solutions grounded in years of experience from addiction specialists.
Course content
- Preview02:23
- Preview13:29
- 10:00Addiction: Risk Factors
- 08:38The Brain: Addiction's Target
- 04:38More About The Brain
- 00:28Pause For Thought
- 06:13Categories Of Addiction
- 01:16The Addictive Cycle
- 03:09Progression Of An Addiction
- 02:48Summary: Readings and Reflections
- 6 questionsCheck Your Understanding
Instructor
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- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 57 Reviews
- 190 Students
- 2 Courses
Join our ORA facilitators, Mandy Johnson (Mindfulness) and Jean Wheeler (Family) on courses developed to understand addiction, initiate recovery and integrate practices to gain insight into addiction and enhance your Recovery Experience. Our courses improve understanding of addiction, offer solutions and early and prepare you for a meaningful recovery journey.
Our instructors combine years of Clinical experience, understanding of theory and practical application of approaches in a focused, safe and confidential online environment.