(MM)Addiction: Treating Family Manipulation, Mistrust, and Misdirection

Course overview

Topics included in this course are: Family and Emotion Control; Family Approaches to the Problems of Addiction; Family Risk Factors on Addiction; Coping Strategies of Addiction Affected Families; Communication in Addiction Affected Families; Kinds of Aggression in Addiction Affected Families; Family Roles in Addiction; Addiction: Placing Blame on Family; Addiction: Personality Types; Negotiation Strategies In Addiction Affected Families; Intervention on Addiction Affected Families; Steps to Prepare for a Family Intervention: Part 1; Steps to Prepare for a Family Intervention: Part 2; Considerations for Addiction Relapse Prevention; Families of Addicts: A Systems Perspective; Screening Methods for the Families of Addicts; Methods Family Members Use to Cope with Substance Abuse; Lives of Children of Addicts; Impact of Parental Drug Use on Children; Early Intervention with the Families of Substance Abusers; Helping the Female Partners of Substance Abusers; Methods for Reducing Harm in the Families of Addicts; Family Therapy; "Pressures to Change" Procedure for the Families of Addicts; Depression in the Adult Children of Alcoholics; Children of Addicts: When Should Reunification Occur?; and The Social Cognitive Effects of Digital Technology on Teenagers.