6 Hr. Family Supported Recovery (April 20, 2026)

A Workshop for Allies and Helping Persons supporting Families of Individuals with a Substance Use Disorder

Taking a strength-based and compassionate approach, this workshop addresses how to be a more effective and influential partner in the ongoing healing process from addiction and early recovery, while also empowering families to focus on their own wellness.You will find this workshop to be filled with tools and coach-like methods that will inform your practice with families.

 Topics covered in this interactive workshop include:

• The impact of addiction on loved ones
• A parallel process
• Staying in your hula hoop!
• Tipping the scales toward motivation to change
• Spectrum of attitudes
• How relationships affect recovery
• Recovery core values
• What beliefs guide my expectations of recovery?
• Effective communication strategies
• O.A.R.S.  - The language of a helping conversation!
• Multiple pathways of recovery
• Working with ambivalence
• Stages of change and recovery
• Respecting autonomy of choice
• Family recovery wellness