Family Treatment

Healing the Whole Family Through Education, Therapy & Support

Families with loved ones who suffer from serious mental health concerns, trauma, or substance abuse suffer alongside them. When someone is struggling with a mental illness, it is not only them who suffer but those close to them too. This is why family counseling is considered so important as part of mental illness treatment programs.

Although people become very withdrawn and isolated when they have a mental illness, it is often because they feel they are misunderstood. Family therapy lifts the lid on a person’s addiction issues so that everyone affected can develop a better understanding of their situation. Whatever is going on for a client seeking treatment isn’t just a client issue, it’s a family system issue — and family involvement can help to remedy that.

Family Counseling in Mental Health Treatment

A Neutral, Guided Space for Every Voice to Be Heard

Casa Recovery in Southern California offers family counseling as a component in all of its mental illness treatment programs. This enables family members to come together in a neutral environment where their discussion is guided by a third-party therapist. It often helps considerably to have someone guide the discussion so that everyone has a chance to express themselves clearly and all viewpoints are heard.

Family therapy also sets a firm foundation for the many years of recovery ahead. Mental illnesses are generally considered chronic, which means they are likely to continue for years, if not a lifetime. Individuals respond much better in recovery when they are supported by their families.

Perhaps most important, family therapy is a mechanism to bring families together that have been torn apart by mental illness. Relationships can be very strained and even damaged as a result of people behaving in ways their loved ones don’t understand. Family therapy provides everyone affected with greater clarity on how they can deal with the situation for a happier and healthier future.

Family Communication

Communication That Meets Your Loved One Where They Are

How much we communicate with family members depends on what their loved one needs while in treatment, and how much a client communicates with family depends on their needs as they build their foundation in recovery. It could be anywhere from once a week to once a month.

For some who are struggling to hold a family together, clients may undergo treatment alone for the first few months before we bring in their support system. Weekly communication could look like clinical updates on how their loved one is doing, along with education and support, or reminders for parents to hold firm on boundaries and use their own coping strategies.

Family Therapy

Bringing Families Together, In Person or Over Video

At Casa, we bring families together, in-person or over video call, to have a group session with the client’s therapist. Currently, this brings families together once a month for about two hours. Coming soon, Casa Recovery will be implementing a much more extensive program that hopes to bring families together every week rather than once a month.

While our new program is in development, families continue to meet on our once-a-month model. Family therapy involves several clinically-proven approaches to bettering family satisfaction and improving a client’s odds of success outside of treatment. These techniques involve family education and family support.

Understanding Casa Recovery’s Approach

The More a Family Is Involved, the Better the Outcome

At Casa Recovery, our opinion is that the more a family is involved, the better the outcome for the client. We understand that not every client will have a family who is willing to participate, nor will it be safe for every client to involve their families; however, when it’s possible to repair those relationships without jeopardizing the client, we want to help initiate that.

We also understand that not all families are blood-related, which is why we encourage whatever strong relationships can offer support — including close friends, if that’s what clients consider family. Part of the purpose of family involvement is to build a supportive network around the client that will help them succeed in managing their symptoms outside of treatment.

Casa Recovery offers a tranquil setting where people can heal from all types of mental illness. We thoroughly evaluate every patient entering our center for mental illness treatment in San Juan Capistrano so that each program is personalized for their needs. To find out more about how we can help you cope with a mental illness in ways that bring more fulfillment to life, contact Casa Recovery in confidence today.

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