Nice article, Hayley! Pretty awesome how parent's change resulted in 86.4% change in their teen. Why do you think this concept is so difficult for parent's to practice?
86.4% getting a job, being in school, or both (51 out of 59 families) is Not Therapy's success rate when we work with the young adult and their parent(s). The study I referenced reported a 60% success rate (12 out of 20 families) where the young adult got a job, enrolled in school, or both, with *only* the parent(s) engaging in the process.
Tbh, if I were a parent, it would be super hard for me to practice these new behaviors with my kid without a consistent community of other parents trying to do the same thing who I could lean on for support. The education and behavior changes are things any parent can look up on the internet, but staying consistent in it requires a support system and community. At least for me that's always true!
Yes, it's awesome you've done the research and have these statistics.
It's also quite wonderful that you have a community for parents to learn new skills, listen, express, practice new skills, learn from one another, and feel support in their own change process.
Hayley, I’m sure you know this openness and vulnerability of parents can begin whole family healing, and it’s challenging for families because they are not the one’s with the addiction or mental health problem. They challenge the cultural norm to keep secrets. As we know, in general, secrets cement relational patterns that can enable addiction into a family systems.
On the other side is families who, for whatever reason, have a need to keep all conversations out of the public and they have the capacity to shift the family structure to best shield addiction in future generations. Both are possible choices.
Nice article, Hayley! Pretty awesome how parent's change resulted in 86.4% change in their teen. Why do you think this concept is so difficult for parent's to practice?
Thanks, Jeff!
86.4% getting a job, being in school, or both (51 out of 59 families) is Not Therapy's success rate when we work with the young adult and their parent(s). The study I referenced reported a 60% success rate (12 out of 20 families) where the young adult got a job, enrolled in school, or both, with *only* the parent(s) engaging in the process.
Tbh, if I were a parent, it would be super hard for me to practice these new behaviors with my kid without a consistent community of other parents trying to do the same thing who I could lean on for support. The education and behavior changes are things any parent can look up on the internet, but staying consistent in it requires a support system and community. At least for me that's always true!
Yes, it's awesome you've done the research and have these statistics.
It's also quite wonderful that you have a community for parents to learn new skills, listen, express, practice new skills, learn from one another, and feel support in their own change process.
Hayley, I’m sure you know this openness and vulnerability of parents can begin whole family healing, and it’s challenging for families because they are not the one’s with the addiction or mental health problem. They challenge the cultural norm to keep secrets. As we know, in general, secrets cement relational patterns that can enable addiction into a family systems.
On the other side is families who, for whatever reason, have a need to keep all conversations out of the public and they have the capacity to shift the family structure to best shield addiction in future generations. Both are possible choices.