Integrating Families into Addiction Treatment: A Systems-Informed Clinical Approach

In this course, counsellor Sonja Riddle, Canadian Certified Counsellor, introduces a systems-informed framework for integrating families into addiction treatment ethically, intentionally, and effectively. The course explores how chronic substance use reshapes attachment patterns, nervous system regulation, communication dynamics, and family roles, while equipping you with practical tools for reducing triangulation, managing family anxiety, maintaining confidentiality boundaries, and protecting against burnout. Learners gain clinically grounded strategies for structured family inclusion that support long-term recovery outcomes across the entire relational system.