In our rehabilitation centers, we offer the Family Rehabilitation Program as part of the drug rehabilitation program; Addiction often negatively affects the whole family; In Abu Rjeila centers, some family members are allowed to participate in psychotherapy programmes.
During these sessions everyone discusses the harmful effects on the patient and the impact on the family; We also offer some solutions that help strengthen the patient’s resistance and motivate him to complete the stages of treatment, so everyone expresses their desire to restore the previous life, and live in peace while changing all the wrong habits that led to falling into the clutches of addiction; And resort to rehabilitation from drug addiction and abuse.
Through the family rehabilitation program for drug addicts; Some family members undergo psychotherapy to identify and definitively treat the underlying causes of addiction to prevent relapse; Helping patients to participate in all activities of life without returning to addiction again.
What is the Family Rehabilitation Program?
The family rehabilitation program is a therapeutic idea that aims to treat family members affected by addiction, in addition to involving them in the addict’s treatment plan, as they are one of the methods used in treating the individual, and the program focuses on family relationships and their previous experiences and experiences.
It also aims to settle disputes between family members and enhance communication between all its members; Because losing the language of dialogue between family members is one of the reasons behind addiction; In addition, discovering the extent of the presence and spread of narcotic substances among family members, which can be transferred from one individual to another unconsciously.
Therefore, the program helps to replace negative behavior with positive behavior; To make it a lot easier than it was, spread positive behaviors again among family members.
What are the objectives of the Family Counseling Program?:
The family rehabilitation program aims to achieve 4 main goals during the treatment phase, which are:
1. Strengthening family bonding:
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- Find new ways for family members to connect with each other again. The team broadcasts encouragement to the addict by his family to have a greater chance of getting rid of the addiction.
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- Teaching the family many new life skills through which family members can surround each other with more love and affection, and become a wall that prevents any of its members from falling into addiction.
3. Changing Behaviors Used in the Family:
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- Work for the family to acquire sufficient information about the nature of addiction, to enable it to deal with the addict after completing the stages of addiction treatment, and this reduces the occurrence of relapse.
4- Family restructuring:
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- Work on restructuring the family again by changing some behaviors and misconceptions to get more interdependence between family members.
Features and benefits of the family rehabilitation program?
The family rehabilitation program appears strongly during the treatment journey of the addicted individual; It shows its impact on all family members who are an essential and important part of the treatment plan, through one of two cases:
By rehabilitating and supporting them and restoring the damage resulting from the behavior of the addict and dealing with them.
By using them as a stimulating tool that strengthens the addict and encourages him to complete the stages of treatment; Among the benefits of the program are the following:
Communicate with the addict directly and provide him with motivation during the different stages of treatment.
Get more information about drug addiction of all kinds.
Recognize the extent of the negative effect caused by the drug; Especially on the family.
Develop a controlled treatment plan aimed at eliminating all addiction problems.
The family knows its role in treating the addict, especially when leaving the center and returning home.
The family rehabilitation program is not only based on the treatment of the patient, but also includes psychotherapy for the whole family.
Research among family members about the causes that led to the addict’s injury in general.
Improving the communication process between family members and each other.
Healing emotional wounds caused by addiction disease.
Restoring trust between the family and the individual in recovery.
Reconcile family members who have separated from each other.
Helping everyone in the family understand the nature of drug abuse.
Bring about positive change in all family members, not just family members in rehabilitation.
Create a more balanced and healthy lifestyle in homes damaged by drug abuse.
Who conducts the family therapy session?
A professional therapist usually conducts family rehabilitation sessions; The patient needs to trust their therapist to be able to open up and talk about their problems; Parents, married or divorced, spouses, siblings, and even grandparents can attend these sessions, and they are usually tailored to the family’s specific needs.
What happens during a treatment session?
Family rehabilitation sessions have different approaches depending on the problem he is trying to solve; However, in most cases, the therapist will start monitoring everyone together; This way, they can hear everyone’s point of view, see how they interact with each other and understand the role each member plays.
After gaining perspective on the most important topics, besides the main problem, he or she may spend some time separately with each family member.
