A Harm Reduction Approach To Risky Behavior In Teens And Young Adults, With Dee Dee Stout

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
When your son or daughter refuses or can't seem to embrace abstinence, what do you do? Harm reduction is an approach that can help navigate your child to safer territory and...it's confusing .

Dee Dee Stout is someone Psychology Today includes in their list of "the top 10 harm reduction names you should know" so I was thrilled she agreed to come back for a second episode of Hopestream.

We dove into:

• what harm reduction is and isn't,
•  how we can strengthen relationships with our kids when they're misusing substances, 
• how to have better conversations, 
• how to improve our family dynamics, 
• lapses and the dreaded pre-lapse
• AA's stance on medication for addiction treatment (MAT)
• and her answer to a common question parents have, " when does harm reduction become enabling with my child?"

It's a hugely informative episode with one of the foremost leaders in the field of harm reduction.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Beyond Addiction, How Science and Kindness Help People Change (book)

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