How Can a Therapist Help Parents When Their Child is Misusing Drugs Or Alcohol? Every Question You Secretly Want To Ask, with Laura Richer, LMHCA CHt

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Sometimes as parents we get so laser-focused on our kids and their problems that we forget we might benefit from some help of our own. There are often family dynamics that need to be dealt with while a child is struggling with substance use, or while they're in treatment. We need to understand our own traumas, areas of enmeshment, ways we might be contributing to the issues...and none of these are easy to sort out on your own. That's where a therapist can step in.

Laura Richer is a therapist, coach, podcaster, and lover of all things mental health. She spent time with me answering all the questions we have about whether or not having a therapist while our child is struggling with substance use or emotional issues will really help. We cover topics like trauma, EMDR, PTSD, hypnotherapy, marriage and relationships - all of it!

This episode will be useful to anyone curious about what a therapist might be able to help them with, without even having to see one.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Anchor Light Therapy Collective
• Holding Ground Podcast
• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Mate’, book recommendation)

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