At Beartooth Men’s Rehab, young men, ages 18-38, who have hit “rock bottom” can begin to climb out of harmful life issues created by their unhealthy choices. Our team of skilled recovery life coaches walks with each struggling young man as he takes a leap of faith and lands on solid ground in recovery. As he heals from his wounds and forms anew in the forge of the heart of Christ, he builds his moral consciousness, learns virtue, mends family relationships, and ultimately, becomes his best to reach his full potential. Our working cattle ranch also teaches men a variety of vocational-technical trade skills. Visit our website to learn more!
Benefits of Family Therapy
When a family struggles with a troubled young man, Family Therapy offers them an effective way to understand each other and improve family relationships. Often, the roots of dysfunctional behaviors that young men exhibit, grow from problems within the family system. Family therapy helps them all communicate in more positive, constructive ways, led and supported by an experienced family therapist.
If a therapist only treats the struggling young man, he sees the symptoms, but does not know about the greater context of the patient’s interactions with family members. Without understanding how and when these difficult relations formed, a therapist may not know the best way to treat the patient. What’s going on in the family affects everyone, and how the family reacts to a young man’s problems can really make a difference.
According to Michael Herkov, PhD., “Family therapy views a person’s symptoms as taking place in the larger context of the family.” He adds, “Even if only a part of the family can attend, family therapy can be a very powerful therapeutic modality that can lead to more lasting and quicker changes than individual psychotherapy alone.”
Another important aspect of family therapy includes training on how to communicate with one another. When dysfunctional patterns of communication need to be identified and corrected, family therapy offers valuable lessons on “how to listen, ask questions, and respond non-defensively,” Herkov adds.
When a family decides to send their troubled young man to a therapeutic men’s rehab, it’s important that therapy includes the family. Some therapeutic homes offer family therapy sessions once a week or once a month, either on-site, or through online viewing and participation with the young man.
Others provide a therapeutic mentoring approach for families, giving supportive counseling and advice for the parents. In this way, therapists can “combine treatment for the young man with supportive coaching for his parents,” explains Randy Soderquist, Clinical Director of Re-Creation Retreat.
Family therapy prepares parents and children “to effectively deal with the inevitable struggles that will come…to cope with problems as they arise…to work together as a whole,” Soderquist affirms. “By the time the young man returns home, there is a completely different ‘family system’ in place.”
While Family Therapy may seem scary to some participants, the interactive sessions usually take place in a safe, supportive office environment, led by an experienced therapist. And even though people like to keep ‘family secrets’, investigating the history of family relationships and events helps the therapist identify ‘how and why’ these factors affected the troubled patient enrolled at the men’s rehab.
Members of the family—parents, grandparents, siblings—all must be ready to open up and explore the impact that dysfunctional relationships and troubling events had on them, as well. Then together, they recognize the hurts and begin to heal as a family. The overall process helps them create a better, active home environment, where the young man can return after long-term individual treatment at our licensed therapeutic men’s rehab center.
At Beartooth Men’s Rehab, we believe that focusing on our patients’ core physical, mental and emotional issues is the only way to reverse the addiction process, and his harmful behavior. That’s why we take an evidence-based and holistic approach to treatment and wellness, and help him transform his body, mind and spirit, and become the best version of himself ever!
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