Bringing Love Home: Key to Helping a Family Drug User - Softcover

Wells MS,RT, Karen; Wells, MA, Larry J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439230579 ISBN 13: 9781439230572

Publisher: BookSurge Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

From 40 years and hundreds of families experience comes BRINGING LOVE HOME. BRINGING LOVE HOME provides a positive and holistic approach to help families when a loved one is spiraling downward with drugs and/or alcohol to work through the “shame and blame”, bringing much needed peace to parents. BRINGING LOVE HOME encourages parents to walk their own path of self discovery, to dissect the struggling family system, and to learn new approaches to problem solving. The workbook provides ideas for support systems, and examples of how to communicate, set boundaries, and express unconditional love. It focuses on honest, open communication, and the Family Circle process, providing the best opportunity for recovery of your loved one and serenity in your family.

About this title

About the Author:

Larry J.Wells, MA, LSAC, CAC, NCAC-II, ICADC Recognized as a pioneer in the wilderness based substance abuse treatment industry, his treatment program was featured on KOMO TV in Seattle, in 1989, CBS “Eye on People” in 1996, and Wednesday’s Child on KIFI TV, Idaho Falls, in 1998. He has a BS in Social Work, majoring in Additions Counseling, and an MA in Counseling. He is a Utah Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor, a Certified Addictions Counselor, a National Certified Addictions Counselor Level II and an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Larry, a recovering alcoholic/addict, is the father of eight children. Three of his children fought the demons of addiction. His background in treatment is a combination of personal experience, family experience, education, and professional experience beginning in 1965 as the first Volunteer in Adult Corrections in Idaho. It is his personal experience of recovery, both for his family and himself, that drives his devotion to providing the best opportunity for recovery in treatment for the client. Larry worked as a Drug Counselor, Parole Officer, and Pre-sentence Investigator for the Idaho Department of Adult Corrections. He was featured on Paul Harvey’s“The Rest of The Story” in 1986 for his work in addictions. He is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, three books and has been published in the Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. Larry has presented at: National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, national conference, National Association of Wilderness Camps, national conference, Montana Mental Health Conference, state conference Association for Experiential Education, Rocky Mountain Conference, Texas Association of Addiction Professionals, state conference Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Industry Council, national conference. Idaho Governor’s Conference on Children, state conference Naropa University, Boulder, CO Wilderness Symposium

About this edition

• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1439230579
• ISBN 13: 9781439230572
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Soelberg Sara