Over 50% of families deal with addiction. If you have a family member who struggles, it can be challenging to walk the line between compassion and tough love, enabling and offering support. And, the closer the family member, the more challenging it can be to set healthy boundaries.
My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Brian Licuanan. Dr. Brian is an author, speaker, and board-certified psychologist practicing in Southern California. He specializes in family crisis interventions and has extensive experience working with highly acute clients struggling with substance abuse disorders and mental health conditions. He reached out to share his new book, “How to Get Your Resisting Loved One into Treatment: A Step-by-Step Guide for Mental Health and/or Addiction Crisis”.
We talked about the processes Dr. Brian teaches and assists with as well as these highlights:
- Every family’s crisis looks different.
- The ‘old’ way of thinking about boundaries with a loved one
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Fatigue in helping a loved one – when is it time to take intervention to the next level?
- The ‘rowboat’ analogy, and what happens when the addicted person ‘stops rowing’?
- How to get reinvigorated to start again?
Dr. Brian shares his idea of tough love and I ask some hard questions including, “What if YOU are the addicted person? How can you accept your family’s help?
If you need help with a loved one or want to learn more about how to be an ally to your family member in need, check out Dr. Brian’s book “How to Get Your Resisting Loved One Into Treatment” HERE
You can also connect with Dr. Licuanan through his website.
If you are looking for support for your own alcohol use disorder, please consider my 1:1 coaching where you get tactical, judgement-free support to address to the change you desire. Book A Call HERE
