The Family Spiral

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About This Series

Addiction is a bio-psycho-social disorder that affects the entire family. For every individual affected with this disorder, there are a minimum of 5 other people who are affected emotionally, physically, mentally, financially, socially and spiritually - in most cases, family members. Many people in recovery from substance use or behavioural use disorders speak to the “cunning, powerful and baffling” impacts on their lives.

This two-part interactive session will address the following questions: What is addiction? How does someone become addicted? What are the physical, emotional and spiritual effects on the individual with substance use and/or behavioural use disorders? What is the impact on the family?

This is a 2-evening program for family members, friends and support persons who are concerned about someone with a substance use, behavioural addiction or mental health issue.

Family Spiral Series: Offered by Rideauwood's Family and Parent Counsellors and Living Potential.

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Meet The Presenters

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    James Bolan
    LivingPotential, a wholistic therapeutic counselling and support services firm. We bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in treating mental health and addictions in diversified populations, incorporating both western treatment modalities and indigenous cultural teachings and counselling approaches.

    We provide quality person-centred care in behaviour therapy, trauma therapy and couples therapy, and we have facilitated groups and circles over the past 10 years throughout northern Ontario.

    We incorporate thoughtful care and consideration while assisting to help navigate a person’s continuum of care, and we also administer both the ADAT and the GAIN Q3 assessment packages to assist clients in applying to and attending residential treatment programs.

    LivingPotential is honoured to partner with the Métis Nation of Ontario in the Mental Health and Addiction programs.
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    Linda Goonewardene
    Family/Parent Counsellor, Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Addiction Counsellor
    Linda has worked in the Family program at Rideauwood Addictions and Family Services since 2013. She provides individual and group counselling for family members. Linda is a graduate of Carleton, McMaster, and Drew Universities. She immigrated to Canada from England as a child with parents from Germany and Sri Lanka. Linda lived in the United States as a wife, parent, student. Then she worked as a counsellor in residential treatment programs for adults and adolescents struggling with substance and behavioural use disorders.
Sessions in this Series
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    February 16, 2022
    The Family Spiral: Part 1 - Addiction – How did this happen to us?
    In Part 1 of this series we will provide helpful information about the bio-psychosocial impacts of addition including the spectrum of... View more
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    February 23, 2022
    The Family Spiral: Part 2 – The Chaos and Empowerment of Addiction
    In this session we will explore the emotional impact of addiction as well as looking at defense systems and the empowerment triangle.

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