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How to use CRAFT To Invite Your Child To Accept Help or Treatment For Their Substance Misuse or Addiction, with Brenda Zane

beyond addiction, CRAFT, invitation to change, solo, treatment /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
How to use CRAFT To Invite Your Child To Accept Help or Treatment For Their Substance Misuse or Addiction, with Brenda Zane
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Episode 239 Community Reinforcement and Family Training (aka CRAFT) is a system for helping friends and family members change the way that they interact with someone they love who has an unhealthy and/or dangerous relationship with substances.  CRAFT teaches family members how to stay connected, increase communication, and effectively encourage their loved one toward treatment, […]

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Of Course Your Kid Doesn’t Want To Go To Treatment; Meeting Treatment-Resistant Youth With The CRAFT Approach, with Lara Okoloko

adolescent, CRAFT, resistance, treatment /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Of Course Your Kid Doesn’t Want To Go To Treatment; Meeting Treatment-Resistant Youth With The CRAFT Approach, with Lara Okoloko
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Episode 225 ABOUT THE EPISODE: Lara Okoloko wants parents to understand something important: The majority of treatment options were designed for older adults with severe substance use disorders. She says we shouldn’t be surprised that young people with mild to moderate disorders are not interested in identifying with a permanent label of “addict” or “alcoholic”

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Revealing What Exactly Educational and Therapeutic Consultants Do (and don’t do), with Joanna Lilley

adolescent, consultant, educational consultant, mental health, residential treatment, therapeutic consultant, treatment, wilderness therapy /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Revealing What Exactly Educational and Therapeutic Consultants Do (and don’t do), with Joanna Lilley
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Episode 208 ABOUT THE EPISODE:When my son began using drugs and alcohol, I did what a lot of parents do: I dove headfirst into a world I didn't know existed, trying to evaluate all the possible programs and places he might go to get help. But there's so much to learn about the treatment world,

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Trading Control & Punishment for Respect & Emotional Intelligence, with Ann Coleman

ADHD, adolescent, anxiety, mental health, treatment /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Trading Control & Punishment for Respect & Emotional Intelligence, with Ann Coleman
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Episode 205 ABOUT THE EPISODE:After watching her brother's life cut short by substance use, Ann Coleman was intimately familiar with its dangers. So when her son – who already suffered from anxiety and depression – started using marijuana, hallucinogens and opiates, her trauma and instincts of fear and control kicked in hard. Looking back, Ann

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Decoding Today’s Adolescent Substance Use Treatment Landscape, with Trish Ruggles

adolescent, mental health, residential treatment, treatment, wilderness therapy /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Decoding Today’s Adolescent Substance Use Treatment Landscape, with Trish Ruggles
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Episode 202 ABOUT THE EPISODE:At some point along your child's road to recovery, you will almost certainly need to make some difficult decisions about treatment. If they’re an adolescent, this becomes an even more complicated decision. And while I do have some personal experience with treatment, it's been 9 years since my son went to

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Close To Home: Personal Details and Insights From His Addiction and Recovery with Brenda’s Son, Enzo Narciso

overdose, recovery, treatment, wilderness therapy /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Close To Home: Personal Details and Insights From His Addiction and Recovery with Brenda’s Son, Enzo Narciso
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Episode 185 ABOUT THE EPISODE:For years, listeners of Hopestream have heard stories about my own family’s experiences with substance misuse and recovery. Today, after 184 episodes, I’m thrilled to finally introduce you to my son, Enzo.  I’m inspired by how he’s built a meaningful life free of substance misuse and for the time and energy

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Recovery Story: From Drug-Induced Psychosis And Homelessness To A Stable Life At Age 22

recovery, treatment /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Recovery Story: From Drug-Induced Psychosis And Homelessness To A Stable Life At Age 22
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Episode 155 ABOUT THE EPISODE:I’m always happy to share testimony from individuals in recovery. Their stories can give hope and perspective to families of young people currently working through substance misuse and treatment. The stories I’ve previously shared have almost always been from people in recovery for a decade or more. Those interviews are, of

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Writing H.O.M.E. – A New Roadmap for Parents With Kids in Treatment, with Solutions Parenting Support

parenting, recovery, treatment /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Writing H.O.M.E. – A New Roadmap for Parents With Kids in Treatment, with Solutions Parenting Support
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Episode 152 ABOUT THE EPISODE:The experience of parenting a child in, or transitioning out of, treatment almost always feels like uncharted territory. And for each of us as individuals, it usually is. But what if there was a way to zoom out and find patterns within thousands of family experiences? With that insight, we might

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Happiness and Joy Are Not the Same (and Why It Matters For Parents), with Alex Stavros, CEO of Embark Behavioral Health

mental health, teens, treatment, young adults /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Happiness and Joy Are Not the Same (and Why It Matters For Parents), with Alex Stavros, CEO of Embark Behavioral Health
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Episode 150 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Sometimes, parents seeking guidance and comfort during difficult times are told to “choose happiness”.  My guest today believes instead, we should be choosing joy. Alex Stavros is the CEO of Embark Behavioral Health, a leading network of premiere youth outpatient centers and residential programs.  Their “big hairy audacious goal” is driving

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Clinging To Hope: An Epic Saga Of Addiction, Medical Innovation, Loss, Recovery, Hope and Unconditional Love

addiction, alcohol, family, moms, NET, overdose, parenting, siblings, start here, top 10, treatment /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Clinging To Hope: An Epic Saga Of Addiction, Medical Innovation, Loss, Recovery, Hope and Unconditional Love
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Episode 113 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Sometimes, there's a story so unbelievable it's hard to know where to start when telling it. This is one of those. My guests are mother (Pattie Vargas) and daughter (Rebekah Mutch), and they trusted me with sharing their family's journey to hell plus the miraculous twist that no one saw coming.

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