Carolyn Posey, LMFT

Addictions in Relationships

Carolyn’s workshop will cover:

What are the joys and challenges in dealing with couples dealing with addictions?
How does addiction change the relationship of the couple?
What are key things you hear from a spouse to indicate one of them may be addicted to identify there is a problem?
How do you explain to the spouse of an addict it’s not as easy as saying “just stop?”.
How does it affect your approach as a therapist?
What makes addiction difficult to treat in couples work?
In addicted relationships how does codependency affect couples and in what ways does it show up the most?
What does recovery look like for this couple?