Transcript Family Engagement Therapy Program: - MI-PTE

Family Engagement
Therapy Program:
A Recovery-Oriented
program
Principles to Recovery:
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Many Pathways to Recovery
Recovery has Cultural Dimensions
Personal Recognition of Need for Change
Process of Healing and Self-Redefinition
Recovery is Holistic
Continuum of Improved Health and Wellness
Recovery Emerges from Hope and Gratitude
Supported by Peers and Allies
Addressing Discrimination and Stigma
Involves Re-joining and Re-building life in Community
Self-Directed and Empowering
Recovery is a Reality
Family Engagement Therapy
Program:
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Program Elements
Program Goals
Population Served
Common Characteristics of Families
• Poverty
• Trauma
• Childhood abuse
• Homelessness at some period of their life
What do you want
to learn today?
Path to Recovery:
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Seamless services
Person Centered approach
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Not a “one-size fits all” program.
Client-identified goals
Motivational Interviewing
Addresses whole person
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Ex: Healthy lifestyles, education,
Works with whole family
Physically meeting clients where they
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Community centers, parks, friends homes, etc
Cultural Sensitivity
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A few statistics:
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Race: 47% White
36% African American
5% American Indian
Income: 46% <10,000
36% 10-19,999
Marital Status:
65% Single, divorced,
separated, widowed
30% Married/LTP
Assess cultural values and
develop personalized services
accordingly.
• On-going self-assessment
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“The Norm” to have
childhood trauma
experiences, family
involvement with jail/prison,
and transient patterns.
Mental Health Stigma
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Medications
H-FET
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Addressing cultural
stigma of accepting
responsibility for
substance use.
Staff diversity
Recovery is Holistic
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Major focal points of service is full-body
recovery, not just abstinence.
Importance of self care to take care of others
Educating selves on holistic practices
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Coordination with other service providers (i.e.
Doctors)
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Acupuncture, Diet, Exercise (YMCA), etc
Referrals
Encourage care of dental, physical, and sexual health
along with other medical needs.
Continual process
Improved Health and Wellness
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Goal is to be able to sustain skills after services have
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Case Management and Advocacy
Emphasis on self-esteem
Teaching to respond to “curve balls”
Pain Management
Reframing
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How will you learn from this?
Recovery Emerges from Hope/ Gratitude
and Supported by Peers/ Allies:
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Groups
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Allows the opportunity to learn from others and that
recovery is a possibility. Ex: Alumni, Love & Logic, etc
Case Management role in groups
Reframing
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Small victories
Giving hope that they are not alone
Exploring Recovery Support Person
Connecting to community supports and
encouraging other natural supports
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AA, Faith-Based supports, etc.
Personal Recognition of the
Need for Change:
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Acknowledgement that change happens over
time.
Utilization of Stage-matched approaches
Families are able to recognize problems
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Wanting a better life
CPS/Probation involvement
Voluntarily seeking help for substance use
issues
Home-based/Community Based
Recovery Involves a Process of
Healing and Re-Definition:
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Family therapy component allows for
comprehensive healing.
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Importance of family time
Games example
Helping to define a new “norm”
Boundaries
Families determine their own treatment goals
and life priorities
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Ex: Forming more positive support systems or
distancing self from toxic relationships
Recovery Involves (Re) Joining and
(Re) Building a Life in the Community
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Being a role model for someone else
Journey of re-defining self
Program community relationships
Ability to provide gender-specific therapeutic
approaches
Focus on Self; Having Hope
Recovery is Self-Directed and
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Client-driven change based on readiness and
motivation
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Partnership-Consultant Relationship
Models advocacy
Flexibility based on presenting needs
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Mental Health
Substance Use
Family
Case Management Role
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Life skills
Community Resources
Recovery is a Reality:
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Giving hope that recovery is possible.
Emphasizes the life-long nature of recovery.
Long-term nature of program allows for services to
follow between multiple levels of treatment,
attempting to provide seamless care.
Offers support in the form of an “Alumni” group for
those who have successfully maintained sobriety at
the time of service closure.
• “Action” Stage
Hopes- Recovery Coach
Families with Complex Needs:
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Court Involvement
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CPS
Probation
Mental Health factors
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Treated or untreated
Substance Use
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Single or multiple substances
Financial Strain
Complex children
Strained or lack of natural supports
Tools Commonly Utilized:
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Motivational Interviewing
Seeking Safety
Love and Logic
“Eclectic” Toolbox
Emphasis on relationships
Challenges:
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Not mandatory, but seeing increased
number of “court-ordered” families
What do you do when someone does not
want to stop using?
• Tapping into clients motivations and reasons
for program involvement
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Balance- Paperwork!
Boundaries and Self Care!
How to Provide FET-Like Services:
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Focus on program principles
Recovery-oriented mindset of staff
Contact Information:
Nancy Murphy
Contract Manager
[email protected]
616-247-3815
Cathy Worthem
Team Leader
616-459-7215
616-954-1991