215: How to Help Your Loved One Make a Positive Change with Kenneth Carpenter

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Mental Health

4.8 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Addiction does not only impact the one addicted, it also affects their family and friends. It’s hard to see your loved one hurting and struggling. But you can’t help them heal with guilt and shame. There are tools and resources to help you help your loved one make a positive change. The goal is to help them feel safe, heard and seen, supported, and understood.

On today’s episode, Duane talks with licensed clinical psychologist and research scientist Kenneth Carpenter, PhD. He is the co-author of The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends: Evidence-Based Skills to Help a Loved One Make Positive Change. Ken is the Director of Training for the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC) and CMC: Foundation for Change. He has held academic and research science positions at New York-based universities and state agencies.

If you have a loved one who might be bound by the chains of addiction, learn how you can foster an open communication with them and hopefully, bring lasting change.

In this episode, you will hear:

Motivation that comes from hope instead of pain
What is motivational interviewing
Understanding that ambivalence is part of the process
How to set the tone of your conversations
Practicing self-awareness and connecting to your values
Using positive reinforcement to support the change process

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Supporting Resources:

https://cmcffc.org/

The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends

https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Addiction-Workbook-Family-Friends/dp/1648480187

NovusMindfulLife.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Addicted Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Austerland, and I'm your host. And today our guest is Ken Carpenter, PhD. He is co-author of the Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends,
0:21.7	Evidence-based Skills to Help a Loved One Make Positive Change,
0:26.1	and he's the director of training for the Center for Motivation and Change,
0:30.8	CMS and CMC Foundation for Change.
0:34.7	He is a licensed clinical psychologist and research scientist and has held
0:39.7	academic and research science positions at New York-based universities and state agencies. So today,
0:47.2	Ken is going to talk directly about family and friends dealing with loved ones who are struggling with addiction and why support,
0:59.3	kindness, and compassion are the most effective, yet often least utilized forms of treatments.
1:07.0	Ken talks about how studies find that families are the leading cause of lasting change
1:13.1	and using skills like motivational interviewing and active listening and really changing
1:20.3	your perspective from the top down can help open communication with loved ones who may be struggling with addiction. And with that
1:30.5	communication comes the possibility of change. So before we start, if you are enjoying the
1:37.0	Addicted Mind podcast, don't forget, click the subscribe button in whatever podcast app you use,
1:43.1	or even write a review in iTunes. I really do appreciate that.
1:47.8	I do read them. They mean a lot to me and they do help the podcast get found by others.
1:52.5	And if you want to continue the conversation online, join our Facebook group. Just go to Facebook
1:56.9	and type in the Addicted Mind podcast and click join. All right. Stay tuned for this episode.
2:04.0	Everyone, welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. My guest today is Ken Carpenter and we're going to talk about
2:14.2	his book, Beyond Addiction, the workbook for families and friends of people who are
2:21.6	struggling with addiction. Ken, why don't you introduce yourself and we're going to jump in and
2:29.3	talk about that topic, which I think is so important. Oh, thanks for having me, Dwayne.
2:35.3	Again, always just appreciate having a platform to talk with kindred spirits and souls
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