231: The Role of Family in Addiction Treatment with Dr. Brooke Keels
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.8 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
A lot of people who may be struggling with a family member that is in the throes of addiction think the person needs to go get help. But there's this whole system that probably has to be addressed.
In this episode, Duane and Dr. Brooke Keels discuss the importance of family therapy in addiction recovery from a systems perspective. Dr. Keels highlights the importance of each family member doing their own individual work to achieve health for the entire system.
With her experience in clinical and leadership roles within the recovery industry for over 15 years, Dr. Keels shares her passion for the process and the positive impact it can have on people's lives. Dr. Brooke Keels holds a Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy. She works to create, implement, and oversee the Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Program and Individual and Family Therapy Programs at Lighthouse Recovery, Texas.
Listen in to learn more about the family's role in addiction recovery and how to work towards health and happiness for all.
In this episode, you will hear:
- The importance of family in addiction treatment
- The power of seeing the system
- Why family healing is so important
- What hope looks like in a dysfunctional family
- The value of validating the reality of the situation
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Addicted Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Austerlund. I'm your host, and today our guest is Dr. Brooke Keels. Dr. Keels holds a PhD in marriage and family therapy. She works to create, implement, and oversee the |
| 0:22.2 | partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient program in individual and family therapy |
| 0:28.5 | programs at Lighthouse Recovery, Texas. She has worked in the recovery industry in a professional |
| 0:32.8 | capacity for over 15 years in a variety of clinical and leadership roles with a focus on clinical training |
| 0:38.6 | and program design. And today we're going to talk about the family's role in recovery |
| 0:43.7 | and family therapy specifically from a system's perspective and how it is so important for |
| 0:51.6 | each family member in a system that has addiction doing their own individual |
| 0:57.7 | work to get to a place of health for the whole system. I love Dr. Keel's passion for her work |
| 1:04.8 | and her willingness to bring her whole self to the process. So I think you'll get a lot out of this |
| 1:10.6 | interview, just looking at this |
| 1:12.5 | from a system's perspective and how everyone can work towards health so that they can be happy |
| 1:19.7 | and thrive. And don't forget, if you're enjoying the addicted mind, please rate and review us |
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| 1:42.8 | And stay tuned for this episode. |
| 1:47.3 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. My guest today is Dr. Brooke Keels. |
| 1:54.1 | And we're going to delve into a topic that we've had a few guests on lately in the podcast. And that's about |
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