Treating the Adult Children of Persons with Addiction
Topics
- Long-term effects of growing up with parents affected by addiction
- Identifying attachment problems and maladaptive coping strategies in children of parents with addiction
- Cognitive Behavioral therapy for maladaptive coping strategies in the children of parents with addiction
- “It will never happen to me” - breaking the cycle of intergenerational addictive disorders
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to identify at least two negative developmental inputs that children of persons with addiction might suffer.
- Participants will be able to identify at least two maladaptive coping mechanisms that adult children of persons with addiction might carry into adulthood.
- Participants will be able to describe the cognitive behavioral case conceptualization of at least one maladaptive coping mechanism as a guide for treatment.