Family Engagement
Education and Understanding for Loved Ones
Family Engagement
When appropriate, we offer family support to provide our patients and their loved ones a safe space to engage in open and honest communication while exploring family relational issues. We also focus on relapse prevention to ensure a smooth transition back to their home environment and daily life. When patients leave our care, they will have an aftercare plan and the support of our robust alumni program to keep them engaged.
Engaging the Family
Our Family Engagement is designed to:
- Increase the family’s understanding of sex addiction, addiction in general, and any other mental health issues the patient may be experiencing.
- Introduce them to a lifestyle of recovery based on the 12-step program.
- Allow family members and patients to work with clinicians to explore family dynamics.
- Examine family-of-origin issues; learn about functional and dysfunctional family patterns and address barriers to recovery and communication.
Family Support Highlights
The decision to involve family in a patient’s treatment is made after admission and a comprehensive assessment. During this process, patients and their family members are encouraged to identify the challenges they are facing and set goals for recovery together.
Family engagement currently consists of a series of emails and phone calls on topics specifically relevant to families impacted by intimacy disorders of love/sexual addiction. Also, patients are asked to hold themselves accountable to their family members for the impact of their addictive behaviors. Family members have an opportunity to share the thoughts and feelings they have experienced while living with their patient. Each family participates in mutual boundary-setting exercises to set limits and improve future interactions and communication. Finally, patients and their family members participate in a discharge planning session to discuss progress in treatment and aftercare options.
The Willow Healing Center Team Commitment
Our team is strongly committed to the emotional health and healing of spouses, partners, and families impacted by the consequences of sexually addictive behaviors. We understand that these behaviors often result in hurt, betrayal, and a breakdown in trust between the patient and their family members.
By working together as a family, recovery can continue for a lifetime.
Rebuilding Trust and Relationships
Willow Healing Center at The Meadows located in Wickenburg, Arizona, provides an intensive, experientially based 45-day treatment program for women with the complex issues of love and intimacy disorders.
We are a Behavioral Health Inpatient Facility, providing the highest level of care dedicated exclusively to women suffering from love addiction and intimacy disorders. We are accredited by The Joint Commission which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to safe, high-quality care, and treatment. Patients can be assured that they will receive outstanding care at Willow Healing Center at The Meadows.
In a safe and nurturing community composed of their peers, women are guided on their journey of recovery by examining the underlying causes of addiction and co-occurring disorders. The goal is for these individuals to gain the courage to face difficult issues, including grief and loss; heal from emotional trauma; and become accountable for their own feelings, behaviors, and recovery.