Episode 45 — When Everything Will Fall Into Place —with Ken Gilbert

“I’m doing everything right. Being a hard working student, a good daughter/son, a helpful friend...Yet I still feel like I’m falling apart.” For many the biggest thing left behind or put aside is what’s going on internally and can oftentimes be the missing puzzle to bring everything back together.Ken Gilbert, Lead Therapist at Evoke Therapy Intensives, found that things didn’t fall into place until he really put his mental health and treatment first in college. After many attempts at treatment, Ken finally found Evoke Therapy where he was able to make a change. Now Ken finds himself back at Evoke Therapy working with adolescents and young adults struggling with substance abuse disorders, trauma, attachment issues, and a variety of co-occurring disorders such as anxiety and depression.On this episode of Success is Subjective, Ken joins Joanna to share his journey going from feeling hopelessly sick in addiction, to being able to wake up everyday healthy and pull out young adults feeling the same way he once did. Ken’s personal experience and hardships allow him to really connect and impact the young adult in ways that leave him feeling deeply rewarded. Listen in for Ken’s insight on how important internal work is for not only young adults, but also parents.What You Will LearnGoing to college was not a matter of “if,” but “where.” Not being socially and emotionally ready for collegeTransferring colleges without help will not change your academic experienceFinding a hobby in collegeHow a valued education can be unspoken.The path of trying to find a job that Ken enjoys post collegeThe logic of “the geographical” in 12-step can really keep us in a place of denial indefinitely. He had multiple treatment experiences in his young adult years before he was a participant in wilderness therapy himself where he was able to truly lay the foundation for his recovery When he internalized “I don’t need to be my parents” he was able to create his own expectations The impact that Ken has been able to make The importance for parents to do their own internal work Connect with Ken GilbertKen Gilbert of Evoke Therapy Programs in Bend, OR.   Contact information: email [email protected] Admissions Contact: call 866-411-6600Connect with Joanna Lilley  Lilley ConsultingLilley Consulting on Instagram Lilley Consulting on Facebook Success is Subjective on Apple PodcastSuccess is Subjective on Google PodcastSponsored by: www.ParentTrainers.comEmail [email protected]