Season 1 - Finding Treatment Part 2, Readiness To Change

This Episode focuses again on Family Dynamics but more so on the parent's Readiness to Change. Again, citing work from, Spencer D. Bradshaw, Sterling T. Shumway, Eugene W. Wang, Kitty S. Harris, Douglas B. Smith & Heather Austin-Robillard, 'Family Functioning and Readiness in Family Recovery From Addiction' captures the simple acronym of RTC (Readiness to Change) that so many Treatment Center professionals seek out in the support of their number one focus: the client entering the Treatment Facility, the child. What is your RTC?More free material is offered in the mention of the best, in my humble opinion, Neuroscience Research and Educational Material, 'Huberman Lab' (see link below), and in a resource I just discovered available from our friends up in the Great White North, Foundry in British Columbia, Canada (link below).More self-education material, with the greatest focus on you, me, and any parent enlisting the help of Treatment professionals and Treatment Center teams: readiness to learn, change, and engage in the community of recovery. 1) Foundry, BC, Canada2) Foundry's Parent Resources (the best 'how-to' I've found to date)3) Huberman Lab (anything and everything you ever wanted to know about Neuroscience) 4) SUDs and the Family’s Readiness to Change (RTC) post on my site (link to Cited Article on the Siblinghood of Recovery site)Thank you for listening and please visit www.siblinghoodofrecovery.com for free resources, links to organizations, groups and individuals who can offer help in the Journey of Recovery towards healing from substance use disorders. If you like this Podcast, please leave a rating on wherever you're listening. It will help to get the word out. If there is one message I can leave you with, the best you can offer your loved one battling addiction is love and a healthier you. Walk gently, my friend.