When your daughter is struggling, it can be difficult to watch her go through treatment. Although you may be tempted to withdraw, staying involved throughout the process creates the greatest chances for success. Clearview’s programs are long-term solutions for your daughter. Girls stay for an average of a year with us as they learn and go through therapy. To help families stay connected, one option we offer is parental workshop weekends. These weekends help get parents involved in their daughter’s care.
Getting Parents Involved Through Parent Workshop Weekends
These workshops start with the parent learning about the various themes being addressed in therapy and learning more about what their daughter is going through. Parents then learn tools and strategies they can use when the child reintegrates back into the home.
After spending time learning about the therapeutic process and your daughter’s recovery, daughters and parents come together to workshop together and practice these important skills. A nonjudgmental attitude and meeting her where she is at will make it easiest for you to assist with her healing.
When you visit your daughter during these weekends, this will strengthen your relationship and allow you to work together on recovery. Granted, becoming more involved can feel overwhelming. This is why it is important to find the right care program to facilitate healing for all of you. With the right program and approach, the path to success can be paved.
Getting Parents Involved in Their Daughter’s Healing
At Clearview Horizon Girls Academy, we believe that a girl’s healing is a family’s journey. We believe that being involved in your daughter’s care will encourage her to succeed. When girls come to us with mental health problems or substance use disorder (SUD), we aim to encourage familial involvement in their care even while they are staying with us. Quite a bit of research has pointed to the Importance of familial involvement in youth recovery from SUD. A research review published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment states that “Both empirical and developmental research indicate that families are powerful resources for enhancing treatment and recovery success among youth with SUD.”
Being involved in your daughter’s recovery can be as simple as keeping up to date on what she is doing during her stay with us. As we’ve been explaining, getting your family involved also can include visiting and participating in our programs. This participation can foster respect within family relationships. Your involvement can also start to relieve tensions that may have been brewing.
For teenagers, your actions can make significant differences. Although it may seem that your teen doesn’t need you or want your nurturance, this is far from the truth. When you show that you care for her and step up when things get difficult, this helps her have confidence that she can rely on you. When she sees her parents involved in the process, this will help mend and strengthen the parent-daughter relationship. Being involved in her care will show that you care and that you are committed to her well-being.
Parental Involvement Helps to Convey Respect and Love
Having parents involved in their care makes all the difference to adolescents. Through your involvement, she will see that you are committed to her and her health. This will help the relationship naturally become more respectful. Your participation will also remind your daughter of the love you have for her as a parent. We know that being involved can be stressful. This is why if your daughter comes to a program like ours, we can help facilitate the healing for your daughter and your family.
How Parent Workshop Weekends Help Families Heal
Our parent workshop weekends are one of the ways we demonstrate our commitment to healing and treating the family unit. These programs provide an opportunity for parents to come for a weekend and engage the best they can with the care their daughter is receiving. In the first two days of the weekend, parents attend workshops with educated professionals. The goal of these workshops and programs is to teach parents what their daughter is focusing on during her stay with us.
These programs can include topics like relationship-building, self-awareness, and effective communication. The goal of these workshops is to instill personal relationships and teach skills to heal the family unit. The weekend then ends with the daughters joining their parents on Sunday. Coming together on the last day gives parents and daughters a chance to practice the skills they have been learning. The goal of these workshops includes relieving familial tension and building stronger bonds. These workshops also help to focus the family unit toward the future.
Having Parents Involved in Care Facilitates Long-Term Success
As we get parents involved in our care plans, this facilitates long-term success for our students. We aim to connect the care your daughter receives here to her care back home. This connection will promote further success.
Finding a family-focused practice and care program can help your daughter achieve the success she hasn’t found before. Clearview aims to provide care that will heal both the daughter and the parent. Getting parents involved in their daughter’s care through programs like our workshop weekends is one way we ensure long-term success.
As a parent, you want what’s best for your daughter. You want her healing process to be effective and long lasting. We understand that many parents feel overwhelmed when trying to be involved in their daughter’s long-term care. That is why it’s important to find a facility you can trust. Ideally, you will choose a facility that involves you in every step. We believe that your daughter’s healing process should heal the family unit as well. Being involved with programs like our workshop weekends will allow you to work alongside your daughter as she achieves healing. If you want to know more about how you can be involved in your daughter’s care, contact Clearview at 866-584-4788.
