Long Term Anxiety in Families with Substance Use Disorder

One of the most difficult experiences of dealing with addiction in your family is dealing with your own anxiety. We know that anxiety flows through systems like electricity flows through a circuit. It’s contagious, free floating, and it has to land somewhere. If we can work on befriending our own anxiety and regulating our own nervous system, then we put “circuit breakers” into the family system and we invite that in our family members as well. We truly do have power in our family systems just not the way we may have thought. Learning how to be in a healthier relationship to our own anxiety is perhaps the most important things that we can do for our whole families recovery.

Who Should Attend this Program?

Any family member who has been impacted by a loved one’s substance use disorder will benefit from participating in this webinar.

Please note: if you cannot attend the webinar live, please register to receive the recording. Also, this event is Eastern Standard Time.

Presenter:

Mary Kate Murray

Mary Kate Murray is a lifelong creative and educator. After 30 years as a teacher, trainer, and corporate process facilitator, Mary Kate decided to follow her passion to help her community and become a marriage and family therapist. She specializes in working with families experiencing addiction in the family system, helping loved ones build alliances with patients to support personal growth, reduction of suffering, awareness, and health of the family system and its individual members. She is trained in a trauma-informed and resilience-orientated care and working from a trauma-informed lens when working with dual-diagnosis. She has experience working with people of all ages and family roles, including parents, adult children, children, and adolescents. Mary Kate is skilled in working with groups, individuals, couples and families. Mary Kate is also a skilled family educator, and designs and delivers workshops and groups to the families at Encore and facilitates the weekly support group. As an advocate of providing trauma-informed and trauma-focused care, Mary Kate is also a member of Encore’s trauma team.

Sponsored by the generosity of Lauren and Jay Springer.

For questions or more information, please contact Mallory Henry at mhenry@caron.org.

An email will be sent to you after you register containing the Zoom details.