Whole Family Recovery
Whole Family Recovery is built on a foundation of compassion and shaped by lived experience. This program equips families to strengthen lasting well-being resilience, and connection- ensuring no one navigates life’s journey alone.
Challenges for Families in the Recovery Process
- Emotional Overload
- Communication Issues
- Unhealthy Boundaries
- Unrealistic Expectations
- Fear of Setbacks
- Isolation
- Lack of Support
Benefits of Whole Family Recovery Program:
Strengthen Family Bonds
Improved Communication
Mutual Support
Sense of Belonging
Reduction of Stress and Anxiety
Promotes Sustained Recovery
Breaking Unhealthy Behavioral Patterns
Restoring Trust
Recognizing and Respecting Healthy Boundaries
Healthier Family Enviroment
Created for families who want to stay strong in their recovery, this program fosters ongoing restoration, mutual support, and lasting growth.
What this program is NOT for:
- Not to therapies anyone
- Not to critique or judge
- Not to shame or blame
- Not to fix, save, or tell anyone what to do
We have specific Group Agreements for what gets processed in the group and what gets processed outside the group.
What this program IS for:
- Nurture connection on a deeper level
- Hear each other’s voice
- Share gifts with each other- laughter, love, experience, resources, books, songs, etc.
- Share connection- physical, mental, emotional spiritual
Meeting are held weekly for 90 minutes, on the same day and time, via Zoom.
THREE Foundational Elements of this Program:
- Structured Curriculum to Support Healing
- Purposeful Themes to Deepen Family Connections
- Meaningful Prompts to Cultivate Family Wisdom
Learn more about the Whole Family Recovery program.
Here’s what some family members have to say about working with Colleen in a family group setting:
“Warm, sincere, and loving personal attention.”
“We have been immeasurably enriched by your program but especially so by your one-of-a-kind blend of expertise, and knowledge, coupled by a warm, sincere and loving personal attention you have given to us, which we will be forever grateful! “
Sandy & Kent
“I am a more calm, peaceful person.”
“I started my journey of transformation into a more calm, peaceful person. I understand how important my own journey is in order to be my loved one’s best chance at recovery.”
Carey T
“She was a great resource of various needs we had.”
“By Colleen sharing her family experience, her ways of dealing with difficult situations, with her extensive knowledge, I was able to gain a new insight into how to change myself in a positive way. Colleen provided personal attention to each participant. One-to-one sessions in between weekly sessions were very helpful.”
Olga
“Colleen is passionate about helping others. ”
“She is always available for any follow up questions. I believe her own experience makes her a very empathetic and compassionate leader.”
Anonymous
“It was a safe place to share”
Anonymous
“Colleen found her own whole family recovery….”
Colleen found her own whole family recovery after many years of feeling lost, alone, and frightened in the throes of her son’s disease. She wholeheartedly knows the efforts it takes to make life-long changes. Colleen is committed to living a life of successful family recovery and inspiring others to partake in this transformation as well.
Through her own deeply personal experience, Colleen became a fully trained and certified Family Recovery Life Coach. Colleen believes in whole family recovery and what it can do for families and their loved ones. She envisions bringing recovery to as many families as possible.
To discover more about the Whole Family Recovery program, please reach out to Colleen directly for further details on how this program may specifically benefit your family.
MISSION
Whole Family Recovery’s Mission is to partner with families, friends, and loved one’s to foster sustainable whole wellness, mentally, physically, and emotionally, for all.
VISION