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Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST

CEC: 1

Webinar Description:

It is well documented that addiction can have significant collateral impacts on parents, extended family, partners and friends. But what happens when these care-givers and supports also have their own ACES history (Adverse Childhood Experiences)? Living with, loving and supporting a person with addiction can become personal: triggering parents’, partners’ and families to relive their own trauma history. This presentation will discuss the how ACES can impact the family system and specific treatment strategies using ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and Mindfulness.

ACES: (CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study), a body of ground breaking research that looked at how childhood trauma affects long-term health and overall impacts.

Presenter: Sean Swaby

Sean Swaby (MA - Counselling Psychology) has over 25 years’ experience working with youth and families. He is a CCC and an Internationally Certified Clinical Addiction Counsellor with the CACCF. He utilizes ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), Family Systems Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy and Mindfulness in his work.

Parents with PTSD? How addiction can re-traumatize families.

  • December 7, 2018
  • Online