Essential Family Care Programs
Essential programs for everyone in the family.
Addiction is a family illness. It impacts every member of the family.
Designed by one of the world’s leading experts on family and addiction, Dr. Robert Ackerman, Renascent’s Essential Family Care Programs are specifically tailored to meet the distinct needs of children, parents, family members, significant others, loved ones, and friends affected by someone else’s addiction. Learn more about our Children’s Program.
Using the basic 12-step principles of recovery, Renascent’s Essential Family Care Programs allow people to recover independently or in partnership with a family member who is experiencing addiction.
Renascent’s Essential Family Care Programs:
- Provide treatment from trained counsellors who know firsthand what it’s like to be a family member of someone with the disease of addiction.
- Educate families about addiction and recovery through Introduction to Family Care, a four-session structured curriculum facilitated through group counselling. Alumni of this program attend a weekly alumni support group to stay connected with each other, counsellors, and resources.
- Works with children aged 7 to 13 and their caregivers through a four-day Children’s Program. Upon completion, children and youth attend their own alumni support night, called Children’s Check-In, to reconnect with friends, counsellors, and recovery.
- Offer one-on-one counselling.
To register for Renascent’s Family Program, please call 416-927-1202, ext. 4012 (Jennie Bell) or ext. 4002 (Heather Amisson).
Family Care for Parents, Spouses, and Other Adult Family Members
Educate yourself about addiction and recovery.
Renascent’s Introduction to Family Care Program helps family members learn about addiction and recovery and how both can affect the family. This education is beneficial whether your loved one is in active addiction or early recovery.
This four-week program consists of four education sessions, as well as suggested attendance to Al-Anon meetings. Sessions include presentations by a Renascent family counsellor and are professionally facilitated group discussions, with one-on-one counselling available. Program materials, including PowerPoint Presentations and videos, are shared online so that participants can review materials and complete workbook exercises in advance, making the material more applicable to your family’s unique scenario.
Introduction to Family Care allows participants to learn about:
- addiction and the process of family recovery;
- programs that provide support for families;
- healthy communication and boundaries;
- realistic goal setting;
- self-care techniques.
To register for Renascent’s Family Program, please call 416-927-1202, ext. 4012 (Jennie Bell) or ext. 4002 (Heather Amisson).
We’re here to support you!
It is not a requirement for participants to have a family member or loved one in a Renascent addiction treatment program. Renascent also welcomes Al-Anon members who seek additional support and education to strengthen their recovery and parenting skills.
I completed Renascent’s Introduction to Family Care program and have been attending the Alumni weekly meetings on a regular basis. I qualify for this program because I have a loved one who was in rehab at Renascent and opted to join the family program because my parents and I realized that everything we thought we were doing right was not working and we needed help. Our loved one had relapsed once early on, but it was short and he was back in recovery almost immediately. We didn’t understand that this could happen over and over again. Subsequent relapses were different – my sibling was using for a long time before he made the decision to get help and he relapsed again shortly after attending rehab for a third time. Needless to say, we were beside ourselves with worry, anxiety, and fear for his health and safety.
- Renascent Family Care Alumni
How to do an intervention for a family member
At Renascent, we provide support and care for families with a loved one who is struggling with addiction. Getting a loved one into alcohol or drug treatment is just one goal of an intervention. Another important outcome is helping them break through denial and realize the impact of their addiction. In this way, a well-planned intervention can be a powerful step toward recovery for the whole family.
Help your loved one get into treatment with an intervention.
Through the generosity of donors, Renascent makes the commitment to never turn anyone away due to lack of funds. Renascent receives no government support for its family programs, so we are entirely dependent on donations and the commitment of clients to pay what they can to keep the doors open for the next family in need. Visit our donation page for more information.
Download Renascent’s Guide to Coping with Addiction
About Renascent’s Children’s Program
Children require their own opportunity for healing. That is why Renascent’s Children Program was designed to help children ages 7-13 learn how to cope with their parent’s addiction by gaining the skills and tools needed. This program provides help and support for children with parents who struggle with addiction.
One-On-One Counselling
Renascent family counsellors know firsthand what it’s like to be a family member of someone who experiences addiction. Their personal experience and clinical knowledge allow them to effectively move your recovery forward at your own pace.
One-on-one counselling helps you identify your needs and work towards potential solutions, and develop effective coping strategies.
Renascent offers one-on-one counselling for clients aged 7 and up, typically in one-hour sessions.
Renascent’s One-On-One Counselling allows you to:
- detach and refocus energy on yourself;
- understand, set, and apply boundaries;
- develop a personal and family recovery plan.
Cost: $140 per session, $650 for five sessions
To register, please call 416-927-1202, ext. 4012 (Jennie Bell) or ext. 4002 (Heather Amisson).
Family Addiction Recovery
Is Your Family Coping with Relapse?
People in early recovery may face challenges that could lead to relapse. This can be extremely painful for everyone involved, and alter family dynamics.
However, with the right support, many people are able to turn brief relapses into learning experiences that create stronger foundations for long-term recovery.. Renascent’s Complete Care Program addresses relapse by offering clients Continuing Care, which is a six-month structured relapse prevention program, plus the Essential Family Care Programs, and lifelong access to Renascent’s alumni community.
If your loved one has attended an abstinence-based treatment program and feel that they would benefit from a relapse prevention program, they may be interested in participating in Renascent’s Continuing Care Program.
To register, please contact:
- Steve Holt, Renascent Madison Avenue Centre, sholt@renascent.ca
- Michael LeBlanc, Renascent Paul J. Sullivan Centre, mleblanc@renascent.ca
- Kayla Brandenburg, Renascent Graham Munro Centre, kbrandenburg@renascent.ca
Visit our Alumni Meetings page for information on all our Family Care Alumni Support Group Meetings.
Adult/Children’s Bridge Program Registration Form
Complete this form to begin the process of registering for Renascent’s Adult and Children’s Bridge Programs. Submissions will be followed up with a phone call from a Renascent Family Care Team member.