Nurturing Program for Families in Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery

Posted 12/16/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)

The curriculum focuses on the effects of substance abuse on families, parenting, and the parent-child relationship, incorporating Joan and Eric Erickson’s eight themes of growth spanning the life cycle and the Stone Center’s Self-in-Relation theory of women’s development. Combining experiential and didactic exercises, this approach is designed to enhance parents’ self-awareness and thereby increase understanding of their children. This second edition of the curriculum incorporates many of the original activities and information and utilizes the same format, but has been updated in a number of ways.