The Gabel Center recognizes that addiction is a family disease. We value the unique insight and individual experience that each family has to offer. The Gabel Center Family Program was designed to welcome the family into the recovery process, without diminishing the client’s initiative and ownership of personal responsibility.
Over the course of 2 days, families are able to experience recovery in action, while participating in a variety of eco-therapeutic exercises designed to enrich, empower, and enlighten all members of the family. At the end of the program, families reunite with their loved one, participating in a dynamic sunset workshop.
Family Program
Loved ones are often concerned that they will be left out of the process when it comes to the treatment of their family member. At the Gabel Center, we encourage family involvement. We provide a Family Information Form prior to admission, which allows family members to pass valuable information along to our medical and clinical teams. Weekly family updates keep you apprised of your loved ones progress. In addition, family therapy can be arranged, and is often encouraged. Family therapy sessions can work to resolve conflicts within the family so that your loved one leaves treatment able to focus on their recovery. Family therapy sessions can take place in person, over the phone or via video conference for families that live outside the area.
If you have questions about family involvement in treatment at the Gabel Center, call us today at 1-800-679-0026.
From the bottom of my heart, I will always be grateful for the help you provided my sister. We were about to give up, thinking we had tried everything...I am glad we made one more phone call. The staff at your program, from the man that answered the phone that first night, to the medical staff and therapists, were so kind to both my sister and the family. We as the family felt included, connected and empowered by the resources provided to us. We understood for the first time that it was my sister's responsibility to work her program--not ours! We also learned that there were things we could do to support her recovery, and the difference between that and enabling. Thank you thank you thank you!
--Janine S., Chicago IL