Treating the Adult Children of Persons with Addiction

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Topics

1. Long-term effects of growing up with parents affected by addiction
2. Identifying attachment problems and maladaptive coping strategies in children of parents with addiction
3. Cognitive Behavioral therapy for maladaptive coping strategies in the children of parents with addiction
4. “It will never happen to me” - breaking the cycle of intergenerational addictive disorders

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to identify at least two negative developmental inputs that children of persons with addiction might suffer.
• Participants will be able to identify at least two maladaptive coping mechanisms that adult children of persons with addiction might carry into adulthood.
• Participants will be able to describe the cognitive behavioral case conceptualization of at least one maladaptive coping mechanism as a guide for treatment.