Season 2, Episode 32 - Our Interview with McGuire Counseling kicks off our 2nd Season!

Siblinghood of Recovery

We're back and ready to get to work! Not wasting any time, the focus remains on how Parents can show up for their kids in doing their OWN work. We further finetune the mantra of healthier parenting being supported through the process of becoming a healthier individual. This Season will feature interviews with professionals leading Recovery and Mental Health facilities, as well as those working within the Recovery community. We'll also be interviewing parents traveling this Recovery Journey, with a keen eye on how we can provide the best gift we can give our kids: a healthy Family unit.
1:00 - Introduction to Mike McGuire,
1:30 - What McGuire Counseling offers, Therapy - Home - McGuire Counseling and Psychotherapy (mcguirerecovery.com)
1:45 - Therapy Modalities offered by McGuire Counseling & Therapy
2:15 - What is EMDR
4:30 - The Big Blue Book – AA Book / Chaos
5:15 - ACA, Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families - Find a Meeting Near You
5:45 - EMDR and Sexual Trauma
9:00 - What is NARM? The NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) is a method of psychotherapy specifically aimed at treating attachment, relational and developmental trauma, otherwise referred to as “Complex Trauma” (Complex-PTSD or C-PTSD).
11:15 – Dr. Lawrence Heller's book, Healing Developmental Trauma
11:30 – Dr. Lawrence Heller's book, A practical guide for Healing Developmental Trauma
12:25 – NARM and the Survival Styles, in this link, page down to the section entitles, 'The NARM Core Survival Styles'
13:30 – Strategies to Survive the World (see link above)
15:05 – Wanting to Fit in, Mike is deeply aware of this need. The link takes you to an article about Teens wanting to fit in on the NIH (National Institute on Drug Abuse) page, see the full article on the right hand side which can be downloaded in PDF format.
15:15 – Genetic Disposition to Addiction
16:15 – Processing Alcohol
17:35 – Moms for All Paths of Recovery (MAPS)
19:00 – 12 Steps and How it Works: Community, Togetherness, Looking at ourselves and seeing what IS working, what is NOT, and what is my part in the function or Dysfunction
20:20 – Higher Power
20:30 – McGuire’s Ascend Program
22:10 – Al Anon, how I found McGuire Counseling & Psychology
22:15 – Bringing the Parents into “The Program”,

Thank you for listening and please visit www.siblinghoodofrecovery.com for free resources, links to organizations, groups and individuals who can offer help in the Journey of Recovery towards healing from substance use disorders. If you like this Podcast, please leave a rating on wherever you're listening. It will help to get the word out.
If there is one message I can leave you with, the best you can offer your loved one battling addiction is love and a healthier you.
Walk gently, my friend.