Assignment: Scholar Practitioner Project: Unhealthy Family Roles in Addiction Recovery
One of the most common ways that families attempt to maintain balance is by ignoring the addiction problem. Families attempt to keep a false sense of normalcy by following three rules: no talking, no feeling, and no trusting. Members learn to shield themselves from hurt by learning not to feel, and because their trust in the addicted parent or spouse has been violated one too many times, they learn not to trust.
Children growing up in these unstable families often adapt by taking on unhealthy roles. These roles each have distinct traits and are taken on for one reason only—to survive the dysfunctional family dynamics. These roles do nothing to help the child, the addicted parent, or other family members. If the situation does not change, these children may carry these roles into their adult lives and perpetuate similar addiction-related problems in their own families.
For this Assignment, you examine unhealthy family roles. You explore how these roles might impact addiction recovery.
Assignment:
In a 600-word APA-formatted paper, address the following:
- Describe any unhealthy family roles exhibited by Marge's husband in the media.
- Explain what roles her children have assumed when dealing with Marge's addiction.
- Select one of these unhealthy family roles.
- Explain how this role could impact Marge and her family.
- As an addictions professional, explain how you might address this unhealthy family role. Provide two resources that would be useful.
Support your response using the resources from the following providing at least 4 references and citations.
Week 6: Co-dependency and Families
When it comes to addiction, family members are sometimes part of the solution, but they are often part of the problem. Understanding the role that family members play and how their behaviors may result in codependent relationships can assist the helping professionals develop an appropriate addiction treatment plan that addresses these issues.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
· Analyze the impact of codependent behaviors
· Analyze strategies for addressing codependent behaviors
· Analyze the impact of unhealthy family roles on addiction recovery
· Analyze strategies for addressing unhealthy family roles
Learning Resources
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings
Doweiko, H. E. (2019). Concepts of chemical dependency (10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage.
· Chapter 22, "Codependency and Enabling" (pp. 313-321)
· Chapter 23, “Substance Use Disorders and the Family” (pp. 304-312)
Gibson, B. (2016). A harrowing journey through codependency. Perspectives, 24(2), 3.
Margasiński, A. (2017). Psychological roles of young adults growing up in alcoholic and non-alcoholic families measured by Family Roles Questionnaire. Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, 30(1), 13-40.
Sharma, R. (2016). Role of Family relationship in child rearing of drug addiction afflicted vs normal families. Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing, 7(8), 807-809.
Stenzel, W. (2018). Co-Dependency, a metastatic disease. Human Development, 39(1), 74–87.Stenzel, W. (2018).
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012b). Counseling session 3. [Multimedia file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Document: "Counseling session 3" Transcript (PDF)
Assignment: Scholar Practitioner Project: Unhealthy Family Roles in Addiction Recovery
One of the most common ways that families attempt to maintain balance is by ignoring the addiction problem. Families attempt to keep a false sense of normalcy by following three rules: no talking, no feeling, and no trusting. Members learn to shield themselves from hurt by learning not to feel, and because their trust in the addicted parent or spouse has been violated one too many times, they learn not to trust.
Children growing up in these unstable families often adapt by taking on unhealthy roles. These roles each have distinct traits and are taken on for one reason only—to survive the dysfunctional family dynamics. These roles do nothing to help the child, the addicted parent, or other family members. If the situation does not change, these children may carry these roles into their adult lives and perpetuate similar addiction-related problems in their own families.
For this Assignment, you examine unhealthy family roles. You explore how these roles might impact addiction recovery.
Assignment:
In a 600-word APA-formatted paper, address the following:
· Describe any unhealthy family roles exhibited by Marge's husband in the media.
· Explain what roles her children have assumed when dealing with Marge's addiction.
· Select one of these unhealthy family roles.
· Explain how this role could impact Marge and her family.
· As an addictions professional, explain how you might address this unhealthy family role. Provide two resources that would be useful.
Support your response using the resources from the following providing at least 4 references and citations.
Learning Resources
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings
Doweiko, H. E. (2019). Concepts of chemical dependency (10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage.
· Chapter 22, "Codependency and Enabling" (pp. 313-321)
· Chapter 23, “Substance Use Disorders and the Family” (pp. 304-312)
Gibson, B. (2016). A harrowing journey through codependency. Perspectives, 24(2), 3.
Margasiński, A. (2017). Psychological roles of young adults growing up in alcoholic and non-alcoholic families measured by Family Roles Questionnaire. Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, 30(1), 13-40.
Sharma, R. (2016). Role of Family relationship in child rearing of drug addiction afflicted vs normal families. Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing, 7(8), 807-809.
Stenzel, W. (2018). Co-Dependency, a metastatic disease. Human Development, 39(1), 74–87.Stenzel, W. (2018).
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012b). Counseling session 3. [Multimedia file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Document: "Counseling session 3" Transcript (PDF)