1. The Importance of Family Counseling With Substance Use Disorders

2. Population and intervention technique
Substance use disorders
Family therapy

3. Addiction as a family disease
many family-based interventions share the assumption that problem behaviors are tied to relational behavior patterns of various social systems in which they exist, most specifically the family
when compared to a no treatment group, family therapy presented with positive results immediately following the intervention as well as during a follow up period (Sexton and Alexander, 2002).

4. Relationship Issues Lack of Boundaries Enmeshment
Lack of healthy communication
Criticism, blaming
Defensiveness
Contempt
Stomewalling
Threatening
Nagging
Promises (unable to keep)
lecturing

5. List of family roles assumed within addicted families
The Enabler The Scapegoat The Mascot The Victim The Lost Child The Hero

6. Specific Models or Techniques for Family Interventions
focus on the overall functioning of the family relationships and not necessarily the substance use itself
structural family therapy
family systems therapy
behavior and cognitive-behavioral therapy
functional family therapy.

7. References
Alexander, James., Robbins, Michael.,  (2010). Functional Family Therapy: A Phase-Based and Multi-Component Approach to Change. Clinical Handbook of Assessing and Treating Conduct Problems in Youth.
Devine, Cindy. & Braithwaite, Valerie. (1993). The Survival roles of children of alcoholics: their measurement and validity. Addiction. (88),69-78.
Family Roles. Adult Children of Alcoholics.   s/
McNeece, C. & DiNitto, Diana. (2012). Chemical Dependency A Systems Approach. (4th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.
Nichols, M. P. (2011). The essentials of family therapy. (5 ed.). New York: Prentice Hall.
O' Farrell, Timothy., Schein, Abigail., &  (2011). Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Journal of Family Psychotherapy. 22 (3),
Sexton, Thomas., Alexander, James.,  (2002). Family-Based Empirically Supported interventions. The Counseling Psychologist. 30 (328),