Presenter:
James Ott, LCSW, CAI, CPI
Topic: Addiction as a Family Disease and Recovery as a Family Systems Approach
Addiction is a biological, psychological and social disease that affects families and loves ones, too, not just addicted individuals. That being the case, the ARISE Intervention Model addresses recovery through a Family Systems approach. When untreated addiction exists within families, recovery outcomes improve when the whole family is involved in the process. James will discuss perspective shifts that are useful for families to adopt, tools that can help families identify their needs, and what a parallel process of addiction recovery looks like for the entire family system, not just the Person of Concern (PoC).
Brief Bio:
James is the founder, director and a therapist at Red Willow Counseling & Recovery, an outpatient psychotherapy practice helping individuals and families with mental health and addiction issues. He spent 10 years working in a psychiatric hospital with both mentally ill and substance abuse patients. James also works with families impacted by addiction as a Certified ARISE Interventionalist. He is a member of the core ARISE intervention team. He is also an ARISE Intervention Trainer and Supervisor. James received his Master of Social Work degree from New Mexico State University in 1997, and has been working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Utah since 2000.