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The Compassion Antidote
A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Substance Use
Are you struggling with your teen’s or young adult’s substance use issues? The Compassion Antidote offers a proven framework for creating change. Catherine Taughinbaugh reveals evidence-based strategies for more productive conversations with your child. She explains how positive reinforcement, allowing for negative consequences, setting clear boundaries, and taking care of yourself will give you the best chance that your child will be open to recovery.
You don’t have to let go and detach from your child—you can lean in and stay close. Catherine draws on proven ideas from the Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) approach to explain the necessary steps to better communicate, with empathy and understanding. These strategies were developed by psychologists who have been studying addiction for years.
This easy-to-understand guide will help parents and other family members to stay positive, and continue to help their child change. Along the way, readers will be inspired by stories from families who have the same struggles, fears, hopes, and dreams for their young adults and teens.
Learn:
• to take care of yourself;
• how to change the conversation;
• the power of reinforcement and consequences;
• what gets in the way of change;
• and much more.
The Compassion Antidote will change the way you think about your role in family addiction. It will give you the tools and strategies you need to help your struggling young adult or teen transform their life—from being tethered to drug or alcohol use to reaching their potential and thriving.
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The Compassion Antidote will change the way you think about your role in family addiction. It will give you the tools and strategies you need to help your struggling young adult or teen transform their life—from being tethered to their drug or alcohol use to reaching their potential and thriving.
Praise for The Compassion Antidote
"We have known Cathy for years and have seen her help many struggling families through their darkest times. Her skill and kindness shine through in this book––she is truly committed to helping families impacted by substance use. If you are a parent or a loved one looking for guidance, this book will offer insight, compassion, and a friend to guide you through this struggle."
–Jeff Foote, PhD, Co-Founder of CMC: Foundation for Change and The Center for Motivation and Change
"An informative and personal narrative that shows how evidence-supported practices and caring relationships can open the door for, and support, a loved one's recovery. This is an important resource for families looking to help their loved one, have permission to do so in a way that aligns with their values, and feel supported through the wisdom of Ms. Taughinbaugh's lived experience."
–Ken Carpenter, PhD, CMC: Foundation for Change and The Center for Motivation and Change
"Cathy Taughinbaugh's book is an appreciated addition to the limited library of books about CRAFT and other relationship-positive approaches to addiction. Drawing from her experience using CRAFT with families, she provides many helpful case examples and nuggets of wisdom about how the concepts apply in real life."
–Lara Okoloko, MSW, Certified CRAFT Clinician
"In The Compassion Antidote, Cathy braids together the wisdom she gained as a mom practicing CRAFT in her own home and the experiences of other parents who have also used the approach with the expertise of great minds such as Drs Jeff Foote, Carrie Wilson, and Nicole Kosanke of the Center for Motivation and Change; Thich Nat Hanh, Dan Harris, Dr. Gabor Mate, Dr. Kristen Neff, Dr. Russ Harris, and of course, Dr. Meyers and colleagues who developed CRAFT.
Cathy's book is a balance of warmth, compassion, practicality, and simplicity. While reading, I found some sentences that I wish I could have offered to myself years ago in my journey as a mom and other sentences that I want to provide to the families I work with as a CRAFT clinician now.
She gives a name to parents' struggles, lets them know that they are not alone, and that, in a world where confrontation often gets the spotlight....that there is another way. Thank you for sharing your experiences with CRAFT!"
–Cordelia Kraus, LPC, CADC 1, Certified CRAFT Clinician
"If you have a child who struggles with a substance use disorder - whether they be an adolescent or an adult - Cathy Taughinbaugh's latest book, The Compassion Antidote, is a must-read. As a mother who has dealt with substance use disorders, Cathy understands where you are at. Searching for answers, she spent years interviewing experts and studying evidence-based research on addiction, what it takes to treat it, and how a parent can best support their child through that journey. To that end, she trained in the CRAFT program and was one of the first CRAFT-trained parent recovery coaches for the Partnership to End Addiction. Filled with the personal experiences, anecdotes, and case studies of the parents she's coached over the past ten years, Cathy offers a myriad of suggestions to help parents help their children and themselves."
–Lisa Frederiksen, author of The 10th Anniversary Edition If You Loved Me, You'd Stop! and founder of Breaking the Cycles
"Cathy's user-friendly book gives the reader insights on how to help their teen or young adult using evidence-based practices. The book shares the critical role that family plays in finding solutions when it comes to addiction. The Compassion Antidote reminds the reader that they are not alone, offers hope and a way forward."
–Denise Mariano, Director, Family Support and Advocacy, Partnership to End Addiction
"Within the pages of The Compassion Antidote: A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Substance Use, Cathy Taughinbaugh shares her wisdom, warmth, help, and hope for parents trying to find their way on one of life's most difficult journeys. As a parent who has walked this walk herself—and as a certified parent coach—Cathy skillfully empowers parents with her straightforward and evidence-based approach to constructive change. This little book is a gem, one that parents will want to keep close at hand….every step of the way."
–Sandy Swenson, parent advocate and author of The Joey Song
"Like many families, when addiction entered our home, we were thrust into an unfamiliar and scary world. We were encouraged to detach, but that didn't feel right for us. The Compassion Antidote offers parents an approach more aligned with their instincts to support their children through life's challenges instead of letting go. Cathy Taughinbaugh provides a valuable resource to help parents stay connected to their struggling children, bring harmony back to the home, and create the conditions that will nudge their loved ones toward recovery. It is essential reading for parents who need help and hope."
–Rose Barbour is a parent of two sons in long-term recovery and an addiction advocate, writer, and blogger.
"The book wonderfully summarized the possibilities and successes of using CRAFT methodologies."
–Ron Grover, parent advocate, and blogger at An Addict in Our Son's Bedroom
"Take Heart, Compassion, Changing the Conversation'; as a member of a family with addiction, Ms. Taughinbaugh's chapter titles strike deep into my heart and soul. Her chapter summaries include such nuggets as 'One size doesn't fit all when it comes to addiction. Bravo!'"
–Patrick Doyle LICSW, FamilyAddictionCoach.com