Question

It's fantastic when clients make the connection and begin to understand how their choices affect them. What also needs to be covered in therapy is the preparation for family and friends. Clients get excited about this transformation and should understand that their friends and family will often remain the same. How can we assist clients in preparing for their family?

Answer 1

Normally, family and friends are the ones who support us through hell and they love us and help us in all our endeavours. But when our actions do not meet the expectations of the family and affect the family members, they would develop a hatred towards us. So, the family and friends might have seen the client as a person who is not fit for the society or fit to be in the family, especially if the client was suffering from substance abuse. They would have told them that they were good for nothing.

Now that they have transformed, they would like everyone to accept them as a normal person and renew the relationship with new rigour. Family members will be more than happy to see them changed and they will try to help them cope-up in the society because it would take more time to make people believe that they have changed. So, the clients should give enough time to the family members and friends to understand your transformation and how else they could help you with your future life such as, getting a job, mingling with all, helping one to find a new family all will be part of that journey. They shouldn’t lose heart at any point of time if someone make any comment about their past. Only this take it easy policy will help one become successful in their life.