Revealing What Exactly Educational and Therapeutic Consultants Do (and don’t do), with Joanna Lilley
When my son began using drugs and alcohol, I did what a lot of parents do: I dove headfirst into a world I didn't know existed, trying to evaluate all the possible programs and places he might go to get help. But there's so much to learn about the treatment world, and the knowledge is extremely specialized, making it almost impossible to sift through it effectively without an expert guide. On today's show, I spoke with someone who is that guide for families. She’s revealing what consultants actually do, how they do it and how working with one can impact your child’s treatment journey.
the story behind the podcast: a teen's addiction, four rehabs, two overdoses and hope with Brenda Zane
We didn't know anybody who had gone through this and you know, we sat and said to each other, what do you do at this point? What do you do with a child who is 16 years old still under our legal care and is doing these terrible things? And so this is when, like many people, I turned to Google. And that is a scary thing because Google obviously has lots and lots of people on there who are advertising, who are looking for people who are in this very vulnerable position. And we were incredibly vulnerable at this point and looking for anything. So started Googling terms like “what to do with defiant teenager,” “what to do with drug using teenager,”- just all of the terms - we didn't even know how to put it into the search bar, what do you say?