famlies, trauma and addiction: From understanding to intentional intervention
What is Presented?
This interactive training synthesizes Dr. Michael Barnes's trauma-integrated family systems approach to addiction and recovery period, grounded in the belief that addiction and trauma are family illnesses. This presentation explores how multigenerational patterns, chronic stress, and neurobiological adaptions shaped family coping and communication.
Participants will examine how the solution becomes the problem as families unconsciously develop survival-driven rules and routines that sustain dysfunction. Through the integration of models such as the Family Distress Model, Double ABCX, and interactional cycles and support families in developing new, healing patters of safety, connection, and accountability.
The training concludes with practical, experiential strategies-including storytelling, enactment, motivational interviewing and narrative reframing-designed to help clients foster coherence, reduce shame, and promote family resilience and recovery.
PDH approval: 2 PDHs Contact Hours: 2
Who Presents?
About the Presenter: Michael Barnes, Ph.D., LAC, LPC
Dr. Michael Barnes is an addiction counselor, professional counselor, and family trauma expert with 40+ years of experience. He is the Director and Founder of the Michael Barnes Family Institute and senior Clinical Advisor at NRT Behavioral Health in Broomfield, Colorado. He has served as the Chief Clinical Officer at Foundry Treatment Center in Steamboat Springs, CO and Residential manager/Clinical Educator at the Center for Dependence, Addiction, and Rehabilitation (CeDAR) at the University of Colorado Health System. Prior to returning to Clinical work, Dr. Barnes was a faculty member in the MA Programs in Counseling and MFT at the Florida State University, his M.Ed. in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh and his B.A. in Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He published numerous scholarly articles and book chapters. In 2023, he published a book titled "When the Solution Becomes the Program: Helping Families Struggling with Addiction and Trauma". Dr. Barnes now resides in Tampa, Florida.
Learning Objectives
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By the end of this training, participants will be able to::
- Describe how trauma and addiction interact with family systems across generations and identify at least two ways chronic stress reshapes family organization and attachment.
- Analyze family coping and adaption using trauma-informed systemic models (e.g., Family Distress Model, Double ABCX), distinguishing protective versus maladaptive patterns.
- Demonstrate at least two intentional, trauma-informed interventions (e.g., narrative reframing, motivational interviewing, or systemic enactment) to enhance family safety, engagement, and healing.
COST
$149 Members
$249 Non Members
What are the dates for this course?
Online:
January 27, 2026 12:00-2:00 PM ET
How Do I Register?
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PDHs will be awarded for attendance at this event.
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Any questions or concerns, please contact Julie Rochester, EAPA Director of Education, at j.rochester@eapassn.org
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