If you have a family member who suffers from mental illness, but refuses to seek treatment, you may feel like youre caught in a trap. If you try making life easier for your loved one, you wind up perpetuating dependency and entitlement. If you push for treatment, you are met with resistance or outright animosity. And when you reach out to professionals for help, you are told that nothing can be done unless your family member is ready to change. So, how can you escape the family trap? Written by clinicians and introducing the innovative family well-being approach (FWBA), this guide provides validation and doable strategies for anyone who feels trapped by a family member or loved one suffering from mental illness. Using the skills in this book, youll learn how your responses to your loved one can worsen and even perpetuate the very problems you are trying to resolve.
