Supporting Families & Partners of Someone in Addiction

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You don't have to watch someone you love struggle alone — and you deserve support too

Loving someone with an addiction comes with its own exhaustion: the worry, the walking-on-eggshells, the wondering if you're helping or enabling, the grief of watching someone change. This kind of stress often goes unaddressed because the focus tends to stay on the person using.

This space is for partners, parents, and family members who need somewhere to process what they're carrying, understand addiction more clearly, and figure out how to support a loved one without losing themselves in the process.

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What we work on

  • Understanding addiction and how it affects family systems

  • Setting boundaries that protect your own well-being

  • Navigating the difference between supporting and enabling

  • Processing your own grief, fear, anger, or exhaustion

  • Deciding what you need, regardless of what your loved one chooses

I also work with women navigating abusive relationships who are working toward safely exiting them when that overlaps with a partner's addiction.

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Good to know

  • Sessions held online

  • Available to adults located in Manitoba

  • Covered through Blue Cross or Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) for eligible clients.