York Addiction & Mental Health Therapy Services
Family Care & Support at York Addiction & Mental Health
Addiction can be a breaking point that affects not just the person suffering, but everyone who loves them. It reaches into every relationship around them, and the people who love someone struggling with addiction are often carrying their own exhaustion, fear, and grief with nowhere to put it. York Addiction & Mental Health Family Care program exists for that reason specifically. We provide support built to help the families and loved ones who have been affected by their loved ones' addiction. York brings a chance to learn about your loved one's treatment, but more notably, how to navigate the struggles of dealing with someone's suffering. We know how hard it can be, and are here to be a support.
York Addiction & Mental Health is located in Aurora, about an hour from Toronto, though Family Care itself doesn't require travel at all.
Family Care with a Purpose
Family Care is delivered entirely virtually, by video call, led by a registered psychotherapist alongside other families going through similar experiences. You don't need to travel to Aurora or anywhere else to take part. It's built to be accessible from wherever you are, on a regular schedule, so it can fit into a life that's already stretched thin.
The Two Ways York Addiction & Mental Health Supports Your Family
Weekly Virtual Family Support Sessions
An ongoing video call group, facilitated by a registered psychotherapist, where family members and loved ones connect with others who understand exactly what this is like without needing it explained. Sessions combine education, open discussion, and the kind of connection that only comes from being in a room, even a virtual one, with people who aren't going to look at you strangely when you describe what the last year has been like.
Family Integration Sessions (As Part of Your Loved One’s Treatment Plan)
Separate from the ongoing group, families also have the option to join sessions directly involving their loved one and their primary therapist during treatment. These sessions focus specifically on communication, rebuilding trust, and making sure everyone, not just the client, feels prepared for what comes after discharge. It's a chance to be part of the actual treatment process, not just informed about it after the fact.
What You’ll Learn from Our Family Support Systems
Family Care isn’t just a space to vent, though there’s real room for that too. Sessions work through specific, practical territory:
- The cycle of addiction, and why it isn't a simple loop of choices
- Relapse prevention, and what your role in it realistically is and isn't
- Boundaries, and how to hold them without guilt
- Codependency and enabling, and the difference between helping and absorbing
- Caretaking, and where it starts costing you more than it helps
- Self-care, treated as a real requirement, not an afterthought
That standard of support is backed by our Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada, and by medical staff and counsellors available around the clock, so when you’re ready to reach out, we’re ready too.
Why You Need to Take Care of Yourself & Family During a Loved One’s Addiction
One of the hardest lessons for family members is understanding what's yours to control and what isn't. You cannot make someone else's recovery happen to them. What you can do is take real responsibility for your own health and stability, which, counterintuitively, tends to help your loved one more than exhausting yourself trying to manage their addiction directly ever does. If you're waiting until things are stable at home before getting support for yourself, that's usually backwards. Support for you is often what helps things become stable in the first place.
We Provide Support Beyond Treatment to Help Build Lasting Sobriety
Family Care isn't limited to the weeks your loved one is in active treatment. Recovery is a long process, often measured in years, not a milestone that gets reached and closed out, and families need support across that whole timeline, not just the beginning. The weekly group is built to be there for as long as it's useful to you, well past discharge.
Who Can Join our Family Support Sessions?
Parents, spouses, partners, children, siblings, and close friends of someone in treatment or recovery are all welcome. Given the nature of the material discussed, participants must be 18 years of age or older.
How to Join Our Family Support Sessions?
If you're not sure whether Family Care is the right fit for your situation, that's a completely reasonable thing to be unsure about. Call 1-888-241-3391 and one of our counsellors can talk about your family's specific situation and what joining would look like.
Why Families and Individuals Trust York Addiction & Mental Health
We're accredited with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada, the highest rating available, which reflects a real and measurable standard of how we operate. Our facility has medical staff and counsellors available around the clock. When you're ready, we're ready, often the same day you call and ready to provide help.
You Deserve Support Too | Learn About Family Care Today | Recovery Within Reach
You don’t have to hold this alone, and you don’t need your loved one to be in treatment already to reach out. Call us at 1-888-241-3391, or fill out the form below with your name, email, phone number, and a bit about your situation. Our team responds directly, no pressure, no obligation.
We Are Here to Help
We understand that addiction and mental health struggles impact the whole family. Our compassionate Family Care group provide the tools and support you need to heal together. For more information, join our mailing list below: