"I'll Be In My Room"

"I'll Be In My Room"

Being the one who disappears in the family leads to deep loneliness. In this week's podcast, we explore the role of the Lost Child in the addicted family system, and how their tendency to disappear and hide, provides relief to the family, but has an incredibly high cost to them. 12-Step Fellowships for family members: ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families) https://adultchildren.org/ [https://adultchildren.org/] Al-Anon Family Groups https://al-anon.org/ [https://al-anon.org/] Alateen https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/find-an-alateen-meeting/ [https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/find-an-alateen-meeting/] Contact Al-Anon directly for information on Alatot meetings Nar-Anon Family Groups https://www.nar-anon.org/ [https://www.nar-anon.org/] CODA (Codependents Anonymous) https://coda.org/ [https://coda.org/] Jean Campbell, LCSW, SEP, TTP, TEP has been bringing together groups of people to heal for over 30 years. She blends her extensive experience in psychodrama, sociometry, group psychotherapy, somatic healing and trauma resolution to offer training for helping professionals, personalized intensives, clinical consultation, and trial preparation consultation. You can find her at theactioninstitute.com [https://theactioninstitute.com/], on Instagram at @actioninstitute [https://www.instagram.com/actioninstitute/], and on Facebook at @actioninstituteofcalifornia [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063487423593], and on Substack [https://actioninstitute.substack.com/?r=2f8q4a&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist]. Thanks to Jessica Martindale for our theme music. You can find Jessica on iTunes [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jessica-martindale/706220166].

"I Haven't Got Time for the Pain"

Being able to distract the addicted family with humor takes its toll. In this week's podcast, we explore the role of the Masco child in the addicted family system, and how they're desperately trying to entertain everyone to turn down the volume on the chaos and conflict. 12-Step Fellowships for family members: ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families) https://adultchildren.org/ [https://adultchildren.org/] Al-Anon Family Groups https://al-anon.org/ [https://al-anon.org/] Alateen https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/find-an-alateen-meeting/ [https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/find-an-alateen-meeting/] Contact Al-Anon directly for information on Alatot meetings Nar-Anon Family Groups https://www.nar-anon.org/ [https://www.nar-anon.org/] CODA (Codependents Anonymous) https://coda.org/ [https://coda.org/] Jean Campbell, LCSW, SEP, TTP, TEP has been bringing together groups of people to heal for over 30 years. She blends her extensive experience in psychodrama, sociometry, group psychotherapy, somatic healing and trauma resolution to offer training for helping professionals, personalized intensives, clinical consultation, and trial preparation consultation. You can find her at theactioninstitute.com [https://theactioninstitute.com/], on Instagram at @actioninstitute [https://www.instagram.com/actioninstitute/], and on Facebook at @actioninstituteofcalifornia [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063487423593], and on Substack [https://actioninstitute.substack.com/?r=2f8q4a&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist]. Thanks to Jessica Martindale for our theme music. You can find Jessica on iTunes [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jessica-martindale/706220166].

"Screw You All"

Negative attention is better than no attention. In this week's podcast, we explore the role of the Scapegoat child in the addicted family system, and how they're desperately trying to get people to notice that their family is in trouble. 12-Step Fellowships for family members: ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families) https://adultchildren.org/ [https://adultchildren.org/] Al-Anon Family Groups https://al-anon.org/ [https://al-anon.org/] Alateen https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/find-an-alateen-meeting/ [https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/find-an-alateen-meeting/] Contact Al-Anon directly for information on Alatot meetings Nar-Anon Family Groups https://www.nar-anon.org/ [https://www.nar-anon.org/] CODA (Codependents Anonymous) https://coda.org/ [https://coda.org/] Jean Campbell, LCSW, SEP, TTP, TEP has been bringing together groups of people to heal for over 30 years. She blends her extensive experience in psychodrama, sociometry, group psychotherapy, somatic healing and trauma resolution to offer training for helping professionals, personalized intensives, clinical consultation, and trial preparation consultation. You can find her at theactioninstitute.com [https://theactioninstitute.com/], on Instagram at @actioninstitute [https://www.instagram.com/actioninstitute/], and on Facebook at @actioninstituteofcalifornia [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063487423593], and on Substack [https://actioninstitute.substack.com/?r=2f8q4a&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist]. Thanks to Jessica Martindale for our theme music. You can find Jessica on iTunes [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jessica-martindale/706220166].

"I'll Take Care of It"

Didn't get a childhood because you were a parentified child, taking care of everyone else? In this week's podcast, we explore the role of the Hero Child in the addicted family system, and how their filling the void of the parents costs them in the short- and long-term. Jean Campbell, LCSW, SEP, TTP, TEP has been bringing together groups of people to heal for over 30 years. She blends her extensive experience in psychodrama, sociometry, group psychotherapy, somatic healing and trauma resolution to offer training for helping professionals, personalized intensives, clinical consultation, and trial preparation consultation. You can find her at theactioninstitute.com [https://theactioninstitute.com/], on Instagram at @actioninstitute [https://www.instagram.com/actioninstitute/], and on Facebook at @actioninstituteofcalifornia [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063487423593], and on Substack [https://actioninstitute.substack.com/?r=2f8q4a&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist]. Thanks to Jessica Martindale for our theme music. You can find Jessica on iTunes [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jessica-martindale/706220166].

"I'm Just Trying To Help"

Sometimes helping hurts, and "hurting" helps. In this week's podcast, we explore the role of the Chief Enabler in the addicted family system, and how their helping hurts. Jean Campbell, LCSW, SEP, TTP, TEP has been bringing together groups of people to heal for over 30 years. She blends her extensive experience in psychodrama, sociometry, group psychotherapy, somatic healing and trauma resolution to offer training for helping professionals, personalized intensives, clinical consultation, and trial preparation consultation. You can find her at theactioninstitute.com [https://theactioninstitute.com/], on Instagram at @actioninstitute [https://www.instagram.com/actioninstitute/], and on Facebook at @actioninstituteofcalifornia [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063487423593], and on Substack [https://actioninstitute.substack.com/?r=2f8q4a&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist]. Thanks to Jessica Martindale for our theme music. You can find Jessica on iTunes [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jessica-martindale/706220166].