Change Starts With The Family
Most families spend years trying to change the person they love. We help families understand what actually works—and why that makes the difference.
20+ Years
Helping Families Navigate Chronic Relapse
Evidence Based
Clinical Structure Grounded in Real-World Recovery
Real Families
Practical Tools Families Can Start Using Immediately
This isn't about blame.
It's about building a different future.
Two days. A supportive environment. Clarity, connection, and a way forward.
Addiction Impacts The
Entire Family
Addiction is not just one individual’s problem. It impacts the entire family system emotionally, behaviorally, spiritually, and relationally.
Signs the family has been affected:
- Walking on eggshells
- Chronic anxiety
- Financial chaos
- Emotional exhaustion
- Loss of trust
- Isolation from others
Most families have tried everything and are exhausted. That’s why our Family Program starts with one question: What hasn’t been working?
You didn’t cause the addiction, and you can’t control it — but you can change how you respond to it. That’s where family recovery begins.
Burning Tree Truth #1:
Recovery begins when the family stops protecting the problem and starts prioritizing truth, boundaries, and healing.
What Happens Over
Two Days
Day 1: Truth, Awareness & Boundaries
See the situation clearly — maybe for the first time.
- How addiction works as a family system
- Breaking denial and telling the truth
- Boundaries that hold — and what boundaries are not
Day 2: Action, Accountability & Life After Treatment
Turn that clarity into a plan your whole family stands behind.
- Support vs. enabling — where the line is
- Communication that builds trust instead of conflict
- Aligning with the discharge and aftercare plan
What Your Family
Will Take Home
- A clear line between support and enabling — So the family stops protecting the problem and starts protecting the recovery.
- Greater tolerance for discomfort and frustration — Including what to do in the moment a boundary gets tested.
- A new way to talk to each other — How to say hard things honestly, without starting a war.
- An aftercare plan everyone stands behind —So the structure holds in the weeks that matter most.
Burning Tree Truth #2:
Boundaries set in love aren’t punishment. They’re how families protect both the relationship and the recovery.
Building Structure For
Lasting Recovery
Accountability is what gives recovery clarity, predictability, and safety. Before the program ends, families begin shaping a shared recovery plan built on four pillars:
Clear Expectations
Meetings, therapy, honesty — spelled out, not assumed.
Boundaries
What the family will and won't accept as they pursue recovery.
Consequences
Known in advance, applied with consistency instead of anger.
Support Actions
The concrete ways the family shows up for recovery.
Pillar 1: Clear Expectations
Meetings, therapy, honesty — spelled out, not assumed.
Pillar 2: Boundaries
What the family will and won't accept as they pursue recovery.
Pillar 3: Consequences
Known in advance, applied with consistency instead of anger.
Pillar 4: Support Actions
The concrete ways the family shows up for recovery.
Burning Tree Truth #3:
Structure isn’t about controlling someone’s life. It’s about creating the conditions where recovery has the best chance to grow.
Led By People Who've
Done This Work For Decades
Evidence-based. Compassion-driven.
Built for real families.
Led By Josh New, LCSW
Executive Clinical Director
15+ years in behavioral health, trauma-informed care, and complex family systems.
Co-Facilitated ByBrook McKenzie, LCDC
Chief Executive Officer
Best-selling author of You're Waiting on You, a guide offering families practical tools for navigating addiction and relapse.
We Can Figure This Out Together
Whether you’re a family member or a referring professional, our admissions team can walk you through how family work fits into treatment at the Lodge.
- Dual-Diagnosis Treatment
- Family Focused
- Covered By Insurance