Compassionate Parenting with Catherine Taughinbaugh

Dr. Josh King welcomes you to another episode of The Beyond Addiction Show 

Today, Dr. King is talking about the very peculiar matter of how different people handle difficult situations in their lives, some would want to never experience the hardships they went through, and others might have come through traumatic situations with great scars, and yet, they consider each moment a lesson from which they learned.

Dr. King is accompanied in this episode by Catherine Taughinbaugh, who had a daughter who struggled with substance use, and after coming to the other end, she decided she needed to help other parents. Cathy is now a blogger and Certified Parent Coach who has coached parents all over the U.S. on how to help their children. She is also the author of The Compassion Antidote: A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Substance Use.

Key Takeaways:

[4:09] What is it like to be a Parent Coach?

[7:01] Cathy shares her experience with the coaching parents of children struggling with substance use commonly receive until she met the CRAFT approach.

[8:42] What does Cathy do as a Parent Coach?

[9:42] What can parents expect to do in a session with Cathy?

[14:11] Cathy shares her training on top of her lived experience as a mother helping her child who struggled with substance use.

[18:10] Cathy speaks about the most effective approach from her perspective.

[20:18] Why did Cathy write her book The Compassion Antidote?

[25:34] What does compassion have to do with helping someone facing substance use?

[29:55] Dr. King explains how parents trying to gain more control over their children simply does not work.

[31:34] Cathy says in her book that parents can retrain themselves to think about substance abuse not so much as a moral failing but rather as a chronic disease.

[34:35] How does Cathy help families shift to a more compassionate approach?

[39:01] Cathy suggests to parents how they can start helping their children by changing the conversation.

[43:30] How can parents start to change the conversation with their children?

Mentioned in this Episode:

The Beyond Addiction Show

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Email Dr. Josh King at beyondaddiction@motivationandchange.com or tweet him at @DocJoshKing

Learn more about CathyTaughinbaugh

Tweetables and Quotes:

“CRAFT allows parents to help their children in the way they would normally support them, parents want to help their kids.”— Catherine Taughinbaugh @_TheCMC (7:43)

“Trying to gain more control over your children won’t work in helping them with their substance use problem.”— @_TheCMC @DocJoshKing (29:58)

“Parents are just scared and want to get their kids on a better path but they have their own lives and you can’t control everything that is going on.” — Catherine Taughinbaugh @_TheCMC (30:31)

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