Why go to therapy at the same time as attending ACA meetings?
Why go to therapy at the same time as attending ACA meetings?
ACA and Alanon meetings are great for ACoAs. Sometimes, ACoAs may not feel they are ready for meetings and going to therapy might be a great start to building intimacy and getting used to sharing one’s story. Moreover, therapy might be helpful conjunction to recovery because it can go deep with healing trauma–that being said, trauma work is particular and careful and is modulated for the client.
ACoAs will most likely have to process some familial, developmental and relational trauma with a professional. This may include working with the nervous system, working with the body as well as working with the story and internalized beliefs. Many ACoAs will work to come to a place of internal separation from their family systems in order to find and align with health (this is true even if there has been an external separation with distance and boundaries.)
