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Freedom from Family Dysfunction provides a healing solution for people caught in the chaos of a dysfunctional family struggling with the addiction or mental illness of one of its members. Using vivid portrayals of the pain and powerlessness, readers are provided a step-by-step method to promote health in their systems and heal themselves.
About the author
Kenneth Perlmutter, PhD, a California-licensed clinical psychologist, brings nearly 30 years of experience working with individuals and families facing complex psychological and behavioral health disorders. He sees individuals and families in his private practice in Marin County and serves as Family Systems Psychologist for the Mind Therapy Clinic, an integrative medicine psychiatric clinic with offices in Marin County and San Francisco. In 2008 he founded The Family Recovery Institute which provides family intensives and healing workshops. In addition, he trains clinicians and treatment teams in family systems theory and treatment methods employing his proprietary model of Stress-Induced Impaired Coping. As a professional educator he has served on the graduate faculty of San Francisco State University's Counseling Department and as Associate Professor of Chemical Dependency Studies at Cal State East Bay. He has taught courses covering development across the lifespan, psychopharmacology, family systems theory, human sexuality, theory and technique of counseling, treatment planning and documentation, and supervision. Perlmutter has provided keynote presentations and breakout workshops at most of the major addiction and behavioral healthcare treatment conferences including US Journal Training, C4 Recovery Solutions, Foundations Recovery Network, Southwestern School of Behavioral Health, the Ben Franklin Institute, the Institute for Integral Studies, and the Thelma-McMillen Foundations lecture series. He provides customized talks and consultations for various treatment centers and clinics around the country by invitation. For the past two years he has had the privilege to conduct a three-day workshop for client families of the Rainbow Treatment Center on the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Northern Arizona. As of 2017, this will be held annually. Dr. Perlmutter was appointed founding Credential Chair of the International Association of Family Addiction Professionals.
Summary
IT STOPS WITH ME provides a model for understanding family system turmoil and a method to guide families toward serenity, sanity, and wellness for each member and the system as a whole.
