142 Troubled Teens & Addiction Help
How do we help kids who are struggling with addictive behaviors such as pornography, drinking, drugging, video game addiction, or others? In this episode, Ron Deal speaks with Dr Adrian Hickmon, founder of Capstone Treatment Center, about the best approach, particularly for blended families. Hickmon says it starts by understanding the pain and void in the child’s life and using your influence as a parent and stepparent to impact their behavior. He explains the value of creating deeper attachments and practicing healthy boundaries in a way that provides the connection and motivation a child needs to make changes in their life.
Show Notes
- Learn more about the Summit on Stepfamily Ministry.
- Learn about Capstone.
- Watch the Brain, Heart, World documentary.
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- Email us a review or a comment! blended@familylife.com
About the Guest
Adrian Hickmon
Adrian Hickmon’s career began as a football coach for fourteen years, eleven as a head coach at Ouachita Christian High School in Monroe, LA. He served as a Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy in the MFT master’s program at Harding University from its beginning in 1993 until 2013. In 2001 he founded Capstone Treatment Center in Searcy, Arkansas, where he now serves as the Clinical Architect. He holds a PhD in MFT from Virginia Tech, an MA in Substance Abuse Counseling from NE Louisiana University, and a MEd from HU. He is an LPC, an LMFT, and an LADAC. He has over 25,000 hours of therapy / supervision experience. His credentials include CSAT-S, CTT, and CMAT-S. Dr. Hickmon developed the Core-Systems Model which focuses on substance and process addictions, mental health issues, underlying trauma and attachment incapacity, and family conflict resolution and connection. He has presented internationally on these topics. He and his wife JoAnna have been married for 48 years and live in their childhood hometown. They have daughters 44 and 42, twin sons 34, five grandsons 13, 12, 10, 8, and 5 months, a 4-year-old granddaughter and twin granddaughters on the way. His greatest joy is being with his family, especially in God’s great outdoors.
About the Host
Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.