I worked with Hayley after my son was referred to Gwent N-gage for support around his substance use. Hayley attended to assess him and offered us support as a family with GDAFS. At the time my son was self-medicating with Cannabis for his anxiety and low mood and as a family we were very distressed.
I worked with Hayley after my son was referred to Gwent N-gage for support around his substance use. Hayley attended to assess him and offered us support as a family with GDAFS. At the time my son was self-medicating with Cannabis for his anxiety and low mood and as a family we were very distressed.
During this time, I worked on looking at ways I could help support my son during his transition in reducing his cannabis use, to support his titration of mental health medication. Part of this process included looking at boundaries within our family home and we held a session where all members of the family voiced boundaries that they felt were important to them.
I needed some more intense support however as I was really struggling, so Hayley helped me look at my role within my Son’s recovery, and how with how id felt I was supporting him, I was infact enabling him and his decision to use cannabis. By working through these boundaries, I could draw the line between support and enabling him. At times I hadn’t felt safe in my family home due to my Son’s outbursts, however by designing these boundaries and building confidence, not only as a parent but as an individual, this helped me to take back this control and feel safer as the situation changed for all of us. My self confidence really improved from this and I started to look more towards the future, past the point of a role which I had to play for a long time in supporting my Son into one where I could find myself again and what made me happy,
Thank you so much for your support, it has been invaluable, and you were an asset to us as a Family. I finally feel more comfortable and confident in my ability to manage and less anxious in controlling everything in my home. I will genuinely miss our sessions and promise to continue the self-care tasks you set for me. I hope this service continues to help many others in a similar position to ours as I don’t know what we would have done without it! Thank you!”
