Private Family Therapy for Addiction & Mental Health Recovery

Private, emotionally intelligent family therapy sessions designed to rebuild trust, improve communication, and support recovery — delivered in a luxury setting in Marbella, Spain.

Healing Doesn’t Happen in Isolation

At Sea Recovery, we believe that healing is relational. While much of your recovery journey is deeply personal, the family system often holds unspoken dynamics, ruptures, or misunderstandings that impact long-term healing. That’s why we offer private, one-to-one Family Therapy as part of our bespoke treatment programmes — helping loved ones reconnect in a safe, supported environment.

Whether you’re working through drug addiction, alcohol addiction, trauma, emotional shutdown, or long-standing mental health challenges, family therapy provides space to explore hurt, express needs, and lay the foundation for healthier communication and mutual understanding.

What Is Family Therapy?

Family Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that brings together clients and their loved ones — whether partners, parents, siblings, or children — to address the impact of mental health issues, unresolved trauma, or substance use on family dynamics. Our approach at Sea Recovery is not about blame or conflict; it’s about truth-telling, repair, and building emotional safety.

We create a calm, structured space where all voices are heard and where long-standing emotional patterns can begin to shift. Sessions are guided by a licensed therapist trained in trauma-informed, systemic family work and tailored to the unique challenges and sensitivities of your relationships.

Who Is Family Therapy For?

This therapy is ideal for clients receiving treatment at Sea Recovery who want to:

• Repair damaged relationships with family members
• Help loved ones understand their emotional or psychological struggles
• Address childhood trauma, neglect, or emotional enmeshment
• Develop healthier patterns of communication
• Rebuild trust after addiction, secrecy, or emotional absence
• Prepare for reintegration after residential care

It’s especially powerful for clients with complex family histories or attachment wounds that influence their current behaviour, self-esteem, or emotional regulation.

The Emotional Impact of Family Systems

Our early experiences with caregivers and family shape the nervous system, emotional responses, and sense of self. Unspoken family rules — such as emotional suppression, perfectionism, or conflict avoidance — often become the unconscious framework we carry into adult relationships and behaviours.

In the context of recovery, this means that healing without addressing these dynamics can leave clients vulnerable to relapse, emotional shutdown, or relational instability. Family therapy invites you and your loved ones into a new kind of conversation — one grounded in safety, transparency, and mutual healing.

What Happens in a Session?

Each family therapy session is structured around emotional safety, guided communication, and relational repair. Sessions are held in person or via video call depending on your treatment programme and your loved one’s availability.

Sessions may include:

• Exploration of family history and shared patterns
• Guided communication to express unmet needs
• Boundary work and emotional literacy coaching
• Repairing ruptures and working through resentment
• Understanding how trauma or addiction affects everyone involved
• Creating new agreements for emotional support moving forward

Why Family Therapy Matters in Recovery

Many clients begin to grow and change rapidly during treatment — but without the support of their family system, those changes can feel unsupported or misunderstood. Likewise, families often feel left out, confused, or unsure how to help their loved one after periods of crisis or withdrawal.

Bringing families into the recovery process helps restore alignment and equips everyone with tools to manage stress, avoid codependency, and move forward with clarity and respect.

Delivered Privately at Our Luxury Rehab in Marbella

All therapy at Sea Recovery is delivered privately — never in groups — and that includes our family sessions. Whether your loved one joins in person at our Marbella residence or via secure video call, sessions are confidential, structured, and emotionally safe.

We work with families from the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and North America — offering scheduling flexibility and translation options where needed. Our team supports both the client and their family members as unique individuals with distinct perspectives and emotional needs.

How It Integrates Into Your Treatment

Family therapy is available as part of all core treatment plans, including our:

• Outpatient Programme
• Essential Care Programme
• Deluxe Programme
• Executive Programme
• Premium Tailored Programme
• The Ultimate Bespoke Programme

It is often combined with:

• Trauma-informed therapy for emotional regulation
• Self-esteem and identity work
• CBT or DBT for boundary and communication skills
• Family Therapy
• Aftercare planning for post-rehab integration

Why Choose Sea Recovery?

At Sea Recovery, we understand the emotional sensitivity required to work with families. Many of our clients come from high-pressure environments where emotions were not welcomed, or where trauma was minimised. We offer a safe, compassionate space for real conversations — with clear structure and gentle guidance.

You’ll never be asked to share more than you’re ready for. We work at your pace, with your voice at the centre — helping your family understand not just what you’ve been through, but what you need moving forward.

Support Beyond Residential Care

As part of our Aftercare Programme, we continue to support family systems through online sessions, coaching, and relational check-ins. This allows you to continue practicing healthy communication, emotional responsibility, and mutual support long after discharge.

We also support families navigating long-term estrangement, grief, or blended family dynamics — offering both therapeutic neutrality and deep emotional intelligence every step of the way.

Start Rebuilding Trust, One Conversation at a Time

If you’re ready to start healing as a family — or simply open the door to healthier communication — Sea Recovery is here to guide the way. Through private family therapy, we help you move from silence to dialogue, from disconnection to understanding, and from pain to mutual repair.

Speak to our team about Family Therapy

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