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Family Recovery, Reimagined

Why “Detach with Love” Isn’t Enough - And What to Do Instead

If someone you love is struggling   with addiction, you’ve probably been told you can’t fix them, you shouldn’t enable, and you should  “focus on your own recovery.”
Those ideas aren’t wrong, but they’re incomplete.
This free guide shows you a better way.

 If someone you love is struggling with addiction,
 you’ve probably been told you can’t fix them,
 you shouldn’t enable, and you should “focus on your own recovery.”
 Those ideas aren’t wrong - but they’re incomplete.
 This free guide shows you a better way.

You don’t need
more slogans.
You need a map.

Most family programmes haven’t kept up with the last 20 years of trauma and neuroscience. They teach boundaries without compassion, and love
without safety. The result? Families left confused, shut down, and still hurting.

It doesn’t have to
be this way.

In Family Recovery, Reimagined, you’ll learn a trauma-informed, heart-led approach that brings connection, regulation, and repair back into the centre
of recovery - for you, and
for them.

You don’t need more slogans. You need a map.

Most family programmes haven’t kept up with the last 20 years of trauma and neuroscience. They teach boundaries without compassion, and love
without safety.

The result? Families left confused, shut down, and still hurting.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

In Family Recovery, Reimagined, you’ll learn a trauma-informed, heart-led approach that brings connection, regulation, and repair back into the centre of recovery - for you, and for them.

What You’ll
Discover Inside:

  • The real root of addiction and why behaviour isn’t the whole story

  • The nervous system key that explains why everyone in the family feels on edge

  • Why old-school “detach” advice can backfire and what to do instead

  • The 4 R’s of Relational Recovery™ simple, powerful shifts you can start today

  • How to stay connected without losing yourself or enabling harmful behaviour

About Lou Lebentz

Lou Lebentz is an internationally recognised trauma specialist, speaker, and creator of The Voyage® - a pioneering framework that blends nervous system science, attachment repair, and soul-based healing.

For more than 25 years, Lou has worked with individuals, families, and treatment centres across the UK, Europe, and India, helping thousands move beyond survival into lasting recovery. Her approach is trusted by clinicians, rehab teams, and professionals in some of the most complex trauma and addiction settings.

But Lou’s work isn’t just professional - it’s personal. Having walked through her own lived experience of trauma and healing, she brings a rare combination of deep expertise, lived compassion, and a gift for making complex ideas simple and usable.

Through The Voyage®, Lou’s mission is clear: to change the way the world understands and responds to trauma and addiction — and to ensure that families are no longer left on the sidelines of recovery, but become part of the healing.

It’s time to rethink family recovery.

Download your free copy of Family Recovery, Reimagined now - and start learning how to stay connected, steady, and strong, even in the storm.

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