Our weekly virtual Family Group gives parents and loved ones a consistent place to learn, ask questions, share honestly, and receive support.

Each week, families receive updates about life at Woodhaven and have the opportunity to better understand what their sons are experiencing in recovery. Meetings may include presentations, meaningful discussions, guided activities, guest speakers, and time for parents to ask questions and connect with one another.

The group is co-facilitated by mothers who have walked this road with their own teenage sons and who draw from both professional and personal experience. This parent-to-parent connection helps families feel less alone while offering practical insight, encouragement, and hope.

Over time, families also begin to build their own community with one another. Parents who may have arrived feeling isolated often find connection, understanding, and support from others who truly understand this journey.

Once a month, Woodhaven also offers separate support groups for moms and dads. These groups create space for honest conversation, mutual support, and practical guidance as parents learn how to support recovery without losing themselves in the process.

Family Day is one of the most meaningful parts of the Woodhaven experience. Each month, families come together on campus for education, support, shared meals, and time with their sons in a warm and welcoming setting.

Family Day begins with a one-hour presentation focused on topics such as addiction, recovery, adolescence, communication, family roles, and healing. Families then meet in our parent support group for more interactive conversation, guided activities, guest speakers, and reflection.

After the educational portion of the day, families and residents share a thoughtfully prepared meal together. At Woodhaven, meals matter. Good food gives families a chance to slow down, sit together, reconnect, and experience their son and his Woodhaven community in a different way.

The day continues with activities designed to strengthen communication, practice stress tolerance, build teamwork, and create positive shared memories. Families have the chance to laugh, participate, practice new ways of being together, and see that recovery can include connection, joy, and hope.

Every family’s story is different. Some families need help rebuilding trust. Others are learning how to communicate differently, set boundaries, manage fear, or prepare for the next stage of their son’s recovery.

Woodhaven provides individualized support for parents throughout the process. Families receive weekly updates, ongoing guidance, and opportunities to ask questions as their son moves through the program.

Support may include parent conversations, coordination with outside clinicians, preparation for visits and transitions, and guidance around the everyday challenges of loving a teenager in recovery.

When appropriate, families may also participate in family counseling or family therapy as part of their son’s broader clinical plan. Our goal is to help families stay informed, supported, and meaningfully involved while also giving them the tools and space to begin their own healing.

Recovery changes the young person, but it can also change the family. At Woodhaven, we help families begin that work together.