Individual, Couples, Families, Children and Adolescents
650-342-2245
1611 Borel Place, Suite 203
San Mateo, CA 94402
ph: 650-342-2245
Are You an Adult Child of an Alcoholic who wants to move beyond your Family Legacy?
If you grew up in a household where either or both of your parents were alcoholic, you probably learned how to adapt to an unpredictable world, where at times your life felt out of control. The parent you loved could turn into an ugly stranger, and you learned that feeling safe or happy could be transformed into fear and sadness without much warning. You may have taken on the role of a grown up even though you were only a child. If you are like most ACAs, you also learned not to talk about what went on in your home, and to pretend that everything was fine.
Therapy can help you to learn how your childhood affected you in the past and how it is influencing you in the present.
The distress of surviving an alcoholic family affects a person’s mood states, belief systems, behavior, and relationship dynamics.
As an adult, you may notice Patterns and Behaviors that are deeply familiar, and very Uncomfortable such as:
In spite of their painful childhood experiences, many children of alcoholics grow up to be successful, responsible adults. Sometimes the most responsible. But even when their lives look perfect on paper, and all the boxes have been checked off, there is still a feeling of dis-ease, inner tension, or a sense of emptiness. This inner state is directly related to the emotional trauma of unpredictability and insecurity that was cultivated in their childhood alcoholic relationships.
Psychotherapy can help you to:
Psychotherapy is a process that can help you to cultivate a stable sense of well being and claim the inner happiness that has eluded you for so long.
If you would like to discuss how therapy may be helpful you, I provide a free twenty minute phone consultation. If you are interested in such a discussion, please give me a call at
650 342-2245.
My office is conveniently located in San Mateo just off El Camino near the intersection of Highways 101 and 92, with plenty of free parking.
Copyright 2010 Helen Rodriguez, MSN, CNS, Psychotherapy and Counseling. All rights reserved.
1611 Borel Place, Suite 203
San Mateo, CA 94402
ph: 650-342-2245