Candace Plattor
Candace specializes in working with the family and other loved ones of people who are struggling with addiction, in her unique and signature Family Addiction Therapy Program.
Candace Plattor is an Addictions Therapist in private practice, where she specializes in working with the family and other loved ones of people who are struggling with addiction, in her unique and signature Family Addiction Counselling and Therapy Program. As a former addict with over 34 years clean and sober, Candace has learned that overcoming addiction is a family condition: everyone in the family is affected by addiction and everyone needs to heal. For more than three decades, she has been helping both addicts and their loved ones understand their dysfunctional behaviours and make healthier life choices.
The results Candace achieves have been astounding: addicts stop using and families regain their lives from the ravages of addiction. Not only has her success led to a waiting list of clients but she is a sought after leader in the field of addictions. As the developer of the Love With Boundaries Family Addiction Counselling and Therapy method, Candace now works with her team of top counsellors and coaches, helping both the families and their addicts break the devastating cycle of addiction for good.
If addiction is causing pain and suffering in your family, and you're ready to do what it takes to reclaim your sanity and serenity so you can live your best life, you can contact Candace for a free 30-minute consultation.
Candace Plattor is a professional speaker, a TEDx speaker, and the author of the award-winning Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction.
Candace Plattor is an Addictions Therapist in private practice, where she specializes in working with the family and other loved ones of people who are struggling with addiction, in her unique and signature Family Addiction Counselling and Therapy Program. As a former addict with over 34 years clean and sober, Candace has learned that overcoming addiction is a family condition: everyone in the family is affected by addiction and everyone needs to heal. For more than three decades, she has been helping both addicts and their loved ones understand their dysfunctional behaviours and make healthier life choices.
The results Candace achieves have been astounding: addicts stop using and families regain their lives from the ravages of addiction. Not only has her success led to a waiting list of clients but she is a sought after leader in the field of addictions. As the developer of the Love With Boundaries Family Addiction Counselling and Therapy method, Candace now works with her team of top counsellors and coaches, helping both the families and their addicts break the devastating cycle of addiction for good.
If addiction is causing pain and suffering in your family, and you're ready to do what it takes to reclaim your sanity and serenity so you can live your best life, you can contact Candace for a free 30-minute consultation.
Candace Plattor is a professional speaker, a TEDx speaker, and the author of the award-winning Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction.
Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips
These days, I work primarily with the loved ones of addicts because that is where the changes need to happen first. Until a...
Recovery from Family Addiction
Are you the loved one of someone struggling with an addiction?
Would you like to become part of the solution, instead of staying stuck in the problem?
These days, addictive behaviors are so rampant that it's virtually impossible to imagine how many people are affected by them. Having worked as an Addictions Therapist for over 25 years - with both addicts and their loved ones - what I know today is that for every one addict, there are generally at least 10-20...
If It Doesn't Open - It's Not Your Door
A while ago, I was going through my newsfeed on Facebook, when I came across this proclamation:
If it doesn't open, it's not your door.
I thought it was one of the most brilliant pieces of wisdom I'd ever heard-so of course I immediately stole it and shared it on my own Facebook page too. And I've been using it-with clients, with friends, and with myself-ever since.
How many times have we all tried to manipulate situations and relationships to...
7 Tips for Outsmarting Your Addiction
How to overcome addictive behaviors and get your life back.
When your life circumstances leave you feeling frustrated, sad, lonely, angry or ashamed, it is easy to begin to experience some self-pity.
When you find yourself asking "Why is this happening to me?" you might want to turn this around and ask yourself "Why not me?"
Sometimes it helps to know that you are not the only person going through tough times. Understanding this can help lead you out of the...
Is Your Doctor Keeping You Addicted?
I've been hearing about a program designed to help doctors learn more about addiction-and I am so very glad and relieved to know that this is finally happening.
As both an Addictions Therapist and someone with 25 years clean from prescription drug abuse, I am quite aware of the damage that is caused by physicians writing script after script for addictive narcotic medications such as Percoset and Oxycontin, as well as for benzodiazepines like Valium and Ativan.
The sad truth...
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