Recovery Support for Partners & Couples
You’ve been holding everything together. Who’s holding you?
who we work with
In Partnership With
What We Work On
Support for the parts of you that learned to survive
Understanding Codependency Without Shame
You adapted to survive unpredictability. This work helps you understand those patterns without turning yourself into the problem.
Rebuilding Trust in Them & Yourself
Learn how to navigate recovery without losing your own intuition, emotional safety, or sense of self in the process.
Nervous System Regulation
Build steadiness that comes from within, not from waiting for someone else’s behavior to feel predictable.
Identity & Intimacy Reclamation
Reconnect with who you are outside of survival mode, including your desires, limits, emotional presence, and sense of self.
Here’s What Nobody Tells You
Their sobriety doesn’t automatically heal what happened to you
The hypervigilance doesn’t disappear because they got sober. The planning. The brace. The way your nervous system learned to survive unpredictability.
You adapted brilliantly because you had to.
Now the work is learning which adaptations still serve you, and which ones are still running your life long after they need to.
Recovery-Literate • Attachment-Focused • Nervous-System Informed
Our Approach
Helping families to break the cycle of addiction
You're not just finding support; you're reclaiming peace and taking back control of your life as you invest in healing, for you and your loved one.
membership program
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BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
Begin your healing journey with awen’s community
Become a member with awen Recovery and feel the embrace of a community that cares. You'll unlock exclusive access to a full library of courses and a private community group. Plus, join us for exclusive workshops and meetups designed to foster your healing journey.
what this work supports
healing requires more than someone getting sober
This work supports partners and couples navigating the emotional, relational, and nervous system impact of addiction and recovery.
EMOTIONAL SAFETY
Learning how to feel grounded and regulated without constantly bracing for the next crisis
IDENTITY RECLAMATION
Reconnecting with yourself outside of hypervigilance, over-functioning, and survival mode.
Our members’ stories of hope
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"Brinn has always been the most honest and trustworthy person I’ve worked with in regards to my partner. Brinn was able to help me walk through what I was facing down and figure out my next steps."
Alyssa, partner of someone in recovery
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"Rebuilding trust seemed impossible until I found this supportive community. I finally have a lifeline."
David, father of a child in recovery
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"Brinn was a guiding force for me when I needed advice, comfort & support with my brother's alcoholism. She is an instrumental figure in the recovery community & I am so grateful to have worked with her."
Bridget, sibling of someone in recovery
Learn about your coping mechanisms
Start Your Relationship & Coping Self-Assessment
This self-assessment is confidential and asks thirty questions about how you interacted with your loved one in the last three months.
You may answer each question with:
No -- I never did this.
Once or twice -- Yes, I did to this, but only once or twice in the last three months.
Sometimes --Yes, I did this, but maybe twice a month in the last three months.
Often -- My actions happen every week or many times a week.
Please remember, only answer for the last three months.
Receive an email with your coping style upon completion.
Get the guide
Wanna know what no one tells you about this experience?
Discover the 7 secrets to finding peace while loving someone battling substance use disorder
Meet brinn
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MEET BRINN:
her personal journey to healing
In my own recovery process of being affected by the family disease of addiction, I’ve found myself. I was sick of nagging and complaining. I wanted to break old patterns, discover how to communicate better, understand addiction and why I react the way I react in all my relationships.
As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, family recovery and relationship coach, and entrepreneur in the substance use recovery space, I bring a unique combination of clinical expertise, an MBA, and over a decade of real-world understanding to my practice.
I teach individuals, parents and partners how to take responsibility for their own healing, look at their family systems to understand the disease of addiction, and break patterns that no longer serve them. But the truth is, I hadn’t actually experienced my own healing until I started understanding my childhood, my triggers, and my own winding journey to creating a loving, intimate relationship with myself. I needed my own safe space to tackle the unprocessed trauma from my Dad’s upbringing in an alcoholic home, my sister's active heroin addiction, and later in my early 30s, navigating a partner's hidden struggle with prescription pills and alcohol.
Seeking out a professional guide transformed the course of my life. She asked me questions I’d never asked myself, helping me envision a life that aligned with my core desires: understanding how to help without losing myself, embracing emotional vulnerability, practicing compassionate communication, and reclaiming who I was as an autonomous woman. She gave me permission to rewrite what addiction does to affected others and the courage to actualize my life within recovery.
Coming out the other side with a firm resolve to heal my familial wounds and help others do the same, I left a career that was no longer in service of others. Whether you are navigating relationship challenges, recovering from codependency, or seeking to build a more authentic sense of self—alone or with your partner—I am here to support your journey with warmth, evidence-based therapeutic techniques, and an unwavering belief in your capacity for transformation. Work with me directly in personalized sessions designed to help you understand yourself more deeply, break stuck patterns, and build the life you truly want.
