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Claudia Black M.S.W., Ph.D.

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Claudia Black, Ph. D. is the clinical architect and actively involved in the Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows. She works with the executive director and clinical director and their team assessing and enhancing the quality of the program. She is frequently on site speaking with clients and family members. She serves as a Senior Fellow and has been a clinical consultant at The Meadows Treatment Center in Arizona since 1998.

Claudia Black’s seminal work with children impacted by substance abuse in the late 1970s created the foundation for the adult child movement. Today Claudia is a renowned author and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. She sits on the Advisory Board for the National Association of Children of Addiction, and the Advisory Committee for Camp Mariposa®, The Eluna Foundation’s national addiction prevention and mentoring program.

Books by Claudia Black M.S.W., Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Addictive Families Part 4
Children do whatever they possibly can to bring stability and consistency into their lives. They will behave in any manner if it makes it easier for them to cope and survive.
Addictive Families: Part 3
In many families, the rule of silence is a quiet collusion. Many children feel they are betraying their parents and their family if they talk honestly.
Addictive Families Part 2
It is about this time, when a young person reaches the mid-twenties that the effects of growing up in an addictive home become apparent. These now adult children begin to experience a sense of loneliness, that doesn’t make sense to them. They become aware of feelings, that separate them from others and often may find themselves depressed.
Addictive Families

a young boy who is learning how not to openly talk about what is happening in his life that is so painful, how to shut down his feelings and how not to trust others

a young boy who is learning how not to openly talk about what is happening in his life that is so painful, how to shut down his feelings and how not to trust others

Intimate Treason

One woman's life is painful not just because of what she has discovered about her boyfriend’s sexual acting out, but due to her own behavior.

One woman's life is painful not just because of what she has discovered about her boyfriend’s sexual acting out, but due to her own behavior.

Intimate Treason
Intimate Treason

To be in a relationship with your perceptions invalidated, your feelings not listened to, and honesty and respect thrown out the window are just some of the many ways that partners are traumatized.

To be in a relationship with your perceptions invalidated, your feelings not listened to, and honesty and respect thrown out the window are just some of the many ways that partners are traumatized.

Addictive Disorders

At times of trauma, the natural response is to run. With situational traumas, we picture people running toward home or family. The question is, “Where do you go when the trauma is in your home?”

At times of trauma, the natural response is to run. With situational traumas, we picture people running toward home or family. The question is, “Where do you go when the trauma is in your home?”

Camp Mariposa

Camp Mariposa for children affected by addiction in the family

Camp Mariposa for children affected by addiction in the family