We believe families deserve to heal, too.
Addiction rarely affects one person. It reshapes entire families. While treatment often focuses on the person struggling, the people who love them can be left carrying fear, confusion, guilt, and exhaustion.
Porch Light was created for their healing. It is a place to understand the story beneath your reactions, reconnect with yourself, and begin finding steadiness even when someone you love is not okay.
ADDICTION CHANGES THE WHOLE FAMILY.
Slowly, life begins revolving around someone else's addiction. You worry. You watch. You rescue. You argue. You hope. You prepare for the next crisis.
Somewhere along the way, you can lose sight of yourself.
These reactions are not character flaws. They are ways you learned to survive uncertainty. Healing begins by understanding where they came from and what is happening to you.
WHAT ADDICTION LEAVES BEHIND
When someone you love is struggling with addiction, it can feel like your entire life is waiting on their next decision.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY THAT WAY.
Porch Light helps you understand the story beneath your reactions and begin finding steadiness within yourself.
Not so you can control what they choose, but so you can care for yourself even when they are not okay.
YOU CAN'T CHOOSE WHEN THEY COME HOME.
YOU CAN CHOOSE WHO OPENS THE DOOR.
A DIFFERENT WAY FORWARD
HEALING, NOT JUST LEARNING
Porch Light offers space away from the crisis to slow down, understand what you are carrying, and listen to what your reactions are trying to protect.
This is not about giving up on someone you love. It is about learning how to remain connected to yourself when their life feels uncertain.
UNDERSTAND YOUR STORY
See how past experiences shape what happens inside you now.
Notice what happens in your body when fear and urgency take over.
RECOGNIZE YOUR REACTIONS
FIND YOUR STEADINESS
Begin creating room to respond from clarity instead of reacting from fear.
A WEEKEND BUILT AROUND YOU
UNDERSTAND
Explore the story beneath your reactions and how you learned to cope with uncertainty.
REGULATE
Practice finding steadiness even when someone you love is not okay.
RECONNECT
Make room for yourself, your relationships, and the parts of life addiction has pushed aside.
MOVE FORWARD
Leave with greater clarity, a deeper understanding of yourself, and a stronger foundation for continued family recovery.
You don't have to know how this ends to begin living differently now.
WHY PORCH LIGHT
Because families shouldn't have to wait for someone else's recovery to begin their own healing.
Many family programs offer valuable education about addiction, boundaries, and ongoing support. Porch Light serves a different purpose.
We create a private place to step away fro crisis, explore the story beneath yuor reactions, and begin finding steadiness when someone you love is not okay.
That healing creates the foundation that allows boundaries, recovery education, and continued support to finally take hold.
WE CAN'T CHOOSE WHEN THEY COME HOME.
BUT WE CAN CHOOSE WHO OPENS THE DOOR.
THE PORCHLIGHT TEAM
TERRA HOLBROOK | LCSW, CADC, CSAT
Terra Holbrook brings more than 30 years of experience in mental health, addiction, trauma, and family work. A nationally recognized clinician, educator, and facilitator, she has led treatment programs, worked in private practice, and developed intensive therapy and trauma-focused workshops for individuals, couples, families, and professionals.
JOHN LIEBERMAN | LMFT, PCC
John Lieberman brings more than four decades of experience in addiction, mental health, and dual-diagnosis treatment. Throughout his career, he has served as a counselor, intervention specialist, intake coordinator, and national outreach director for nationally recognized treatment programs. John has also contributed his expertise to The U.S. News & World Report, The Today Show, and Teen Vogue. He is dedicated to helping families better understand addiction, find clarity in times of crisis, and create space for healing and recovery.
KATHLEEN MURPHY | LMFT
Kathleen Murphy brings more than 35 years of experience helping individuals and families navigate addiction, trauma, attachment wounds, and crisis. her work blends deep clinical experience with experiential and trauma-focused approaches, including EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, mindfulness, and family-centered care. She brings a grounded, compassionate presence to families facing some of their most difficult and uncertain moments.
TY BUTLER | CAI
Ty Butler is an interventionist and a man in long-term recovery from alcoholism. His recovery became the foundation for addressing the anxiety, depression, and emotional struggles that had shaped much of his life, while giving him a deeper understanding of addiction, family crisis, and high-conflict dynamics. A three-time Ironman athlete and single father of four, Ty helps families find clarity, strengthen boundaries, and move forward with greater accountability, resilience, and purpose.
THE EXPERIENCE
Healing does not happen only in converstaion. There is time to breathe, move, reflect, rest, and simply be.
Guided breathwork, gentle movement, time outdoors, shared meals, and quiet moments help create space for what you are learning and feeling.
Participation is invited, never forced. You do not have to perfrom, explain, or have the right words. You are welcome exactly as you are.
CHOOSE YOUR PORCH LIGHT WEEKEND
UPCOMING GROUP DATES BELOW | PRIVATE FAMILY WEEKENDS AVAILABLE BY REQUEST
tybutler@theporchlightcollective.com
Donnelly, ID
