ADDICTIONS + DENIAL = FAMILY ILLNESS

American Family Institute staff are continually developing this Online Rehab Clinic in order to provide an experience for you and your family that attempts to compliment and support our favorite luxury rehab programs like the Betty Ford Center, Hazelden, and De Paul Hospital/American Family Institute (AFI). Online Rehab Clinic gives participants the feeling of experiencing rehab at a Wisconsin Equestrian Center. Sandra Bullock in 28 days hardly learned to lift a horses hoof. Online Rehab Clinic provides enough information to enable one to intellectually learn how to ride. However do not try this at home. Now you and your family can enjoy and participate in the alcohol, drug addiction and affected family member (codependency) rehab experience online! Becoming a member of the recovering community can be achieved now from the privacy of your home or office! If you are completing Intensive Rehab, you and your family can use Online Rehab Clinic as part of your Afterhab (continue care).

NEW BOOK!

“Analyzing Monsters – Family Cures”  “The Drew Peterson Saga”

Drew Peterson is a convicted double wife killer according to the media and public opinion. They proved he drowned his third wife Kathleen in a dry bathtub and placed his 23-year-old fourth wife Stacy into a blue plastic barrel and disposed her corpse all around the Sag canal. Dr. Dan’s ongoing role in the never ending Drew Peterson Family Saga is revealed in this book.

Analyzing Monsters – Family Cures” should be in every home library.  According to celebrity shrink Dr. Dan, “All families have or will become victims of monsters and monstrous events. However, few monster toxic individuals will know how to cope and may even make things worse without special guidance.”

This book and OnlineRehabClinic.com may provide the help and possible family cures for your family. Online Rehab Clinic allows families to experience rehab on a Wisconsin equestrian center. Both provide rehab, wellness and wealth building secrets. You will become a Family Therattainer after reading “Analyzing Monsters – Family Cures.

This book is not all about the Drew Peterson family saga. Many surprising cases are interwoven into this psychological tapestry of helping individuals and families escape the pain of modern monsters and monstrous events.  Save your family now – the seas are darkening from the lack of family cures and the modern sky really is falling!

In addition to “Analyzing Monsters”, many other books, DVD’s and other products once only available in Rehab can be downloaded now for a nominal fee. Dr. Dan is the founder and originator of many high quality Hospital based rehab programs and outpatient mental health and addiction centers. He has directed the Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Services at American Family Institute (AFI) and Budenz Medical Management INC. since 1979. Offices are located in Madison Wisconsin and Clermont Florida. Dr. Dan and the AFI Team are consumer advocates for healing and preserving families in pain. We have always worked hard to be the leading specialists in Family Cures.

Special Family Advocacy focuses on the Rehab of  Modern Medicine and Professionals. Most “Modern” systems are not family oriented or friendly. Dr. Dan’s research (also available for download) has revealed that family members in a stress related or alcohol or other drug-addicted situation are often more hurting and dissociated from the family than the Identified patient – alcoholic, addict or other addiction or mental health client. Therattainment recognition allows individuals to receive special rehab, wellness and wealth building secrets for Free. Online Rehab Clinic’s Professional in Residency program rewards interns with a Family Therattainer certificate from American Family Institute (AFI).

AFI developed “Family Cures” and “California Model” for Whole Family Recovery. Many other techniques and products to assist you and your family are also available. Family Cures analyzes underlying thoughts, feelings, attitudes and behaviors that maximize ones lifestyle experience leading to pleasure and happiness in the here and now. Happiness and success is encouraged to be immediate and recognized in tiny BUD’s (Building Up Devotion) of growth. We believe that achieving goals should be far secondary to enjoying working on our BUD’s by designing our dreams and  objectives one day at a time. We strive to make the California Model  the most comprehensive and fun Addictions Family Recovery process available. We believe it will assist you in completing a warmer and more enjoyable whole family Intervention, Treatment, True Recovery, Aftercare, and Quality Life Change for Addictions, Codependency and even Correction recovery. Dr. Dan is the originator of Prelapse/Relapse Theory, Affected Family Member Syndrome/Codependency, Intoxicant Emotions, California Treatment Model, Support and Invitational Interventions, AFACS and many other quality concepts and innovations.

Millions of persons world wide and perhaps over 15% of individuals with a family history of alcohol or drug abuse in the United States may suffer from extremely mild to severe symptoms of an illness Dr. Dan is now credited for identifying and naming – AFACS – Adolescent Fetal Alcohol/Chemical Syndrome or Adult Fetal Alcohol/Chemical Syndrome. The impact of AFACS on family dysfunction ranks right up there contributing to overwhelming stress in producing family dysfunction. You will learn more about AFACS in Rehab. We welcome you and your family to the Online Rehab Clinic. Have fun now!

Dr. Dan is the originator of Affected Family Member Syndrome/Codependency, Intoxicant Emotions, Family Invitational Intervention, Support Technique of Intervention, Prehab, Prelapse, True Recovery Symptoms, Family Cures, California Model of Recovery, Quality Life Change and Relapse Theory.

He was the first Director/Owner of a major Licensed Addictions and Mental Health facility to make all levels of service available equally to all family members not just an identified patient. He was also the first to asses all patients for AFACS and related disorders. His clinics often treated family members in pain long before the addict or identified mental health patient entered treatment.

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MEET OUR DIRECTOR:

DR. DAN BUDENZ

Ph.D CPC CADCIII CBT Certified Forensic Therapist and International Addictions Counselor transitioned to online only international rehab, corporate interventionist, family therattainer, advice “Media Shrink” and “Celebrity Shrink”.

1960’s

  • National Honor Society in High School
  • First string Center of his High School Basketball teams. St. Vincent De Paul Seminary in Lemont and Morton West High School just outside of Chicago
  • Receives Basketball Talent Scholarship to attend Northeastern Illinois University; Graduates with Honors

1970’s

  • Manages Burger King Restaurants – Des Plaines Illinois
  • Completes two year certified clinical internship, Grant Hospital in Chicago
  • Completes Graduate studies while setting up and coordinating Hines Veterans Administration Hospital’s Addictions services in the Psychiatry Building.
  • Established inpatient and outpatient addictions services at Loretto Hospital in Chicago.
  • After a nationwide search Madison General Hospital (now Meriter) appoints Dan Budenz to direct and expand their additions services.
  • Completes Doctorate Degree in Psychology from Union University

1980’s

  • Publishes works on Relapse, Affected Family Syndrome (Co-Dependency) and research on addictions services and mental health.
  • When Madison General (Meriter) Hospital decides not to expand inpatient and outpatient services, despite extensive waiting lists, Dr. Budenz opens his own clinic as Madison Family Institute. Dr. Budenz receives total community and Health Planning Council support.
  • Madison Family Institute becomes the largest Private Addictions Treatment Center in Dane County. Clinics also licensed as Mental Health Treatment Facilities.It is the primary outreach and treatment facility for Impaired Physicians and Professionals. MFI assists in the development of the Budenz/Anderson Intensive outpatient facilities with Anderson Hospital facilities in Janesville and Beloit Wisconsin. Eventually MFI and Dr. Dan affiliates with DePaul Hospital in Milwaukee.
  • MFI- DePaul operates inpatient and outpatient specialty hospital services at its new Hospital on Madison’s West Side, two outpatient clinics in Madison and opens inpatient services at Methodist Hospital of Madison and Divine Savior Hospital in Portage Wisconsin.
  • DePaul Hospital purchases total clinic operations in Madison, Dr. Dan remains partners in land and real estate. Eventually leaves DePaul- MFI to seek other challenges.
  • After a nationwide search and upon the recommendation of Betty Ford and her key administrative staff Dr. Dan accepts an Administration Director position at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California.
  • Dr. Budenz continues his publications and national lecturing in the mental health and addictions fields and becomes known as “Celebrity Shrink”
  • Appointed to Planning Faculty and Instructor at the UCLA Counselor Training Program.
  • Completes filming of five part Video Series on Interventions and treatment of Addictions and other Brain Diseases
  • Also instructs or is Adjunct Professor at UCF Santa Barbara, Vermont University, St. Mary’s College in Minnesota, Governor State University and Northeastern Illinois University.
  • Serves on Doctoral committees for Union University and other Universities

1990’s

  • The first Release is “Family Intervention”. Dr. Dan Budenz is joined on camera by singer/actor/songwriter Paul Williams
  • Dr. Dan establishes Addictions services in California similar to Madison efforts. Provides Consultation services to addictions and psychiatric treatment programs on clinical and managed care. Dr. Dan specializes in celebrity and High Profile Rehab clients.
  • Establishes the previous quality family oriented services as American Family Institute.
  • Dr. Dan and his staff provide quality cognitive restructuring, AODA, and Brain disease counseling to inmates of the Division of Intensive Sanctions. Dr. Dan contracted to provide Correction Services in Madison and Beloit Wisconsin.
  • Dr. Dan continues to serve High Profile Patients
  • Clinics managed by Dr. Dan and staff are a tremendous success.

2000’s

  • Dr. Dan increases work with high profile Patients. Homes replace hospital beds where appropriate which reduces costs to patients, insurance companies and managed care organizations. These changes increase confidentiality and patient satisfaction.
  • Dr. Dan becomes more vocal about political issues and the broken criminal justice system.
  • Dr. Dan Segways into what he terms “Internet and Media Shrink” and through “Classic Rehab” makes his books and other media products which were once marketed to Treatment Centers, Libraries and correction centers more available to the pubic. Currently, Dr. Dan engages in business ventures enhancing clinical care, real estate especially for Rehab and corrections.
  • Dr. Dan engages publicist services for defense regarding several high profile criminal cases.
  • Dr. Dan continues to train Friesian Horses as therapeutic assistants and other exotic companions. Bagins assisting clients more frequently in the Equine Industry.
  • Dr. Dan advocates for smart Licensing of professionals to lessen special interests and turf protecting while advocating for patient access to expanded comprehensive services. Advocates for world wide reciprocity. Theratainment, BUD, and Internet therapy continue to be a major focus.

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