The medical community is used to measuring healing from disease with multiple matrices.
This column focuses on applications of Twelve Step principles in coping with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As of this writing, daily case numbers are again spiking, with experts predicting a particularly heavy caseload throughout the ...
In our previous article we reviewed the potential roles of social service organizations (SSOs) in addressing substance use issues among clients served. We also discussed Pressley Ridge’s programs for clients and families, and the challenges ...
In the last two years we have been faced with a global pandemic, isolation guidelines, mask policies, and loneliness. Many people are facing mental wellness challenges and their coping skills have been exhausted. Monitoring our ...
Over sixty years of research has led the field of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment to conclude that the therapeutic alliance between counselors and clients is one of the key determinants of treatment outcome, accounting ...
Imagine discovering that your very small business is losing $70,000 a year. Would you want to fix it? Obviously the answer is “Yes,” but most businesses ignore this specific leak until it becomes so terrible ...
After losing our son to an accidental overdose on his fourth day of college, my wife and I founded the SAFE Project, a national nonprofit focused on helping reverse the addiction fatality epidemic. We, along ...
Counselors are continually trying to treat the chronic disease of addiction with an acute care model by delivering strong, evidence-based programs to people who are still in the throes of early recovery. That is, people ...
In addiction treatment, assessments are typically limited to drug and alcohol assessments with patients. While these drug and alcohol assessments are important, you may be wondering what they inevitably miss. Well, the missing element is ...
Whether you should maintain your website by yourself is a decision every behavioral health care provider must make for themselves. In truth, there’s no right or wrong answer. To better understand whether that’s the best ...
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