People often start addiction treatment with a bias for or against the concept of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). As health care providers, it is our job to expose these biases and convince our patients of the ...
People with mental health or substance use disorders (MH/SUDs) have a higher risk of death when compared to the general population, with the highest rates of mortality being among people with co-occurring MH/SUDs (Dickey, Dembling, ...
As counselors and therapists, we need to be knowledgeable about anger and how it can best be addressed in the therapeutic process. This requires an understanding of the psychological, social, and cultural context for this ...
Stories of men’s anger and the ways it wreaks havoc in families and communities are legendary. Turn on the TV and see anger and violence, usually perpetrated by men, glorified from the gridiron to the ...
She is a second generation Iranian-American and the daughter of a prominent Persian cardiologist. She is a global senior pharmaceutical executive with a passion for serving the underserved. She is an esteemed member of Female ...
As a licensed alcohol and drug counselor (LADC), I have a growing concern about stress in the field of addiction counseling. Stress not only affects clients, as my personal experience suggests, but also organizations. This ...
Detoxification, the medical management of substance withdrawal to prevent complications, does not serve as standalone care for substance dependence. Rather, detoxification should be an entry point to addiction treatment. Successful transitions from detoxification to addiction ...
The very work of counseling and psychotherapy is relational. Those of us in the field use our very selves as a tool of intervention. We actively utilize our knowledge and insight, training and clinical intuition, ...
Addiction, regardless of the form it takes, is often a distraction from anger and the underlying pain that triggers it. While some individuals with addictions impulsively act out their anger, others avoid and deny it. ...
In Greek mythology, King Sisyphus was condemned to roll a huge boulder up a steep hill with only a moment of satisfaction before it rolled down the hill and he trudged back to repeat this ...
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