Holistic and Integrated Recovery
A holistic and integrative recovery acknowledges and utilizes the power that resides in all four rooms of the human experience: the physical,…
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Category: Abuse
Addiction is a Brilliant Strategy
We often hear addictive behavior described in other terms—as a disease, or as a coping mechanism. Both can seem inherently negative in…
Codependency
When I first realized I was a codependent, one of the things that I began to understand was that I lived…
Dealing with Potentially Violent Clients
Identifiable Risk Factors After multiple instances of mass violence in the past year (Dallas, Orlando, San Bernardino, Colorado Springs, and Charleston, to…
Silently Abused: Understanding Covert Incest
“Covert incest occurs when a child becomes the object of a parent’s affection, love, passion, and preoccupation. … The boundary between caring…
Are Your Girly Thoughts Blaming Lady Gaga for Being Raped?
Lady Gaga made news yet again, this time by publicly sharing during the Oscars that she was raped at age 19. Yes,…