If ever there was a day designed to potentially dig into our insecurities as women, it is Valentine’s Day. Here is the day that we are told, reassured, that we are worthy, by having another’s ...
Our past trauma can be triggered in a variety of ways. Just after The Feast of the Epiphany (January 6), a patient brought in an article sent to her by a friend in California; and ...
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In the last 20 years or more a lot of information has come to the surface about the somewhat hidden issue of porn addiction for men. Although there had been options for guys to get ...
These three genius steps may contain the germ of what indeed separates the really competent (dare we say genius) addiction counselor from the rest of the pack.
I want to believe ol’ Tommy crusaded against this kind of “reasoning” (close mindedness) through out his entire career.
Something good and worthwhile.
Do not confuse denial and overconfidence. Distinguish the difference and better treat your client base.
There remains one little fly in the soup for mere theorizing. Do the theories represent true progress in our field?
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