For many years I conducted early recovery groups as a guest presenter in multiple inpatient, residential, and/or ambulatory treatment programs for clients with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders (CODs). I also conducted recovery and/or ...
In the first installment of this series I reviewed contributing factors to the pressure-cooker lifestyles that far too many working Americans accept as the norm. These include a corporate ethos that embraces the aggressive pursuit ...
The field of behavioral health has expanded the focus beyond illness and suffering, and is directing more attention to positivity and well-being. Positive psychology has developed interventions to help individuals decrease negative emotions and increase ...
HTML Source EditorWord Wrap While there are a plethora of rules and regulations that govern substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs, until recently there have been few federal or state laws affecting sober living and ...
We need to feel the stories of our lives in order to heal them, but trauma is all about not feeling. Even asking the question, “Can you tell me about your trauma?” can be befuddling, ...
HTML Source EditorWord Wrap Open your favorite academic search engine and query “intimacy in counseling” or some variation on that theme. The vast majority of articles, chapters, and books you will find referenced address how ...
We are all familiar with the horrific stats: “Drug overdoses killed about 72,000 Americans last year, a record number that reflects a rise of around 10 percent, according to new preliminary estimates from the Centers ...
HTML Source EditorWord Wrap Dear Dr. Toni, I’m not an addict, so this may not be your typical letter asking for advice. My wife, however, is a newly licensed psychotherapist who carries this magazine in ...
If you will indulge me, I would like to depart from my usual practice of writing about clinical issues and instead share the journey—mine—of a nonalcoholic within Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). I began my career as ...
The attempt to address addiction effectively, and to prevent it when possible, has spawned the development of multiple “movements” over the past century. Most have responded to the times in which they were created, and ...
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