Length of Treatment and Outcome
There is no question that the longer a patient is in a treatment “system,” not a treatment “program,” the better the treatment…
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You Can’t Have an Intervention without Storytellers
When a family contacts me to help a loved one who is suffering from active addiction, and is interested in an intervention,…
Harm Reduction Finds its Place
The late G. Alan Marlatt may have been heartened to read William White’s interview with Andrew Tatarsky in this issue of Counselor.…
Believe it or Not
Just when I thought I had heard it all . . . Earlier this summer, California’s Coalinga City Council voted to…
Beyond the Good-Girl Jail: When You Dare to Live From Your True Self by Sandra Felt, LCSW
“I was once a very good girl. I did what was expected of me. I cleaned my room and got good grades.…