Back in 2009 I published an article with Counselor titled “Mindfulness in Recovery.” At this point I would like to revisit this concept, drawing on my own experience in attempting to integrate mindfulness in recovery ...
Dear Dr Toni: I am a thirty-three-year-old recovering sex addict with a three-year-old child and a husband who loves me very much. I am a stay-at-home mom and I have a lot of time ...
John Bradshaw wore many hats, and most of them fit quite well: theologian, scholar, self-help guru, evangelist, pop psychologist, best-selling author, orator, adult child, counselor, recovering addict, and my personal favorite, the pied piper of ...
“Where would we be without our worries? How would the dishes get done, children get fed, bills get paid? With all that we have going on in our lives, how would the floors get swept, ...
We are at a time where payers are becoming increasingly unwilling to simply pay for access or services delivered (e.g., length of treatment in days or hours, or number of treatment sessions). When looking at ...
As the nation scrambles to combat the unprecedented opioid epidemic—now claiming more lives daily than fatal traffic accidents or death by gunshots—several progressive initiatives underscore just how far some of our long-held beliefs about treating ...
Eating disorders represent a complicated cluster of conditions within the realm of addiction that often occur within the context of a prior history of alcoholism and/or drug addiction. In this column I will initially highlight ...
Dear Dr. Toni: I have been a recovering alcoholic for ten years, although food has never been one of my drugs of choice. I eat healthy foods and I began meditating about a year ...
It has only been recently that addiction treatment programs have seriously considered the issue of smoking by its patients. Historically, smoking had not been a concern, especially when compared to other drugs of abuse which ...
Tanya Lauer, MA, LPC, has worked in psychiatric hospitals, in-home therapy services, and outpatient trauma centers. Kathleen Parrish, MA, LPC, has spoken at conferences in the US and Europe, has worked in private practice, and ...
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