This is the second and final installment in a series dealing with adverse repercussions of our growing isolation from nature. In the previous column I introduced the concept of nature deficit disorder (NDD) as a ...
This addiction treatment field has had major conflicts about abstinence versus harm reduction or moderation management. This controversy requires some closer scrutiny. While it is clear that the dispute has its roots in ...
In my previous article, I discussed common financial problems among clients with behavioral health (BH) disorders as well as causes and effects of these. I stated that recovery may involve physical, psychological, social, family, spiritual, ...
This is the first installment in a two-part series dealing with the adverse repercussions of isolation from nature on our mental-emotional health, and ramifications for addiction treatment. Until relatively recent times we have historically ...
As this month’s issue of Counselor is dedicated to women, I am including only questions from female readers. Dear Dr. Toni: I think I am addicted to anonymous groups. I have been a ...
Change, therapy, treatment, counseling, recovery, inpatient, outpatient, group therapy, meditation, self-actualization, meetings, neuroscience, mindfulness, and my favorite, a personal growth experience; when do the good times start? Many people work so hard at all of ...
Financial or money problems are common among clients with behavioral health (BH) disorders. These can affect physical or mental health, relationships, lifestyle, recovery, and quality of life of individual with these disorders. Money problems also ...
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 ...
We’ve all heard the adage “it takes two” when it comes to relationship problems, but educator Pat Love, EdD, author Eva Berlander, and relationship coach Kathleen McFadden disagree—they state that “one person can do the ...
John Lee, author of The Flying Boy: Healing the Wounded Man and The Half-Lived Life, explores another issue that pertains particularly to men: their relationships with their mothers. In his newest book, Breaking the Mother-Son Dynamic, Lee teaches ...
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