This is the final installment in a two-part series that focuses on applying the virtue of patience in recovery from addiction. The first column focused on patience as a vital ingredient in the overall recovery ...
The forthcoming month of September usually means that summer is coming to a close. Picnics are over, school begins, the weather changes, leaves begin to fall, and another season has passed. For many people however, ...
Why Did She Jump? conveys the heartbreaking tale of author Joan E. Childs’ experience of losing a daughter to suicide—suicide that was a direct result of bipolar I disorder. Childs takes readers through her family’s ...
The language we use has the potential to have a significant effect, either positive or damaging, which is especially important in relationship to a disease marked by stigma and misunderstanding. Many people—including people with substance ...
This is the second column in a three-part series on client motivation to change. The first part discussed motivation as a state, examined levels of motivation to change, and provided examples of clients with different ...
Dear Dr. Toni, I have been following your column for about a year now. My closest girlfriend is a therapist and she keeps Counselor magazine in her office and I read it when I ...
March is such an interesting month in that for most of the country it is a transition month between winter and spring. As we move into spring, you might want to ask yourself what has ...
Dear Dr. Toni: I am a female psychotherapist who specializes in process addictions. Mostly I work with people who are the Adult Children of Alcoholics and Addicts who have codependency issues and love addiction challenges. ...
Recently, celebrity overdoses once again made headlines. Heroin use is again on the rise, especially among younger adults. The marijuana debate begins anew with at least two states legalizing its use and others close behind. ...
This is the first installment of a two-part series focusing on cultivating the virtue of patience and applying it to recovery from addiction. I like to define patience as the ability to maintain one’s ...
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