Writing about such an important topic has prompted me to reflect on the adolescent girls with whom I have worked in multiple settings all across the country and outside the country, as well as those ...
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 ...
We’ve all either performed or reviewed client initial screenings, biopsychosocial assessments, and doctor’s coordination of care notes. And we see it too—clients show up for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and frequently report mental health ...
Many of you might remember that in early 1998 I wrote a book called When God Becomes a Drug. In some ways it was written before its time; many people had difficulty seeing the word ...
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 ...
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 ...
“This aging thing is just no fun” is a common sentiment shared by many of the over eight thousand Boomers who are turning sixty-five each and every day. Serving as a reminder that we ...
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 ...
This issue of Counselor is focused on women. NACoA has a special concern for the difficult intimate relationships and parenting struggles of many moms who are adult children of alcoholics (ACoAs). We interviewed Tian Dayton, PhD, who ...
Anyone reading this magazine has a foundational knowledge of addiction. They know that at the level of true addiction there exists a number of telling symptoms. Arguably a key symptom is a pathological compulsive drug-seeking ...
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