She is a second generation Iranian-American and the daughter of a prominent Persian cardiologist. She is a global senior pharmaceutical executive with a passion for serving the underserved. She is an esteemed member of Female ...
As a licensed alcohol and drug counselor (LADC), I have a growing concern about stress in the field of addiction counseling. Stress not only affects clients, as my personal experience suggests, but also organizations. This ...
Carfentanil, a dangerous adulterant covertly added to batches of illegal street heroin, was examined in the previous issue of Counselor (Furek, 2017). Carfentanil “is a synthetic opioid that is ten thousand times stronger than morphine ...
Google the terms “well-being,” “self-care,” “wellness” or “health behaviors” and you will find millions of entries including lists of ways to care for our physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and financial health. The growing fields of ...
I realize that many people reading this article may be surprised that I have titled it “What is God?” rather than “Who is God?” Well, I have my reasons. In June 2016 I wrote ...
The term “substance dependence” is very commonly used. In fact, it was one of the two listed substance use disorders (SUDs) in the DSM-IV (APA, 1994), which included “substance abuse” and “substance dependence.” This classification ...
Dear Dr. Galardi, I am a therapist who has been working at a treatment facility for about a year, although I’ve been in the treatment field for many years. I am in my mid-sixties ...
Detoxification, the medical management of substance withdrawal to prevent complications, does not serve as standalone care for substance dependence. Rather, detoxification should be an entry point to addiction treatment. Successful transitions from detoxification to addiction ...
Judy Crane, author, therapist, speaker, and founder of Florida’s The Refuge and The Guest House treatment centers, is no stranger to trauma and drug abuse. In the introduction to her new book, The Trauma Heart: ...
A distinctive feature of recovery from addictive disorders is that while people entering recovery have reached a point where they are powerless over the addiction per se, they must assume central responsibility for holding the ...
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