Dear Dr. Toni: I have been involved with a man for four years whose one daughter has a history of bulimia, his other daughter is twenty pounds overweight, and his brother is a heroin ...
Therapeutic alliance, irrespective of the field of clinical work, is often referred to as the sine qua non of all successful clinical work. This is true in working with substance abusing adolescents, whether in inpatient, ...
This is the second installment in a two-column series focusing on the impact of optimism on wellness and recovery. The initial column dealt with the impact of optimism on our overall physical and mental-emotional health. ...
Lately, I have been noticing more and more women patients of a certain age—between forty-five and about sixty-five—who are just so, so busy. They are busy every moment of every day, and they are always ...
The research literature supports the belief that the longer patients are in a treatment system the better the outcome and what follows discharge from primary treatment for addictive disorders may have a greater impact on ...
When counseling a client, it is important for a counselor to also understand general cultural differences, especially sexual minorities because they are of all nationalities, ethnicities, and socioeconomic classes. Sexual minorities have been thrust into ...
A nodus is a complication or difficulty, and the addiction field has one. It has to do with the memory of our clients and the ability to obtain an accurate assessment from those clients. Accurate ...
In my previous article I wrote about the first six insights into spirituality; here are the remaining steps. 7. Boredom Has a Message Boredom tells me that I’m not interested. It’s a scary ...
Our first article about parents focused on the impact of an adolescent or adult child’s substance use disorder (SUD) on them and their families, as well as what they said they need from professionals to ...
Since January 1, 2014, more than one study a week has been published that examines the ubiquitous e cigarette for health effects—quite often for harmful effects. A great many studies report that e cigarettes have ...
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