Addicts Don’t “Hit Bottom” Until the System Around Them “Hits Bottom”
2016 is the year of the heroin epidemic in the media. We have witnessed it in President Obama’s State of The Union…
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Smoking for Behavioral Health Patients
It has only been recently that addiction treatment programs have seriously considered the issue of smoking by its patients. Historically, smoking had…
Ask the LifeQuake Doctor – Oct 2016
Dear Dr. Toni: I have been a recovering alcoholic for ten years, although food has never been one of my drugs…
The Essence of Resilience: Stories of Triumph over Trauma by Tanya Lauer & Kathleen Parrish
Tanya Lauer, MA, LPC, has worked in psychiatric hospitals, in-home therapy services, and outpatient trauma centers. Kathleen Parrish, MA, LPC, has spoken…
Reliable Identification of Borderline Intellectual Functioning for Counselors
Borderline intellectual functioning is included in the DSM-5 as one of many V codes, or “other conditions that may be the focus…