The Adolescent Mind: Intoxication, Trauma, and Attachment Published in The Therapist: 2021 July/ August edition Courtesy of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) Adolescent Turmoil Adolescence is a turbulent…
A skilled torturer’s goal is to break someone but to keep them alive while doing so. To bring them to their knees yet keep their heart beating and lungs pumping.…
Awareness of trauma and its impact on the mind, body, and brain is becoming more and more widespread. (Read my article here) Additionally, the understanding of trauma as a gateway…
ADDICT OR ALCOHOLIC? First let me start by clarifying something; I see absolutely NO difference between an alcoholic or a drug addict. Regardless of the name of the drug, they…
Don’t Treat the Symptoms Survivors of trauma often experience symptoms related to their trauma that are parallel to many of the diagnostic criteria of other DSM disorders, including what are…
I have worked in the addiction field at some capacity since I got sober in 1996. The “12-step social model’ helped get me sober but it wasn’t until I started digging deeper…
P.A.W.S. Deconstructed Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) is not a new concept in the chemical dependency field but is not always understood by addicts or their loved ones. It was…
Relapse should not be taken lightly. Addiction is a deadly and progressive illness, like cancer and diabetes, and should be treated as such. A relapse in either of those diseases…
An Epedemic According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse between 1999 and 2010 prescription painkiller sales quadrupled. They also estimate that 80% of prescription painkillers are prescribed by 20%…
If you have been reading my articles you should know by now I am a huge proponent of practicing mindfulness within our lives and research continues to back up its…