Staying Sober During the Holidays
“Oh, There’s no place like home for the holidays…” A time when people surround themselves with friends and family for celebrations. But what if your family and friends are triggers? Or, what if going...
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A Different Approach to Pornography Addiction
Pornography addiction can be particularly woeful, as not only can it be shame-inducing and dehumanizing of all parties involved, but the object of the addiction, the cell phone, is likely present in...
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Digital Detox: How To Balance Screen Time Learning and Leisure
Is your child glued to their screen 24/7? You’re not alone. With virtual learning and social media dominating students’ lives, it’s harder than ever to strike a balance between online engagement and...
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Young Adults and Addiction
It's time for college kids to head back to school after a restful break. Along with clean laundry and care packages of home cooked foods, many students harbor a painful secret - their drinking and...
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How Can Therapy Address Addiction?
Addiction is a complex disease that often requires more than one approach to treatment, including therapy that can identify underlying issues and teach coping skills. More than 22 million American...
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Addiction Isn't What You Think It Is
Nobody wakes up one day and thinks, “You know, in about three to four years, I plan to become an addict.” Addiction isn’t usually something that is planned for or intentionally added to life. The...
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Do You Really Want to Change?
I was first introduced to the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, or TTM, while interning at an in-patient addiction treatment center during the final hours of my counseling degree. The model...
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When Life Loses its Color: Dulled by Sexual Addiction
Would you rather listen? Press play above. Ready to read? Scroll on. In Lois Lowry’s book The Giver, the reader is confronted with a utopian world in which its inhabitants are free of pain,...
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5 Things You Should Know About Rehab
When a loved one finally agrees to go to rehab for a substance abuse disorder, the first reaction from family members is often an overwhelming sense of relief. The second reaction may be uncertainty....
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Emotional Numbing Can Be Addictive
We live in a stressful, inconsistent, and fast-paced world. With all of the potential "what if's" that can happen in our day-to-day life, it's common for people to find ways to escape their daily...
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Boundaries in the Age of Social Media
Set Boundaries with Children For Social Media Are you a parent feeling overwhelmed by all of the social media that your child is consuming? Not sure how to effectively communicate the harms that...
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How to get your Teen to Stop Playing Video Games; The Shame-Free Way
Alright, so it has been a minute since I have written a blog post. I would like to continue to look at shame and the shame rules that were highlighted in “10 Rules Men Must Break”.
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