Since Counselor’s primary objective is to provide our readership with tools to be more effective addiction and mental health counselors and therapists, we rarely venture into today’s most pertinent issues affecting all of us who ...
“Fifteen years ago, I could not envision a time when leaders of major national medical organizations would gather at the White House, as they did last September, to discuss initiatives developed by NACoA. Fifteen years ...
“Oola-la . . . that’s what life feels like when you’re happy, growing, and looking forward to what the world has in store for you. It’s the feeling you get when you’ve landed that better ...
Just about every week we hear or read about another celebrity who got into serious legal trouble for stealing. Whether they are film or TV stars—Winona Ryder shoplifted several thousand dollars in haute couture apparel ...
Change is rarely easy. In fact, it is often a messy business. While great benefits oftentimes result from the altering of our lives or paths, change can be difficult while it is happening.
I wrote in a previous column that “another epidemic” not receiving sufficient attention is the impact of opioid and other substance misuse and addiction on families and children. Much has been written about the trends ...
Dear Dr. Galardi, I’m a sixty-year-old man who’s been in the real estate business for thirty years, and I’m in burnout from the job. However, I’m not yet financially set up yet to retire. ...
People often start addiction treatment with a bias for or against the concept of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). As health care providers, it is our job to expose these biases and convince our patients of the ...
When theologians and philosophers postulate the concept of God, it is important to understand that God is not writing about Himself; he is not explicitly saying, “This is how I created the world” or “This ...
Researchers and treatment professionals have explored the intersection between trauma and substance abuse for years, as the majority of clients entering addiction treatment have experienced some form of trauma in their lives. But what is ...