Understanding (& Overcoming!) Abandonment Issues
By Wesley Gallagher Relationships are hard. No matter how much you love someone and know they love you, there’s always the chance that you’ll get hurt. The reality is that most people, even those you...
View ArticleWomen & Porn Addiction
By Alanna Hilbink When it comes to women and porn addiction, we tend to have a lot of questions, and often a lot of doubts. With any form of addiction, stigma is a big hurdle to overcome. And despite...
View ArticleWhat is Pornography Addiction?
By Lauren Timmermans, LAC, MBA, CSAT, Former Primary Therapist, Gentle Path at the Meadows The viewing of pornography can absolutely be part of your healthy sexuality. It can exist comfortably within...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Teens & Co-Occurring Disorders
By Melissa Riddle Chalos For people of all ages, the term “mental illness” may feel stigmatizing. This can be especially true if you don’t have the information you need to understand how mental health...
View ArticleSelf-Expression: The Feelings & Trauma Connection
By Stephanie O’Brian, Ed. S., LPC Alexithymia. You may have never heard of it, but roughly 10% of the population experiences it. Have you ever had trouble expressing emotions or known someone who has?...
View ArticleExperiential Exploration of Trauma via Timeline
By Chris Pieper, MSAC, LASAC Former Primary Therapist, Claudia Black Young Adult Center At the Claudia Black Young Adult Center, trauma is described as anything less than nurturing. This definition...
View ArticleHealing the Inner Child
By Anna McKenzie “Healing your inner child” has become a more popular concept in recent years, but what does it really mean? The theory of the inner child comes from the work of the famous...
View ArticleThe Power of Unplugging
By Christa Banister Have you ever picked up your phone and opened, say, Instagram without even meaning to? I definitely have, and it unnerved me. When scrolling social media apps becomes so second...
View ArticleMental Health Support for Suicidal Ideation
By Anna McKenzie Suicidal ideation is when a person is contemplating suicide, which may involve imagining how they would commit suicide, what the world would be like without them, or fantasizing about...
View ArticleClaudia Black’s ‘Undaunted Hope’ Shares Stories of Inspiration
By Anna McKenzie Dr. Claudia Black’s new book Undaunted Hope is not just filled with stories of addiction and recovery; it’s brimming with tales of lives made new, of trauma understood and uprooted,...
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