I have the honor of presenting at the annual Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH) conference on October 30th, 2023, from
A female friend who was in an unhappy relationship introduced me to a popular saying going around that said: “we date at the level of
A long time ago when I first visited the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, I learned a term, “Character Defects.” This term was a part of
I am often asked about the title of my memoir, Parallel Universes, and how I came up with it. There are many different reasons it
Sometimes I imagine past trauma as one of those Choose-Your-Own Adventure situations, where turning to page XYZ essentially puts me back in a sad loop
Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon have co-authored the book Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency: A Comprehensive Guide to Promoting Understanding and
I had the honor of presenting The Complexities of Addiction: Implications for Foster, Relative, and Adoptive Families at the Families Like Mine conference, a statewide
I have a confession to make. I believe in magic! Yes, yours truly, whose practices are grounded in evidence-based engagements and interventions, the man who
The process of Identity Development is important to all human beings, and although associated with adolescence, it is a profess that for a number of us is
I was honored to speak to the clinicians at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation today, especially as a graduate of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate
Imagine being an 11-year-old boy and having your childhood shattered after being abandoned by both your mother and father. The carefree days spent in rural
I met the B. family after the mother (Mary) reached out to me once she read my memoir, Parallel Universes . She emailed sharing that
I met 29-year-old Melanie at an adoption event that she attended with her adoptive parents. We met in a social setting, and I shared that
I was honored to have kicked off the 2023 Haymarket Center Spring Workshops with the presentation: Family of Origin Separation Trauma and Addiction – Care
One of the most challenging aspects of growing up with developmental trauma is having to unlearn certain beliefs—beliefs that might’ve served us at one point,
I once again had the opportunity to present to Dr. Samantha Wilson‘s class at the Medical College of Wisconsin titled Adoption and Foster Care: Considerations
My beautiful, sweet mother died last week at the age of 90 years old. She passed while I was on a plane on my way
I was relinquished at birth, then adopted into a new family at the age of one-week old. I entered this world without the safety net
