
Why it is Essential to Build Recovery Capital
I posted at BeaconConfidential.com a piece that talks about Recovery Capital and why developing it is essential for successful healing and recovery. Read more about
I posted at BeaconConfidential.com a piece that talks about Recovery Capital and why developing it is essential for successful healing and recovery. Read more about
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 posted at BeaconConfidential.com a piece that explains how and why Recovery Management (RM) can make a difference between successful healing and recovery and continued
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
In the following series I will talk about composite case studies based on clients who came to my practice looking for help with their
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
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
ANNOUNCING: A NEW PARTNERSHIP, A NEW HOPE Click here to read an introduction I wrote to the Adoption Constellation. I have the honor of collaborating
I often go back to the topic of trust as someone who had spent the majority of his life unsure if it was safe to
I’ve had a lot of breakthroughs in my life, but it wasn’t until I started to share my story that I understood that my experiences
From a very young age, most people strive to belong to a group. Whether it’s their immediate family, peers, or people with similar interests, we
It’s hard to not make it sound as if it’s not my ego that needs stroking, but when I think about my work as an
For many of us the real new year starts in September. This is the time when kids and young adults go back to school, when
“The butterfly effect is the idea that small, seemingly trivial events may ultimately result in something with much larger consequences – in other words, they
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