Part II By Bob Tyler, BA, LAADC-CA, SAP, ACRPS In part one of the series, we introduced the dangers associated with the craving cycle: obsession, compulsion, physical craving, and drug seeking be...
https://blog.counselormagazine.com/2021/01/craving-and-relapse-prevention-part-ii/
CCAPP’s 7th Annual Conference kicked off its four-day adventure with the phenomenal Dr. Rob Weiss, PhD, LCSW, as the keynote speaker. Dr. Weiss is a sexologist, author, and educator. He began t...
https://blog.counselormagazine.com/2020/12/sexs-paramount-effect-in-co-occurring-disorders/
By Pete Nielsen, President and CEO of CCAPP Rolling onto our second day for CCAPP’s 7th Annual Conference, brings our keynote speaker for the day, Dr. David Best. Dr. Best has an undergraduate ...
Part I By Bob Tyler, BA, LAADC-CA, SAP, ACRPS Greetings! Welcome to the Craving and Relapse Prevention series. In a broad sense, most of what we do with our patients can be considered relapse...
https://blog.counselormagazine.com/2020/12/craving-and-relapse-prevention/
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020, and is the third substantial piece of legislation dealing with SARS-CoV-2 (which causes covid...
TSRP & LFS Responds to New York Times Article On November 3, 2019, the New York Times published an article about Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) devices. The article was titled, “These Mach...
https://blog.counselormagazine.com/2020/02/can-you-trust-preliminary-alcohol-screening-devices/
The tendency to see what you expect to see, to project your core beliefs outward, is very powerfully manifest in what you say, in your words. So, if you’re walking around believing, “I am a m...
https://blog.counselormagazine.com/2019/11/the-importance-of-language/
What does toxic shame do to us? Why is it such a destructive thing? First, there’s a physical consequence. Our perspective on life and the feeling tone we are holding about ourselves affect our...
https://blog.counselormagazine.com/2019/11/the-impact-of-toxic-shame/
A holistic and integrative recovery acknowledges and utilizes the power that resides in all four rooms of the human experience: the physical, the mental, the emotional, and the spiritual. The phy...
https://blog.counselormagazine.com/2019/09/holistic-and-integrated-recovery/
Pain seems to be a part of the human experience. Naturally, most of us prefer to feel loved, safe, and connected rather than sad, lonely, or afraid. But the latter feelings seem to be a part of l...
https://blog.counselormagazine.com/2019/09/pain-and-suffering/