We All Need Boundaries
It might be a friend, or a colleague. Maybe an ex, or a sort-of relationship. Might be a relative who doesn’t live with you. In any case,...
Complete Online Addiction Counselling Package 312 Hours CEU/CPD (42 Modules)
Preparation Studies for needed credit towards International IC&RC Addiction Counsellor Certification Exam (CADC). Includes 42 Modules on...
Technology Addiction
Technology is everywhere, and it is not going away. Teenagers stare down at their iPhones, or keep their eyes glued to a tablet or...
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Addressing the Here-and-Now Unlike many traditional forms of therapy that analyze problems by taking a deep dive into past life...
Am I Being Supportive? Or Enabling?
Where real support is the result of caring, enabling usually springs from guilt, fear, or a misplaced sense of responsibility for someone...
Addictive Disease: Why Semantics Matter — and Why They Don’t
"But to start opening those doors, someone has to be in the room — that is, they have to be identified (by themselves, preferably, but...
Practical Advice for Parents: Prescription Painkiller Abuse
Many of us already have painkillers sitting on a shelf in the bathroom medicine cabinet, alongside the aspirin and the allergy meds....
High-Achieving Executive Women and Addiction
Women with high-achieving personalities are often accomplished and successful. So, what is the connection between executive women and...
Finding True Passion For Life After Chronic Drug Abuse
Two categories of drugs exist in the world today. The first involves those that are used to restore and maintain health or sustain life....
I’m Ready to Call a Family Interventionist
An Interventionist will be trying to make sure they have all of the ‘pieces of the puzzle’ What information should I already have when I...