If ever there was a day designed to potentially dig into our insecurities as women, it is Valentine’s Day. Here is the day that we are told, reassured, that we are worthy, by having another’s love of us acknowledged. Some of use will even hold our breath until that love is demonstrated by a token …
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A HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ME –Fighting Those Girly Thoughts
February 14th, 2013 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (2 Comments)Hearing Our Own Voice – When Faced With Being Blamed for Violence We’ve Experienced
February 12th, 2013 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Hearing Our Own Voice – When Faced With Being Blamed for Violence We’ve Experienced)Our past trauma can be triggered in a variety of ways. Just after The Feast of the Epiphany (January 6), a patient brought in an article sent to her by a friend in California; and she was triggered. The article concerned a priest who actually blamed women for abuse they experienced at the hands of …
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Binge Drinking – Taking Away Your Own Power
February 11th, 2013 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Binge Drinking – Taking Away Your Own Power)Binge Drinking – Taking Away Your Own Power By Patricia O’Gorman, Ph.D. Author of The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (publication date 3.5.13) Most women read “Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States and is a risk factor for many health and societal …
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Denial: Is it Always Pathological?
February 11th, 2013 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction Discussions | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Denial: Is it Always Pathological?)Denial is a word that people in recovery use often. It refers to an addict denying their own increasing use and abuse and it’s affect on their life and the lives of those around them, or an enabler denying the progression and impact of an addict’s escalating addiction. But is denial always pathological? Are there …
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Women And Porn Addictions: The New Relationship Crisis?
February 1st, 2013 | Posted by in Addiction Discussions | Sex Addiction | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Women And Porn Addictions: The New Relationship Crisis?)In the last 20 years or more a lot of information has come to the surface about the somewhat hidden issue of porn addiction for men. Although there had been options for guys to get their hands on porn long before the internet age, easy access to both free and paid website offering every type …
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The Trauma Time Line: Working with Context and Narrative
January 15th, 2013 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction Discussions | Trauma - (5 Comments)The following experiential exercises for helping groups, both inpatient and outpatient, to process issues of trauma and grief are taken from both The Living Stage and RTR Relationship Trauma Repair by Tian Dayton, both available at HCIBOOKS.com The Trauma Time Line: Working with Context and Narrative Goals: 1. To provide a visual context through which to …
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Hidden Addictions: The Many Forms of Self-Medication
December 21st, 2012 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction Discussions - (1 Comments)Who doesn’t self-medicate, at least a little? Sinking into a plate of pasta and a glass of wine or chowing down on French fries after a stressful day really does work to smooth out the rough edges and give us that “ahhhh” feeling. But when does this sort of behavior cross that invisible line between …
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Want to be a Genius?
November 10th, 2012 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Want to be a Genius?)These three genius steps may contain the germ of what indeed separates the really competent (dare we say genius) addiction counselor from the rest of the pack.
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