How Trauma Impacts School Performance
Trauma is an emotional response to a distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms the individual’s ability to cope. Trauma is subjective – a traumatic experience for one person may not...
Read MoreTrauma is an emotional response to a distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms the individual’s ability to cope. Trauma is subjective – a traumatic experience for one person may not...
Read More“Together, families can understand the importance of accountability and healthy boundaries in enhancing recovery.” By Michael L Gaziano LCSW, Clinical Director, Recovery Ways Family relations have always been complicated. Add...
Read MoreWhen I was active in my addiction and alcoholism, I never cared much about anything — other than my own wants and needs. The word selfish does not come close...
Read MoreUnderage Drinking Parties Underage drinking parties pose significant public health risks. They are high-risk settings for binge drinking and associated alcohol problems, including impaired driving. Youth and young adults are...
Read MoreBy Dina Evan, PhD We’ve all been through hell during 2020 and 2021. But as I have said before, I feel these times of the greatest challenge are also holy...
Read MoreBy Marianne Gouveia, Founder, Eric’s House “There is no sense in punishing your future for the mistakes of your past. Forgive yourself, grow from it, and then let it go.”...
Read MoreBy Alan Cohen As the pandemic recedes, we are all looking forward to reclaiming something like the life we once knew. But could one of the purposes of the pandemic...
Read MoreWe immunize. We require seat belts in the car and helmets while biking. We insist on sunscreen. We do just about everything we can to ensure that our kids are...
Read MoreBy Julie M. Simon, MA, MBA, LMFT Set the best intention, overeat, shame and guilt yourself, repeat. Many of us find ourselves routinely overeating at meals, snacking mindlessly, or...
Read MoreBy Barbara Nicholson Brown While the stigma surrounding addiction still prevails, I’ve witnessed tremendous positive changes in how addiction and alcoholism is perceived, and you may have too. One thing...
Read MoreBy Dr. Dina Evan Addiction begins in your brain and is normally caused by trauma, different forms of which change your natural chemical balance and wiring. Those neuronets create your...
Read MoreBanner Health Foundation/Banner Strong Center for Healing is the beneficiary of the 501(c)(3) foundation’s inaugural fundraiser The Meadows Institute’s first annual Golf4Recovery Invitational raised more than $30,000 to benefit...
Read MoreBy Christa Banister It’s shocking just how common sexual violence is. In the United States alone, nearly one in five women have been raped or experienced an attempted sexual assault...
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