By Dr. Georgia Fourlas, LCSW, LISAC, CSAT, Rio Retreat Center Lead Therapist There is an indescribable beauty in watching participants move into a deeper level of intimacy after struggling through the destruction of sexual addiction. We recently held our first session of Discovery to Recovery Part 3: From Grief to Hope, a unique workshop for […]
By Michelle Peterson Back in the day, you loved to party. Whether you got drunk or high, it was how you had fun. Well, not really. It took you a while to realize it, but substance abuse was an attempt to run away from problems, and it wasn’t very successful. Eventually, you realized you wanted […]
By: Tammy M. Bolles, MSW, LCSW I once heard a client’s family member refer to their loved one’s inpatient addiction treatment as a sort of summer camp. The family member made this pronouncement with what sounded like envy; they wished they too could have some “time away.” The thought intrigued me as a therapist. Soon […]
Watching a loved one try to break the cycle of addiction and begin walking a path of recovery can be a really confusing time filled with mixed emotions. As their life sways back and forth between stable and unstable, you may feel that sense of unease with yourself as well. Whether it’s a spouse, sibling, […]
We’ve all seen it happen. Maybe it’s an online disagreement that got all-caps ugly. A barista chewed out for foaming the wrong milk. An impatient driver aggressively passing a slower one. Rolled eyes, loud sighs, or demands to “see a manager” in a long line of any kind. Or it’s knee-jerk nastiness when a store […]