by bradford | Sep 19, 2019 | About Us, Cornerstone of Recovery, Recovery
The Toth family: From left, son Nick, Susan Hood Toth, husband Larry Toth, granddaughter Kinsley Rogers, daughter Lauren Toth Rogers and Lauren’s husband, Nate Rogers. It was the 38th Friday of the year when a dedicated group of employees opened the doors to...
by bradford | Oct 7, 2019 | About Us, Cornerstone staff, Cornerstone of Recovery
Her mother’s near-fatal motorcycle wreck wasn’t enough to stop it. An emergency room doctor cutting into abscesses caused by IV drug use wasn’t, either. In the end, it was love that brought Amy Sawyer out of the depths of addiction, and she found it as a patient at...
by bradford | Oct 10, 2019 | Cornerstone of Recovery, Family Support
On the surface, Acceptance And Integration Training® — known by its acronym, AAIT™ — sounds complex and perhaps even arcane. This new approach to psychotherapy was developed in recent years by Melanie McGhee, a licensed clinical social worker who began her practice in...
by bradford | Oct 14, 2019 | Cornerstone of Recovery, Family Support
When it comes to a drug and alcohol treatment modality like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), it’s always a good idea to ask: Does it actually work? After all, for addiction treatment, there are as many therapeutic approaches as there are treatment centers, and the...
by bradford | Oct 25, 2019 | About Us, Cornerstone staff, Cornerstone of Recovery
A note from Steve Wildsmith, Motivational Musings writer … A few months ago, Cornerstone CEO Steve McGrew asked for some thoughts on giving everyone an opportunity to know Cornerstone of Recovery a little better — specifically, the people. We pride ourselves on the...
by bradford | Oct 25, 2019 | Cornerstone of Recovery, Recovery, Family Support
Patients who make the best candidates for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) are often trapped in the yin-yang pull of binary thinking. Their brains slingshot back and forth between two areas of thought: The idea that stressful emotions surrounding negative events is...