by bradford | Nov 8, 2019 | Recovery, Family Support
It’s not a word that’s used in casual parlance, nor does it roll easy off the tongue, but Schema therapy has a valuable place alongside other modalities of psychological treatment for a number of behavioral disorders. Pronounced “SKEE-muh,” it’s a form of...
by bradford | Nov 12, 2019 | Cornerstone of Recovery, Addiction, Family Support
Recovering from trauma is never a walk in the park, but one of the most powerful tools to help patients do so, EMDR therapy, sure started out that way. EMDR — Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing — is the brainchild of psychologist Francine Shapiro, who began...
by bradford | Dec 28, 2018 | Addiction, Recovery
About this time every year, panic starts to set in for those who have a problem with alcohol and drugs. The problem isn’t the cause of the panic. The problem has been identified and acknowledged. The panic stems from the decision that, come Jan. 1, the problem...
by bradford | Dec 22, 2018 | Addiction
In the latest edition of its National Vital Statistics Report, released this month, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention identified the specific drugs most frequently associated with overdose deaths in the United States from 2011-2016. Oxycodone ranked first...
by bradford | Oct 16, 2018 | Addiction, Recovery, Family Support
On the surface, the word “insurance” doesn’t require a whole lot of research. It is, after all, something in which every American invests, whether the policies purchased cover homes, automobiles, boats or lives. The first insurance policies date back to the mid-1300s...