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Christian Counseling Ministers Therapists Psychologist value Systems Marriage Counseling

Posted by on August 18, 2014

Christian Counseling Ministers Therapists Psychologist value Systems Marriage Counseling By: Mona Gallagher Published: September 15, 2008 Christian marriage counseling offers faith based Christians a way to confront marital problems while keeping core values close. However, it is also true that professional Christian therapists and psychologists, employ some of the same tested and tried principles that mainstream […]

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DrinkChoice Prospectus

Posted by on August 14, 2014

DrinkChoice Prospectus A. Introduction DrinkChoice is a brief intervention program intended to prevent and eliminate alcohol problems among its clients by offering a choice to either cut down or quit drinking altogether. Brief intervention consists of a 1-hour assessment, then four 1-hour sessions, or five-1.5 hour group sessions, or three 40-50 minute self help sessions. […]

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Alternative Treatments for addictions: Promises & Perils

Posted by on August 14, 2014

Alternative Treatments for addictions: Promises & Perils Michael Scott, MD, Medical Director of Sierra Tucson, an Arizona treatment center for addictions, says that “Medicine has set itself up as a body of knowledge that is almost impenetrable by the public. For some decades, it has spoken little to its patients; and when it did, it […]

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Are Women More Vulnerable to Alcohol’s Effects?

Posted by on August 12, 2014

Are Women More Vulnerable to Alcohol’s Effects? National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism No. 46 December 1999 ———————————————————————— Women appear to be more vulnerable than men to many adverse consequences of alcohol use. Women achieve higher concentrations of alcohol in the blood and become more impaired than men after drinking equivalent amounts of alcohol. […]

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Can Marriage Survive Addiction?

Posted by on August 12, 2014

Can Marriage Survive Addiction? By Erica Orloff G and his future wife, S, met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting when both were newly sober. Ignoring advice from their respective sponsors to avoid forming new relationships in the first year of sobriety, they embarked on an intense physical and emotional love affair that culminated in marriage […]

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Adolescent Treatment: Its History and Current Renaissance

Posted by on August 12, 2014

Adolescent Treatment: Its History and Current Renaissance William L. White, MA, Michael Dennis, PhD, & Frank M. Tims, PhD The United States experienced a number of troubling drug trends during the past decade. Most prominent among these trends was a surge in youthful polydrug use (cannabis, stimulant, hallucinogen, sedative), a rise in juvenile opiate addiction, […]

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Acupuncture: A Valuable Adjunct Therapy

Posted by on August 12, 2014

Acupuncture: A Valuable Adjunct Therapy: Michael O. Smith, MD, DAc “Acu detox,” a simple and low-cost technique derived from acupuncture, is now used by approximately 1,000 addiction treatment programs in the United States and abroad. Clinical evidence supports its use in ameliorating withdrawal and craving symptoms of alcohol, opioid, and cocaine dependence, as well as […]

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