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  • addiction-mental-illness

What Comes First: Addiction or Mental Illness?

Addiction treatment hasn’t always included treatment for mental health disorders. There was a time where treatment for addiction and mental health were kept separate, which meant that people who struggled with both didn’t receive the treatment they deserved. Today, ...

  • emdr-addiction-recovery

How Does EMDR Therapy Help in Addiction Recovery?

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, or EMDR, is a nontraditional form of psychotherapy designed to eradicate negative emotions associated with memories of painful or traumatic events. In the addiction recovery community, EMDR is used to treat the mental ...

  • failure-launch-addiction

The Link Between Failure to Launch & Addiction

Young adulthood is a phase of life where young adults should be launching into greater independence and responsibility, making more decisions, and putting necessary life skills to use, but many fail to bridge that gap. Instead, these challenges are ...

  • dismissive avoidant attachment characteristics

How Attachment Style Influences Addiction

Attachment during childhood, particularly infancy, establishes how a person views relationships and intimacy later in life. If a child experiences a healthy attachment with their caregiver, they usually consider relationships to be safe, comfortable and stable and feel confident ...

  • virtual reality addiction treatment

Virtual Reality Is Being Used to Treat Addiction

When you mention virtual reality, most people’s minds immediately go to video games, but it isn’t just about gaming. Patrick Bordnick, dean of Tulane University’s School of Social Work, has been investigating the potential use of virtual reality in ...

  • aromatherapy in addiction recovery

5 Ways to Use Aromatherapy In Addiction Recovery

Over the years, holistic approaches to healing have become increasingly common components of addiction recovery. Yoga, acupuncture, reiki and aromatherapy serve as valuable additions to many treatment programs. Aromatherapy is an especially easy addition. Traditionally, it’s thought of as ...

  • older adult addiction

Older Adults and Addiction: The Silent Epidemic

Addiction is often viewed as a problem for teens and young adults, but substance abuse issues can strike at any age. In fact, recent studies suggest that adults over age 40 are suffering from addiction at higher rates than ...