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You Are Not Dear Abby!
by William A. Howatt, PhD, EdD, ICADC
One of the first things budding addiction counselors need to learn is that that they should be careful to avoid giving advice like a Dear Abby column to friends and family.
That's one of a long checklist of guiding principles I try to get across in the first few months as I prepare to teach a new group of addiction counseling students. These are critical building blocks that will assist the new addiction counselors' professional development. More Abby
Integration of Self and Transcendence in Recovery
Cardwell C. Nuckols MA, PhD
It is important to understand how the term integration relates to brain functioning and well-being. Utilizing complexity theory from quantum physics might be most helpful. “Systems that are able to move toward maximal complexity are healthy systems. They are the most stable, adaptive, and flexible. What a wonderfully concise definition of well-being. Mental health can thus be defined as a self-organizational process that enables the system-be it a person, relationship, family, school, community, or society-to continually move toward maximal complexity” (Siegel, 2003). In other words, the more integrated the brain, the more complex it is. The more complex the brain, the more mentally healthy it is. More Integration
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Blog Topic of the Week: Anchoring |
Nearly three decades ago, two psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahnerman discovered a human phenomenon known as ' anchoring'. This occurs when a person doesn't know the answer to something, the starting point strongly influences what the person thinks the correct answer is.
For example, the initial number of casualties given for the Iraq war was about 30,000 - 50,000. Read Blog. |
Codependency and Sex Addiction
By Patrick J. Carnes, PhD, CAS
Partners and family members of sex addicts struggle with codependency, which often obscures women and their sex addiction. Co-sex addiction is a more reactive state than codependency to other addictions. If someone chooses alcohol over you, it is very difficult. The difficulty is compounded if your partner chooses other sex partners over you. The “wrath” of betrayal is catalyzed exponentially if the codependent is also acting out but has not yet been discovered. Sometimes we are angriest with others — with that which we hate in ourselves. More Sex Addiction The Velveteen Principles A Guide to Becoming Real
Interview with Author Toni Raiten-D'Antonio
What inspired you to write this book?
First I was inspired by Margery Williams's original text – The Velveteen Rabbit – and its affect on me as a young mother. I was, on the surface, happy, but I felt some self-doubt and a sense that something was missing. The Velveteen Rabbit helped me realize I wasn't accepting myself, that I wasn't being Real myself, and having real relationships in the way that Williams describes it. The book gave me a chance to explore her ideas and understanding what she was saying in a deeper way. My principles are drawn from the values expressed in the original Velveteen Rabbit story and they are intended to provide a framework for a more meaningful and rewarding life. More Velveteen Principles
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