In the late 1990’s I begin attending workshops on trauma therapy because I realized many of those who struggle with addiction also wrestled with untreated underlying trauma – sexual, physical, and emotional. It was at one of the workshops that I first heard the name Stanley Greenspan. Today he is known as one of the… [Continue Reading]
Making Addiction Education Stick
Once a year I am fortunate to have the opportunity to teach a graduate level class at the university on the foundations of addiction treatment. And every year I struggle with how best to organize the class time, materials, and lectures in a way that optimizes students retention and likelihood that they will “act” on what… [Continue Reading]