Games to Help With Addiction | Codependency Therapy

Games to help with addiction | codependency therapy – seriously? What’s in a Game? Play Therapy for Adults by Kathleen Grant, MA, LMFT, and Laura Osborn, PsyD, CHT, is a book like no other I’ve read in the genre of books that can help families recover from addiction. It’s like no other for three key…

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Living With or Divorcing a Spouse Who Drinks Too Much

Having a family members with a substance use disorder causes secondhand drinking for children

Living with or divorcing a spouse who drinks too much can be a terrifying, exhausting nightmare — especially when children are involved. In fact, one of my most frequently read blog posts is Fears for Children When Divorcing an Alcoholic. I wrote it to address one of the most common issues mothers, fathers, and family law attorneys have expressed…

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Codependency – Impact of Codependent’s Self-Esteem on Relationships

Darlene Lancer on Shame

Codependency expert and frequent guest author, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, shares her research on the impact of a codependent’s self-esteem on their relationships. Darlene is the author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You, and her latest eBook is titled, Dealing with a Narcissist, 8 Steps to Raise Self-Esteem and Set…

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Five Essential Tips For Families of Heroin Addicts

Sharing essential tips for families of heroin addicts is today’s guest author, Josh Butcher, founder of Ohio Addiction Recovery Center. When asked to share a bit of his background and reasons for founding Ohio Addiction Recovery Center, Josh explained: I grew up in a middle class family in the suburbs of Columbus. From a young age I…

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Detox: the Physical Process of Recovery

Explaining detox – the physical process of recovery – is today’s guest author, Patricia L. Ryding, Psy.D. Dr. Ryding is the Executive Director of Beach House Center for Recovery, a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation center in Juno Beach, Florida. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who brings over 30 years of experience as both…

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Alcohol Awareness Month – Information and Help for the 90 Million Americans Affected by Someone’s Alcohol Misuse

I’m using Alcohol Awareness Month to share information and help for the 90 million Americans affected by a loved one’s alcohol misuse. 90 million. These are the moms, dads, husbands, wives, children, grandchildren, brothers, sister, grandparents, boyfriends, girlfriends and close friends who are affected by a loved one’s drinking behaviors; in other words, the people affected…

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Narcissistic Relationships – Guest Author Darlene Lancer

In her post today, frequent guest author, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, helps readers understand how being raised by a narcissistic parent changed them and what they can do to overcome the consequences. Darlene is the author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You, and her latest eBook is titled, Dealing…

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