March 6, 2017

By Alexandra Katehakis, Ph.D.(c), MFT, CST-S, CSAT-S, Senior Fellow at The Meadows For decades, researchers have struggled to define the unconscious processes of irrational love paramount in myths ...

March 3, 2017

Dr. Georgia Fourlas, LCSW, LISAC, CSAT Clinical Director of Rio Retreat Center Workshops at The Meadows “Are my sexual behaviors really a problem?” Some people clearly know the answer to that q...

March 2, 2017

By Dan Griffin, MA, Senior Fellow at The Meadows When I went to school to learn how to work with people with addictive disorders I got a lot of great guidance: Brain science. Family systems. Motiva...

February 27, 2017

By Shahida Arabi, M.A., Author “Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom. But the personality formed in the environment of coercive control is not well a...

February 24, 2017

Dr. Georgia Fourlas, LCSW, LISAC, CSAT Clinical Director of Workshops, Rio Retreat Center at The Meadows There is an undeniable link between childhood trauma and the ability to cope with adult tra...

February 16, 2017

By Brenna Gonzales, MS, LPC, Rio Retreat Center at The Meadows Therapist In our culture, we are taught that certain feelings are off limits. There is a general sense that if you’re not happy most o...