By: Tian Dayton PhD Our capacity for empathy and closeness is formed and strengthened through the quality of our childhood relationships. From conception onwards, we resonate in tune or out of tune...

By Claudia Black, Ph. D. Clinical Architect of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows Addiction encourages trauma and trauma can encourage addiction. This process becomes a vicious cir...

My therapist prescribed me to drink more alcohol. I had described symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet once again, the diagnosis was completely missed. Even worse, this uniformed ther...

By Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RDN, Senior Fellow of Meadows Behavioral Healthcare When you think of management of your mental health, what comes to mind? Maybe you meditate or take yoga, perhaps you ...

By:  John Parker, MS, LMFT, SATP, CSATJohn Parker, MS, LMFT, SATP, CSAT, Therapist, Rio Retreat Center “You cannot ‘not’ communicate.” Read More

Grief is normal, it is a direct result of attachment and love. There is really no one-size-fits-all approach to grief but normal grief tends to follow a pattern whereas complicated or what psychologis...