Abuse Recovery
How to Get Your Health Insurance Provider to Pay for Substance Abuse Treatment
by Michaela Kajiwara Thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, health …
Addiction Treatment: Is There a ‘Wrong’ Way to Quit?
by Sara Stringer We all know the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. From the risk of overdose to financial problems and emotional distress, the effects of …
Addiction Recovery: Staying Sober after Treatment
by Sara Stringer Addiction is a serious disease that is associated with life-threatening complications. And, because of the dangers of prolonged substance …
Getting Your Life Back on Track after a DUI
by Sara Stringer If you’ve been charged with a Driving Under Influence (DUI), you probably understand the seriousness of these types of offenses. With …
Healing From Rape — The Role of a SANE Nurse
by Michell Spoden Rape is not only a physical/sexual assault but it inflicts deep psychological wounds on the victims who often find themselves facing severe …
Until You Learn It
by Elaine Mahon To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, there was this …
On Likelihood of Mental Illnesses in Adults with the History of Childhood Abuse
Anyone who has taken an introductory class in Psychology is familiar with the age old debate about whether it is nature or nurture that shapes who we are. …
On Likelihood of Mental Illnesses in Adults with the History of Childhood Abuse
by Tali Shenfield Anyone who has taken an introductory class in Psychology is familiar with the age old debate about whether it is nature or nurture that …
Reena’s Bollywood Dream by Jewel Kats
Jewel Kats always writes special books addressing the most important needs of children, particularly of young girls. Reena’s Bollywood Dream is unique in …
Recovery Expert Holli Kenley to Talk about Cuber-Bullying on ‘The Morning Scramble!’
Author and recovery expert Holli Kenley will appear on AZ-TV talk about her work on helping prevent the injurious effects of bullying from plaguing lives. The …
On Healing from Trauma: Dissolving the Robot Self
Guest Blogger: Tamryn Spruill Sometimes I feel like a thing instead of a person, an “it” instead of a “her”, more akin to a robot that mechanically …
Welcome to Camp Amy!
Welcome to Camp Amy! Get ready for transformative days of hope, discovery and empowerment. At Camp Amy, you’ll meet women much like yourself – …
Lying
Guest Blogger: Linda Irene Silfies The following blog post is excerpted from a story appearing in Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing, Vol. IV, …
A Veterans’ Issue: Deficiencies in CLCs
Guest Blogger: Amber Paley Veteran Community Living Centers (CLCs) were established by the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) in order to, …
A Classification of Abusive Behaviors
Guest Blogger: Sam Vaknin Author of “Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited” Abusive conduct is not a uniform, homogeneous phenomenon. It stems …
Abused? Stalked? Get Help!
Guest Blogger: Sam Vaknin Your first “fallback” option is your family. They are, in many cases (though by no means always) your natural allies. …
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