Creative Expression as a Conduit to Healing
The creative process is not just found on a canvas, it is an endless list: found in cooking, singing alone in your car, in lifting weights, how we solve problems, arranging flowers, playing an instrument, dancing, and in tending to a garden.
The Faces of TCC: Pamela
An interview with Pamela Black, Alumni of The Counseling Center
The Success Center at The Counseling Center
A large number of people were not raised in environments where these ideas are taught or experienced during their upbringing.
Avoiding Somnolence in Recovery and in Life
If we are not careful we continue to avoid our emotions and seek somnolence - in a glass bottle; a pill bottle; or a bag.
Disease Characteristics of Substance Use Disorders
But with all that being said, that’s all it takes: a person and the substance. Nothing has to “cause” the disorder – it can present by itself.
Letters to Society
The group spoke about how damaging this public shame and stereotyping had not only been to their use, but also their recovery efforts in the past.
Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health
So why the division? Is there a distinct division between substance use disorders and every other mental health disorder?