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5 Treatments for Substance Abuse and Dependency

Drug and alcohol addiction is a chronic, brain-centered disease that carries psychological and social components. It’s also an exceptionally common problem and serious public health crisis that...

Does Your Loved One Need a Treatment Program?

Few people care to admit that drugs and alcohol have impacted their life in such a way that treatment is necessary. But in reality, the decision to choose to do something about your problem is not...

Does Your Loved One Need a Treatment Program?

Few people care to admit that drugs and alcohol have impacted their life in such a way that treatment is necessary. But in reality, the decision to choose to do something about your problem is not...

How Motivational Interviewing Can Help Treat Your Depression

Whether depression is a recent problem or something you’ve struggled with throughout your life, you know that this tenacious mental health condition can have far-reaching effects on your everyday life...

How Will I Ever Get Over My Recent Traumatic Event?

Daily life is full of routine pressures and unanticipated stressors. But when a stressful incident causes excessive or persistent distress, it’s considered a traumatic event. A traumatic event...

5 Myths About Psychotic Disorders

The term “psychotic disorder” describes the various mental health conditions that can trigger psychosis, or a disrupted state of mind that causes a temporary and disorienting break from reality. ...

5 Steps to Take to Manage Your Fear of Flying

As pandemic-related limitations move further into the rearview mirror for much of American society, many people have returned to full-schedule living. Vacations, weddings, and family reunions are back...

What is Addiction: The Negative Impact on Your Life

Drugs and alcohol are no respecters of class, race, religion, or socioeconomic status. They affect people from all walks of life, and the pattern of addiction can develop in anyone’s life...

Interview with the Clinical Director of EXIS, Dr. Elena Bagourdi Ph.D

Tell us about EXIS: EXIS is a dual diagnosis, treatment center that specializes in treating mental health disorders, such as depression and anxiety, as well as trauma and addictions issues. We utilize...

When Procrastination Keeps You from Recovery

Are you stalling? Unhinged by all of life’s little distractions and cannot seem to get ahead? Are you wanting to get sober but thinking not yet, another day, if and when, and later, maybe one day?...

Heavily Meditated: A Mindfulness Addiction that’s Free

Meditation isn’t something we usually jump for joy about. The idea of sitting still with our inner thoughts, is not only something we are not typically taught in school, but it can be a real...

Addiction: Change Your Beliefs, Change Your Life

We’ve heard it time and time again. Our thoughts and fundamental belief systems create our ultimate reality. Thoughts become things. Believing in something is exactly what it sounds like; Our...