Feature Articles
Developing Resilience in Children and Adolescents
Adolescents
Monday, 31 May 1999

Children and adolescents growing up in our fast-paced society face many difficulties. For children who experience the constant and chronic exposure to chemical dependence in the home and in their communities, the journey to adulthood can be fraught with danger and lifelong developmental difficulties. The use of illicit substances has increased steadily over the past twenty-five years. Clinicians and therapists are encountering rapidly growing numbers of children and adolescents who report drug abuse as a result of modeling and/or experimentation. Researchers have hypothesized that substance use may serve as a major focal point for social interaction and may provide adolescents with a sense of group identity.

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The Business of Counseling
Professional Ethics
Monday, 31 May 1999

Breaking away from an agency setting to fly solo is an appealing idea to many professional counselors who yearn to provide direct service to their clients and gain control over his or her professional development. But opening a private practice takes more than just hanging a shingle and furnishing an office with a cozy couch and Kleenex. A conscientious therapist may be a bit overwhelmed to find that the tasks they face include myriad business-related details that cannot be ignored. Starting and managing a private practice requires discipline, commitment and a quality that few practitioners learn in their counseling training and even fewer believe blends ethically with psychotherapy business savvy.

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The Link Between ADHD and Addictions
Dual Diagnosis
Wednesday, 31 March 1999

People with ADHD commonly attempt to soothe their restless brains and bodies with addictive substances such as alcohol, marijuana, heroin, prescription tranquilizers and pain killers, nicotine, caffeine, sugar, cocaine and street amphetamines. When people use substances to try to improve their abilities, or decrease and/or numb their feelings it is called self-medicating.

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Little Words That Get Big Results
Treatment Strategies or Protocols
Wednesday, 31 March 1999

For years, clinicians have been using stories, scripts and fables in the therapeutic process, but somehow one of the most enduring and powerful forms of metaphor has been routinely overlooked.

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"High" Achievers
Cultural
Written by Eileen Moon   
Wednesday, 31 March 1999

Dr. B, an obstetrician-gynecologist with a thriving group practice, arrived at work after a night of drinking to discover that he’d been on call the previous evening.

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