Encouraging Kids to Communicate: An Excerpt from the New Book HIGH by David and Nic Sheff JANUARY 23, 2019 BY THE PARTNERSHIP   Below is an excerpt from the new book HIGH: Everything You Want to Know About

Navigating the Holidays When Your Child is in Early Recovery from Addiction DECEMBER 13, 2018 BY DR. JOHN DYBEN, DHSC, MCAP, CMHP – CLINICAL FELLOW   https://drugfree.org/parent-blog/navigating-the-holidays-when-your-child-is-in-early-recovery-from-addiction/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=parent&utm_campaign=navigating-the-holidays#more Families can experience many emotions while navigating the holidays, whether

5 Tools Parents Can Use to Help Their Children (and Themselves!) by Josh King, PsyD https://motivationandchange.com/5-tools-parents-can-use-to-help-their-children-and-themselves/?utm_source=The+Center+for+Motivation+and+Change+%28CMC%29+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0b8e6a20d9-November+2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9e978b8216-0b8e6a20d9-83221889&goal=0_9e978b8216-0b8e6a20d9-83221889 Being a parent is hard under the best circumstances. Being a parent of a child who is using substances can

3 Truths About Change by Carrie Wilkens, PhD If you or someone you love struggles with substances, how you understand the problem matters a lot! If you approach it from the perspective that substance problems are

An Open Letter to Parents on Loving your Child through Addiction NOVEMBER 17, 2018 IN ADDICTION, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS In 2010, my parents received an urgent call from me: my roommate was spying on me. This wasn’t the truth but this

https://cathytaughinbaugh.com/love-them-until-they-can-love-themselves/ Love Them Until They Can Love Themselves  Sometimes all we can do to help other people is to continue to help ourselves. ~Lori Deschene Does trying to solve someone else’s pain resonate with you?

How to Support The Process of Change by Carrie Wilkens, PhD Are you worried about a loved one’s use of substances? Do you see your partner’s health declining? Do you worry about some of the decisions

by Carrie Wilkens, PhD and Josh King, PsyD https://motivationandchange.com/encouraging-change-talk/?utm_source=The+Center+for+Motivation+and+Change+%28CMC%29+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fe715677d5-september_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9e978b8216-fe715677d5-83221889&goal=0_9e978b8216-fe715677d5-83221889 When you are trying to help someone decide to make a behavioral change, it’s more common than not to experience a back and forth process of openness and resistance

How to Know if Your Kid is Vaping Marijuana — and What to Do About It JUNE 6, 2018 BY THE PARTNERSHIP   Hardly a week goes by without another news article about vaping. In 2014, vaping was

4 Steps to Improve Your Communication by Carrie Wilkens, PhD One of the things we humans are really good at is language. We’re pretty unique among creatures in communicating incredible amounts of information to each other