NCAD East: Rise Above the Challenges. Revolutionize Addiction Recovery. Reform Patient Outcomes. Recover Together.

Out and About

Fri Jul 31st – Sun Aug 2nd Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, 625 South President Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202 map  In support of her books, The Clinician’s Guide to Alcohol Moderation and The Clinician’s Guide to Alcohol Moderation: A Comprehensive Workbook, Cyndi Tuner with Craig James will co-present Practicing Alcohol Moderation: A Harm Reduction Alternative to the Abstinence-Only Model, Friday July 31, 2020. NCAD East…

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Beware of Dr. Google

Medication, Mental Health

As a practicing clinician, I am regularly told by patients about what they have read on the internet. My clinical colleagues have referred to the internet as “Dr. Google.” Why do people give more weight and authority to something they have read on the internet than what we have discussed in the office? I suspect…

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We are the collective creator …. Healthy Covid-19 Habits

Family, Mental Health, Relationship, Substance Use/Process Addiction, Trauma

We are the collective creator of our own agony. It is time for a re-awakening of consciousness when we recognize the best in ourselves and overcome the worst. ~Lawrence Overmire Americans are increasingly housebound and left to their own devices as the Covid-19 quarantine stretches into months. Measured reactions to the stress, boredom, and loneliness…

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Life of a Quarantined Teen

Family, Mental Health

If you asked just about anybody, they would probably tell you that a teenager would love being at home, away from school and other responsibilities. That has proved itself not to be the case. Not even a quarter way through this and I am dying to go back to school and have life unpaused. Being…

2020 NASW Virginia Chapter Annual Conference

Out and About

Thu Mar 26th – Sat 28th Zoom Webinar  Cyndi Turner and Craig James are co-presenting on Thursday from 4-5:30 on Practicing Alcohol Moderation: Abstinence is Not the Only Way. This is a 1.5 Contact Hour Session. The NASW standards for practice concur with the DSM-5 that substance use is not an either/or phenomenon, should be viewed on a…

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LCPS Mental Health and Wellness Conference

Out and About

Saturday January 11, 2020 at Independence High School, Loudoun County Public Schools had its Mental Health and Wellness Conference.  The conference agenda had 3 breakout sessions one of which included showing of the IndieFlix original documentary, LIKE. With one in three adolescents suffering from an anxiety disorder, Craig James presented Anxiety: Overcoming the Pressures of…