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

Out and AboutBy Insight Into Action Therapy August 17, 2020

Mon Aug 17th – Wed 19th Disneyland Hotel, 1150 West, Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802 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, Monday August 17, 2020. NCAD West is the premier…

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

Out and AboutBy Insight Into Action Therapy July 31, 2020

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…

Harm Reduction Approaches for Alcohol Use Disorders

Out and AboutBy Insight Into Action Therapy June 26, 2020

Fri Jun 26th 12:00pm – 2:00pm Online Zoom Presenters: Cyndi Turner, LCSW, LSATP, MAC and Craig James, LCSW, LSATP, MAC CEUs: Category 1 | 1.5 CEUs – To receive credit you must logon to the Zoom meeting at the start time and stay on for the entire duration of the webinar, a short online post-test will be issued…

Beware of Dr. Google

Medication, Mental HealthBy Insight Into Action Therapy June 17, 2020

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…

Life of a Quarantined Teen

Family, Mental HealthBy Insight Into Action Therapy April 20, 2020

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…

Covid-19: A Middle Schooler’s Experience

Family, Mental HealthBy Insight Into Action Therapy April 15, 2020

Sitting at home with nothing to do would seem like the ideal thing that any student or kid, for that matter, would want. But that’s not necessarily true. The Coronavirus has spread across the globe with its contagious wrath causing chaos and mass panic. News reports tell us it has a very significant chance of…

2020 NASW Virginia Chapter Annual Conference

Out and AboutBy Insight Into Action Therapy March 26, 2020

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…

LCPS Mental Health and Wellness Conference

Out and AboutBy Insight Into Action Therapy January 19, 2020

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…

Loudoun County Public Schools’ Mental Health and Wellness Conference

Out and AboutBy Insight Into Action Therapy January 11, 2020

Sat Jan 11th 8:00am – 1:00pm Independence High School, Learning Cir, Ashburn, VA 20175, USA map Craig James will discuss the fact that anxiety is rising with nearly one in three adolescents having an anxiety disorder by the age of 18. His presentation, Anxiety: Overcoming the Pressures of Prosperity, will review why teens’ brains are more susceptible to anxiety,…

Alternative Solutions for Anxiety

Medication, Mental Health, Relationship, TraumaBy Insight Into Action Therapy November 13, 2019

Brian looks like he has the perfect life. He has a well-paying job, nice house, great wife, and two amazing kids. But his anxiety was like a dark cloud that threatened to ruin everything. He struggled with anxiety and debilitating panic attacks for years. He often isolated at home and work, spending a lot of…

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