Man worried about the cost of his substance abuse

Getting to the “Why?”

When working with clients on their substance use, there’s one tool I always use. Though it seems simple, it can be powerful and lead to insights. It’s a Cost/Benefit Analysis.   Cost/Benefit Analysis: Clients are surprised when I tell them to put a big “X” in quadrants 2 and 3. I don’t care about these…

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What Medications Do and What They Don’t

This is a big question for patients. It speaks to individual and societal expectations that we collectively heap onto medications. We see advertisements with happier faces after taking a specific drug, that we should “Talk to your doctor about.” We know of people who are taking antianxiety and antidepressant medications for mental health symptoms ranging…

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