Susannah Garrett, BA Eco-psychology is a relatively new field of psychology which explores the human relationship with Nature. Laurie Tarken, a well known health journalist, defines eco-psychology as the study of the relationship between “the human psyche and the natural environ

Arnie Wexler, Gambling Addiction Interventionist Compulsive gamblers sometimes show a profit from a single session but in the end they cannot keep it. They will lose it all and more, because of their addiction. A win is never big enough so they keep playing and dream that this time th

Amy Lashway, MA, LPC, NCC When I started as a mental health counselor at a residential treatment center for adolescents, I worked with a lot of gang members, kids who had been dealing drugs and were either in their last placement before juvenile detention or just released. Combining t

Susannah Garrett, BA Becca Schwilling, BA Treatment Coordination and Advocacy has been receiving calls from families and treatment professionals looking for treatment centers that address recovery for teens and young adults with video gaming addiction. Unfortunately, we have found tha

Lynn Sucher, MC, LPC, CEDS, NCC Those of us who work with clients suffering from eating disorders understand the complexity of this disorder. In the past ten years, there has been a significant amount of research done on the genetic link to eating disorders, brain imaging and the bio-