Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Issues

By Michael Cooter, MSSW, LCSW Imagine growing up in a world where your identity is always, if not frequently, being challenged due to external reality. Your external perceptions are profoundly incongruent with your internal experience. The GLBT individual, for instance, sees the world as predominately heterosexual: opposite-sex partners, rituals celebrating… Read More

Jerry Boriskin: Introducing Dr. Jerry Boriskin, Addiction & Trauma Expert

The Meadows, one of America’s leading centers for the treatment of addiction and trauma, presents an ongoing series of videos featuring leading experts in the field of mental health, including Dr. Jerry Boriskin, Maureen Canning, and John Bradshaw, among others. In the first installment of this series, Dr. Jerry Boriskin,… Read More

My therapist told me most sex addicts have multiple addictions. Is that true?

My therapist told me most sex addicts have multiple addictions. Is that true? I have never met a sex addict addicted only to sex. Typically, three to six addictions interact with one another. Most individuals who come into treatment don’t realize this. Often they are in denial about the scope… Read More

Maureen Canning: Author and Clinical Consultant for The Meadows

The Meadows, America’s premier center for the treatment of addiction and trauma, is pleased to present an ongoing series of videos featuring the most prominent names in the mental health field, including Maureen Canning, John Bradshaw, and Dr. Jerry Boriskin, among others. Maureen Canning is a clinical consultant and senior… Read More

John Bradshaw: Talking about his affiliation with The Meadows

As part of its ongoing video series on addiction and trauma, The Meadows is pleased to present a 10-part interview with John Bradshaw, world-famous educator, counselor, motivational speaker, author, and a leading figure in the treatment of addiction, recovery, family systems, and the concept of toxic shame.In… Read More

Dissociation: Personal Transition in a Chaotic World

“It’s enough,” said the 64-year old…. “Something has changed. The world feels strange now. Even the way the clouds move isn’t right.” (Excerpted from an article on the 7.1-magnitude aftershock in northeastern Japan, USA Today, April 8, 2011.) Traumatic events set off a chain reaction of biological, emotional, psychological, interpersonal,… Read More

Bessel van der Kolk on treating PTSD

In an article on NewsFirst5.com in Colorado Springs, they discussed treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In the article, they discussed a conference in Colorado Springs, where Dr. Bessel van der Kolk discussed his concerns regarding treatment for soldiers diagnosed with PTSD. The article reports, “Local experts say that 10… Read More

Healing Money Trauma

In the eyes of a child, money is alive. Money leaps out of machines in a mysterious way and solves problems or creates others. Money jumps in the middle of parental arguments and draws its sword, threatening to separate a child from his family. Money leaves powerful messages in marriages;… Read More

Jerry Boriskin on Complex PTSD and Co-Occurring Disorders

On March 25, Dr. Jerry Boriskin gave a marvelous presentation titled “Complex PTSD and Co-occurring Addictive Disorders: Demystifying Demons and Developing Multidimensional Treatment Skills.” An expert in the field of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Dr. Boriskin has garnered the support of a large group of professionals who gathered on a… Read More

Moment of Change 2011 Conference

The Meadows is heading to Palm Springs, California as an event sponsor for the Moment of Change 2011 Conference at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa April 6-9, 2011. The Meadows is excited to have Senior Fellow, Maureen Canning, MA. LMFT presenting on Friday, April 8 at 1:30-3:00… Read More