The Internet and Our Children’s Safety

By: Cole Adams, LCSW, CSAT I can remember back to the first time I saw pornography. I was walking home from school in the first grade and found a single page from Playboy. I took the page home and hid it in the bathroom. I felt so much shame… Read More

Can a Horse Feel Love?

By Ann M. Taylor, an Equine Specialist at The Meadows A question posed by a group member during an Equine Therapy session. We hear all sorts of questions at Equine; some of them make you stop and think. Either you simply don’t know the answer or because you want to… Read More

The Meadows Senior Fellow Dr. Shelley Uram to be Featured on BlogTalkRadio

The Meadows Senior Fellow, Shelley Uram, MD, will be featured on BlogTalkRadio’s program “Sex Help with Carol the Coach” with host Carol Juergensen Sheets, LCSW, CSAT, PCC, on Monday, May 7, 2013, at 9:15 P.M. (EST). The program can be accessed by visiting Blog Talk Radio. Dr. Uram,… Read More

The Meadows an Exhibitor at the Spring IECA Conference in Chicago

The Meadows will be an exhibitor at the Spring Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Marriott Downtown on April 10-13, 2013. The theme of the conference is “Meeting Our Challenges.” IECA Conference Consultants, school, college and program admissions officers, administrators and staff, and related service… Read More

Jon Caldwell Interviewed by BlogTalkRadio

The Meadows Psychiatrist, Dr. Jon G. Caldwell, was featured on BlogTalkRadio’s program “Hope-Strength-Recovery”; with host Carol Juergensen Sheets, LCSW, CSAT, PCC, on Monday, January 7, 2013. Jon G. Caldwell, D.O., is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of adults with relational trauma histories and addictive… Read More

Tending the Garden of Our Souls

By Marla Frees Last week I attended a program for survivors of trauma and abuse when I was gently guided in a meditation by a very gifted facilitator. She invited me to connect to my four-year-old self. I closed my eyes and allowed myself to see what would happen. I… Read More

Sex, Love, and Longing

I am often asked in therapy (with deep reluctance and trepidation) if it is a pre-requisite of therapy to explore childhood issues. “That depends,” I say. “I have no desire to dwell in your past but exploring your past childhood relationships might help us both understand your current relationship style… Read More

Facing the Truth Behind the Mask

“Recovery is about living more in truth than in lies. It’s about facing reality and growing up.” Pia Mellody Over 2,500 years ago, in Athens, Greece, playwrights like Sophocles introduced a form of theatrical art known as tragedy. Greek tragedies typically dealt with weighty themes such… Read More

How to Move Beyond Blame and Reclaim Your Wholeness

By Vicki Tidwell Palmer, LCSW The following article is based on Pia Mellody’s Post Induction Therapy model of treating childhood trauma. When it comes to dealing with childhood issues, most of us tend to gravitate toward one of the following extremes: It’s in the past, so what’s the point?It’s… Read More

John Bradshaw: Being Nobody Special – The Spiritual Healing Powers of Anonymity

Over the years, I’ve had several persons who wanted my counseling, whom I found ravished with shame that manifested in an unusual kind of grandiosity. I connected with them because I have it in a different way myself. Over the years, I came to recognize what I call “reverse grandiosity.”… Read More