Treating Military Members for Sexual Addiction

Over the past several years, news stories about sexually addictive behaviors in the armed forces seem to be increasing at an alarming number. This is calling greater attention to the issues arising between the men and women who serve our country. A quick Google search using the terms “Sexual Addiction… Read More

Vivitrol: Can A Drug Help Control Our Addictions?

As experts in addiction and trauma treatment, The Meadows’ staff works hard to remain on the cusp of innovative treatments and medical advancements that may improve patient care and recovery. Addiction treatment is one of the many reasons patients seek out the groundbreaking work of The Meadows team… Read More

Affordable Care Act Allowing Patients Residential and Out-of-State Treatment Benefits

The final rule implementing the Affordable Care Act’s Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) issued on November 8 creates for the first time the possibility of a safe haven from the insurance practices that began in the late 1980s. These practices intruded on the relationship between provider and… Read More

Is There Happiness in Recovery?

They say that sexual addiction is baffling and might be the toughest addiction to recover from because of all the social triggers that may make a person succumb to urges and cravings. I know that sexual addiction recovery starts with total honesty, and it’s that rigorous honesty that… Read More

Trauma Can Create Template Which Feeds Sexual Addiction

Many clients ask professionals, “Why have I been plagued with hyper-sexuality?” In other words, they were curious to understand why they’d become addicted to hyper-sexual behavior. This question is often asked by drug and alcohol addicts who also wonder why they were plagued with the addiction gene when their siblings… 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

Is Sex Addiction a Real Thing?

By:  Carol Juergensen Sheets, LCSW, PCC, CSAT People oftentimes “scoff” at the notion that one can have a sexual addiction. They understandably feel that sexual misbehavior results from a society that believes in immediate gratification. Most people don’t understand sexual addiction and have no idea that people who suffer… 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

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