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

Emotional Freedom Technique in Trauma Treatment

By: Joyce Willis, MC, LPC This article will introduce the EFT therapy technique. You’ll learn what EFT is and how it’s used at The Meadows to enhance therapy. What Is EFT? Emotional freedom technique (EFT) is a treatment method that’s essentially acupuncture without needles. It focuses on the body’s meridian… 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

Why Extended Care?

By Kathy Golden, Director/Manager of Extended Care at The Meadows Most people seem to come to primary treatment because they are sick and tired of being sick and tired. When they near the end of their primary treatment, the counselor starts recommending extended care. The client may think, “I can’t… Read More

Getting to the Truth of Body, Mind, and Spirit

By Shelley Uram, MD I’ve been a psychiatrist for more than 20 years, and I’ve heard the phrase “body, mind, spirit” many times. I was very pleased with this newly emerging holistic concept when I was a psychiatrist-in-training. It captured the concept of the spirit, which was usually ignored in… Read More

Sharing the Disease

By Claudia Black, Ph.D., MSW It has long been known by addiction professionals that, for every person addicted, approximately another four persons, usually immediate family members, are directly affected – husbands, wives, committed partners, mothers, fathers, siblings, and young and adult children. Would the impact of addiction be reduced if… Read More

The Therapeutic Genius of Pia Mellody

Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2007 edition of Cutting Edge, the online newsletter of The Meadows.By John Bradshaw, MA Pia Mellody joins the company of those who have created highly effective therapeutic models and who can put their theories into practice with unusual skill. Read More

The History of Addiction

By Claudia Black, Ph.D., MSW Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2006 edition of Cutting Edge, the online newsletter of The Meadows. Like every aspect of mankind, addiction has its history. Long before anyone understood the core problems of addiction, people became hooked on substances. The… Read More

Publishers Weekly Reviews John Bradshaw’s book “Reclaiming Virtue”

John Bradshaw is a Senior Fellow of The Meadows Addiction Treatment Center. His newest book, “Reclaiming Virtue: How We Can Develop the Moral Intelligence to Do the Right Thing at the Right Time for the Right Reason,” recently had a positive review from Publishers Weekly: Reclaiming Virtue:… Read More

Denial is Not a River in Egypt

By Robert Fulton, MA, LISAC Note: This article was originally published in the Summer 2004 edition of Cutting Edge, the online newsletter of The Meadows. One of the wittiest adages we hear in 12-Step recovery is, “Denial is not a river in Egypt.” It is so witty, in… Read More