The Power of Your Why
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director There’s a lot of chatter lately about ‘finding your why’ in the world of business. Catchphrase aside, this idea is not only applicable for entrepreneurs and Fortune-500 CEO’s. In mental health and addiction recovery, asking ourselves ‘why?’ is both challenging and critical. It can be a guiding inquiry that leads […]
Read More →Vitality VS Suffering; how we can choose to find meaning in pain
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director I’m going to start this month by acknowledging that the idea that we can choose to find meaning in pain is borne from deep personal and professional experience. I’ve enjoyed the privilege to be invited to sit with folks through incredible, sometimes unspeakable struggle and loss, as well as to […]
Read More →What is “IOP” anyway?
by Paige Zuckerman, Red Willow Clinical Director / November 2019 How intensive outpatient programming offers a different path of addiction treatment Addiction is a disease of potential devastation, and one of the most common and increasing health crises worldwide. When facing addiction, whether it be a substance or process issue (gambling, sex, shopping, etc.), the […]
Read More →Why Are Mormon Households Vulnerable to the Opioid Epidemic in the United States?
There are definitely identifiable Mormon stereotypes: family-oriented, clean-cut, hard-working types. Members in good standing forgo sex outside of marriage, the consuming of alcohol and tobacco, and the drinking of coffee and non-herbal teas. But within the Mormon Corridor, the area in the United States in which Mormons are the most concentrated, a serious drug addiction […]
Read More →3 Unexpected Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mental Health
Although in society mental self-care often takes a backseat to physical self-care, you cannot afford to neglect it. Your mental and emotional health affect not only your mood but also your sleeping patterns, how you make choices, your relationships with others, how you deal with stress, and even your physical health. In May I talked […]
Read More →Why Does Mental Health Care Cost So Much?
In the past, health insurance coverage of treatment for mental illness was much different than coverage for physical conditions. Mental health care coverage had its own structure when it came to cost-sharing, was much more restrictive, had different pre-authorizations requirements, and even had different caps when it came to annual and lifetime coverage. Needless to […]
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