Listen to Dr. Carrie Wilkens on Sober Conversations with Dr. Herby Bell
Dr. Carrie Wilkens was the guest on Sober Conversations with Dr. Herby Bell today! Listen to the podcast below.
Jeff Foote on Blog Talk Radio: Safe Recovery
Hear CMC co-founder and executive director Dr. Jeff Foote talking about Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change. (click the image below to hear Dr. Foote’s interview)
Chiara de Blasio’s Bold Admission & The New Way to Think About Addiction & Treatment
In a recently released video, Chiara de Blasio, daughter of New York City’s new mayor, talks about her struggles with substance abuse and depression. In it, Ms. de Blasio speaks eloquently and personally about the struggles she had, how she thought about her drinking/pot smoking, how she justified its use, and how hard it was […]
Changing the Focus of Substance Abuse Treatment
This is part 2 of two responses to the New York Times article about Dr. Carl Hart’s research at Columbia University. You can read Part 1 here and the the original NY Times article here. Some of the work of Carl Hart, an experimental psychologist at Columbia University, was described in the NY Times recently, and […]
Increasing Positive Support with Relationship FIT-ness
Relationships matter. A lot! “Ugh, every time I see my brother, I feel so stressed/undervalued/ mad/ alone (and want to go get a drink)!” Sound familiar? Substitute mother/father/classmate/ boss/friend and we are certain that you have significant people in your life with whom your relationship could be described as “difficult.” Then, there are those people […]
Collaboration helps you, your partner, and your child
Collaboration matters a lot. The collaboration (or lack of) you may be thinking about is collaboration with your child (which is important); we’re talking first about collaboration with your parent/partner. When your child is struggling with substances or other behavior problems, there is often a communication breakdown between the adults, and tension about how to […]
What is Willpower?
What is willpower? Some sense of self-control, resilience, ability to stick to a goal in spite of obstacles? It’s actually more of a folk wisdom term but it has a lot of power in our culture and psyches. In the popular press, people with a “lot of willpower” are thought to be strong, competent and […]
Part II: “Train a Parent, Spare a Child” using CRAFT: Community Reinforcement and Family Training
This is part II of a response to the article “Train a Parent, Spare a Child” (NYTimes, 1/11/2013). Part I outlined four points in thinking about behavior change. In part II, we are applying those theories to helping make change regarding substance use. To read Part I, click here. And what if the problem isn’t […]
Training Parents to Help Children – Part I
The NY Times article “Train a Parent, Spare a Child” (1/11/2013) illustrates some excellent points we want to applaud and help apply these concepts to helping your family change their substance use. First, let’s detail the main points of the article and use that as a framework for how to think about behavior change. The […]
