by Duane | Dec 31, 2018 | Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
On this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast, we are joined by Peter Grinspoon, a primary care physician in the Boston area who is an advocate of medical cannabis. During medical school, Peter and a few of his classmates decided to try a sample of Vicodin to see if...
by Duane | Oct 18, 2018 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
On this episode of the Addicted Mind podcast, our guest is Tom Horvath, founder of Practical Recovery and co-founder of Smart Recovery. Smart Recovery is a non-12-step approach to addictive behavior problems that provides an alternative to programs like Alcoholics...
by Duane | Sep 26, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
Ricky Santiago, a specialist in adventure therapy, joined us for this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast. He uses specially planned and designed activities such as kayaking, snorkeling, and ropes courses in his adventure therapy sessions. Experiential therapy like...
by Duane | Sep 20, 2018 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Anxiety, Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders, Food Addiction, Gambling Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
On this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast, our guest is Anne Fletcher, author of 8 books including “Sober for Good” and “Inside Rehab.” Anne felt the need to write “Inside Rehab” after consulting with several experts, one of which posited that people usually spend...
by Duane | Sep 5, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Mental Health, Recovery, Sex Addiction, Therapy
Our guest on this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast is Nate Postlethwait, who joined us to share his recovery journey. Nate grew up in a very religious environment in a rural southern town, which had a profound impact on his childhood and his eventual recovery from...
by Duane | Aug 23, 2018 | Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders, Gambling Addiction, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy, Women Addiction
On this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast, our guest is Marla Berger, a clinician in the field of experiential therapy, who joined us to talk about equine-assisted psychotherapy. Research and experience has shown that treatment centers which incorporate some type...
