In recent weeks, a group of volunteer advisors have brainstormed and collaborated to help us increase our impact in the community. While our dual mission of parent support and community education remains the same, our goal is to increase the quality of everything we do. Thus, we have looked at increasing our impact in all our areas: 1) parent support …
Dr. Tom Woodman, a neurofeedback therapy practitioner based in Norwalk, did a great job presenting on neurofeedback at our Zoom Pathway Session on January 19, 2022. Dr. Tom described what neurofeedback is and how the brainwave training typically works. He then presented significant clinical evidence on how neurofeedback enhances recovery. In his opinion, neurofeedback can be an important recovery pathway, …
I listened to an amazing podcast about how to be a CRAFTY parent. You can find the podcast here, in which Brenda Zane of Hopestream interviews Erica Lubetkin of NYC, a certified CRAFT therapist. CRAFT stands for Community Reinforcement Approach to Family Training, and was originated at the University of New Mexico by Robert Meyers, Ph.D. The CRAFT approach is …
Dr. Joe Feuerstein of Stamford Health discussed acupuncture & hypnosis at our December 14 Pathway Session. He is an integrative medicine physician, which means he combines conventional medicine with complementary and alternative therapies including acupuncture, diet, essential oils, herbal supplements, hypnosis, meditation and therapeutic massage. Following Joe’s presentation which you can find here, we had a good open discussion. Some …
Love, Medicine & Miracles covers many different approaches to self-healing. The book, published in 1986 by Bernie Siegel, MD discusses visualization and hypnosis among many other techniques including affirmations, relaxation exercises and meditation. Siegel is a storyteller, and he weaves many examples of his patients who survived and thrived despite battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases. While this book at …
On Wednesday, November 10, 7pm our next Pathway Session takes place over Zoom. Author and clinical interventionist Debra Jay will discuss her book It Takes A Family: Creating Lasting Sobriety, Togetherness & Happiness. During the virtual session, Debra will describe Structured Family Recovery and how all family members can participate in a loved one’s recovery from addiction. To register, go …
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) utilizes prescription medication in addition to evidence-based therapy to effectively treat substance use disorder, primarily opioid addiction. It typically combines cognitive behavioral therapy with medications to provide a more holistic and individualized approach to treatment.While methadone was the first drug utilized to treat opioid addiction, Suboxone came on the market in 2002 as a “partial opioid agonist” …
On September 23rd, 7pm at our next in-person parent support meeting, I’m excited that we have booked Tim Walsh of Adventure Recovery to return for a Fire Ceremony. Josh Flaherty will most likely join Tim, and here’s how Josh once described the ceremony: “I place a small piece of wood in the fire and I offer up, speaking aloud, my …
Our 5th Annual Community Addiction Awareness Vigil took place on Thursday, September 2, our rain date. By making the switch, we substituted an ideal evening for the stormy, wet prior day. The feedback from our Vigil was extremely positive, and I need to thank the following Team Orange members for going “above and beyond” to make our event a success: Amanda (Sacred Heart U.), Bob, Charlene, …
Our event planning committee–which I fondly call Team Orange–is making the final preparations for our 5th Annual Community Addiction Awareness Vigil at the corner of Elm Street and South Avenue in New Canaan. We have a great line-up of speakers who will be introduced by our longstanding Emcee John Hamilton. Testimonials will be given by Devan, who works in New …
