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A 2021 Reality Report From Inside The Walls Of Teen Mental Health And Substance Use Treatment: Are The Kids Ok? With Derek Bowles, Crossroads Academy

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A 2021 Reality Report From Inside The Walls Of Teen Mental Health And Substance Use Treatment: Are The Kids Ok? With Derek Bowles, Crossroads Academy
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After fourteen years of working with thousands of young men and their families, Derek Bowles has witnessed the evolution of teen substance use and mental health treatment firsthand. As co-founder and lead therapist at Crossroads Academy in Ogden, Utah, he offers a grounded perspective on what’s really happening with today’s teens and what parents need

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Watching From The Sidelines; A Sibling’s Vantage Point On His Brother’s Risky Lifestyle, Drug Use And Recovery, with Marco Narciso

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Watching From The Sidelines; A Sibling’s Vantage Point On His Brother’s Risky Lifestyle, Drug Use And Recovery, with Marco Narciso
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When addiction enters a family, we often focus on the person struggling and their parents. But siblings occupy a unique and often overlooked position—close enough to witness everything, yet powerless to change it. Marco Narciso knows this reality intimately. As the younger brother of someone battling addiction, he watched his brother’s risky lifestyle unfold from

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When Life Feels Unfair: Staying Away From Victim Mentality When Your Child is Misusing Drugs or Alcohol, with Brenda Zane

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When Life Feels Unfair: Staying Away From Victim Mentality When Your Child is Misusing Drugs or Alcohol, with Brenda Zane
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The Sacred Work of Parenting Through Substance Misuse Parenting a child who is misusing drugs or alcohol often feels isolating. As one parent described it, “I look at what I do as sacred work, I get to intersect with you, at the most raw, most real and sometimes the most painful parts of your life.”

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Insider Perspective, Insights and Harsh Realities Parents Need to Hear From a Therapeutic Educational Consultant with Jennifer Taylor

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Insider Perspective, Insights and Harsh Realities Parents Need to Hear From a Therapeutic Educational Consultant with Jennifer Taylor
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When a teenager is struggling with substance misuse or mental health challenges, parents often feel lost about where to turn and what level of help their child truly needs. Jennifer Taylor, founder of JET Ed Consulting and Board Chair of the Therapeutic Consulting Association, provides an insider’s perspective on therapeutic educational consulting and the hard

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Why Your Child’s Substance Use Makes Perfect Sense And Four Helpful Strategies When They’re Not Open To Change, with Brenda Zane

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Why Your Child’s Substance Use Makes Perfect Sense And Four Helpful Strategies When They’re Not Open To Change, with Brenda Zane
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When your child is using drugs or alcohol and won’t admit there’s a problem, it can feel like you’re screaming into the void. But understanding why your child uses substances in the first place can completely shift how you approach the situation—and potentially save their life. Why Substance Use Makes Sense to Your Child This

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The Hidden Goldmine of Help For Parents of Kids With Substance Use Disorder with The Partnership to End Addiction’s Denise Mariano

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The Hidden Goldmine of Help For Parents of Kids With Substance Use Disorder with The Partnership to End Addiction’s Denise Mariano
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When a parent discovers their child is struggling with substance use, the isolation can be overwhelming. Denise Mariano, director of family support and advocacy at the Partnership to End Addiction, knows this pain intimately. Her son reached out for help as a college freshman, and what followed were four years of begging for treatment with

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A Quick Way To Gain Control When Crisis Hits with Brenda Zane

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A Quick Way To Gain Control When Crisis Hits with Brenda Zane
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When you discover drugs in your child’s room, get a call from the police about shoplifting, or watch your teen stumble through the door clearly under the influence, every instinct screams at you to do something immediately. But that urgent feeling to react right now? It’s actually working against you. The truth is, crisis moments

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Practical Ways to Re-Build Communication With Your Child If They’re Misusing Drugs or Alcohol: Words Matter, with Brenda Zane

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Practical Ways to Re-Build Communication With Your Child If They’re Misusing Drugs or Alcohol: Words Matter, with Brenda Zane
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If you’re struggling to have any meaningful conversation with your child who’s misusing drugs or alcohol, you’re not alone. As parents in this situation quickly discover, communication within the family often deteriorates to the point where the only interactions involve yelling, screaming, or insults. But there are practical, research-backed ways to rebuild connection through better

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Systemic Barriers, Generational Trauma, and Culturally Affirming Care; a Conversation About Race And Substance Use With Dr. Ayana Jordan

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Systemic Barriers, Generational Trauma, and Culturally Affirming Care; a Conversation About Race And Substance Use With Dr. Ayana Jordan
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When we think about addiction treatment, we often don’t consider how race, policy, and access intersect to create vastly different outcomes for different communities. Dr. Ayana Jordan, an addiction psychiatrist at Yale University, brings critical perspective to these conversations based on both her clinical work and research focused on eliminating disparities in addiction care. Why

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Things You Can Let Go Of When Your Child Is Misusing Drugs or Alcohol with Brenda Zane

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Things You Can Let Go Of When Your Child Is Misusing Drugs or Alcohol with Brenda Zane
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When your child is misusing drugs or alcohol, it feels like your entire world has been turned upside down. The weight of worry, fear, and responsibility can be crushing. But part of finding your footing again involves intentionally letting go of things that don’t serve you or your child during this difficult time. Why You’re

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