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Gaslighting and How Your Child with Substance Use Disorder Can Make You Believe You’re Crazy with Brenda Zane

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Gaslighting and How Your Child with Substance Use Disorder Can Make You Believe You’re Crazy with Brenda Zane
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When you’re parenting a child struggling with substance use, you already feel exhausted—mentally, physically, and emotionally. Then add in the confusing experience of having your child tell you that things you know happened never occurred at all. You start to wonder if maybe you’re the one who has it all wrong. This experience has a

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Hazeldon’s Dr. Joseph Lee; Overcoming Addiction in Young Adults With Humility, Empathy and Grace

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Hazeldon’s Dr. Joseph Lee; Overcoming Addiction in Young Adults With Humility, Empathy and Grace
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When parents discover their child is struggling with substance misuse, the instinct is often to jump into fixing mode – to lecture, control, and push the child toward immediate sobriety. But Dr. Joseph Lee, Medical Director of The Hazeldon Betty Ford Youth Continuum, offers a radically different approach that centers on connection, curiosity, and compassion.

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Natural Consequences: The Value of Letting Your Child With Substance Use Disorder Make Mistakes with Brenda Zane

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Natural Consequences: The Value of Letting Your Child With Substance Use Disorder Make Mistakes with Brenda Zane
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When your child struggles with substance use, every parental instinct screams at you to step in, fix things, and protect them from harm. But what if that very impulse—what Brenda calls ‘bubble wrapping’—is actually preventing them from learning the lessons they need most? What Bubble Wrapping Really Means Bubble wrapping is when parents step in

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Closing the Post-Treatment Gap: Showing Up for Teens When They Need it Most with Dave Herz and Willow Rubin

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Closing the Post-Treatment Gap: Showing Up for Teens When They Need it Most with Dave Herz and Willow Rubin
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When teens return home from residential treatment, they enter a critical period that can make or break their recovery progress. Dave Herz and Willow Rubin have spent decades developing a community-based aftercare model that meets young people exactly where they are—literally and emotionally. The Post-Treatment Reality The statistics reveal a significant need: 75% of the

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Exploring Racial Disparities in Addiction Awareness, Education and Treatment with Brenda Zane

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Exploring Racial Disparities in Addiction Awareness, Education and Treatment with Brenda Zane
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Substance use disorder affects families across all racial and ethnic backgrounds, but the experience of addiction—and access to treatment—varies dramatically depending on race. This episode tackles an uncomfortable truth: despite having lower rates of substance use disorder than some other populations, Black communities face systemic barriers that create devastating outcomes. Understanding Substance Use Disorder Rates

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Discreet, Whole-Person Therapy for High-Profile & Celebrity Families with Aaron & Lin Sternlicht

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Discreet, Whole-Person Therapy for High-Profile & Celebrity Families with Aaron & Lin Sternlicht
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When substance use disorders enter a family, they don’t discriminate based on wealth, status, or public profile. Aaron and Lin Sternlicht, therapists who run Family Addiction Specialists in New York, understand this reality intimately – both from their professional work with high-profile families and from their own personal recovery journeys. Personal Experience Shapes Professional Practice

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COVID-19: What To Do With Your Addicted Kid Now with Brenda Zane

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COVID-19: What To Do With Your Addicted Kid Now with Brenda Zane
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Parents of children struggling with substance misuse are facing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. The isolation, disrupted routines, and general anxiety have created a perfect storm for families already navigating the complexities of addiction. The Dual Crisis: COVID-19 and the Opioid Epidemic While the world focuses on COVID-19 statistics, another epidemic continues to claim

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Common Addiction-Related Personality Traits & Disorders to Keep An Eye On with Brenda Zane

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Common Addiction-Related Personality Traits & Disorders to Keep An Eye On with Brenda Zane
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When Brenda Zane recorded this early episode of Hopestream, she was navigating a unique challenge: ‘One is that we are still in the Coronavirus madness. And it’s been very, very hard to get people to commit to booking a podcast episode.’ Rather than skip a week, she decided to share observations from her own experience

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Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction: Author, A House on Stilts, Paula Becker

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Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction: Author, A House on Stilts, Paula Becker
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When Paula Becker’s son Hunter was young, he and his father built a small house on stilts in their backyard – a creative sanctuary that became a powerful symbol throughout their family’s journey with opioid addiction. Paula, a writer and historian, has chronicled this experience in her memoir A House on Stilts: Mothering in the

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Beyond Addiction’s Carrie Wilkens: Using Science And Kindness As Motivation For Change In Your Child’s Substance Use

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Beyond Addiction’s Carrie Wilkens: Using Science And Kindness As Motivation For Change In Your Child’s Substance Use
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When Dr. Carrie Wilkens was working with a client struggling with agoraphobia, she had no idea the woman was drinking two bottles of wine daily throughout their two years of therapy together. This shocking revelation exposed a massive gap in traditional mental health training – one that would inspire Dr. Wilkens to revolutionize how families

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