When Everything Seems to Fall Apart
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director At the very moment of writing this, I’m in a small downtown apartment, lived in since December when major and necessary personal losses occurred. Just 2.5 hours ago the largest earthquake to occur in Utah since 1992 jostled my city while I was making my morning coffee to prepare for […]
Read More →Let’s Not Leave Loneliness Alone
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director This month some of us may elect to observe the ever-contentious Hallmark holiday of Valentines. Still others may opt out for social, personal, historical or political reasons… or all of the above. Whatever your stance on the commodification of romantic love, there is more to the psychological impact of intimacy […]
Read More →2020: Be Curious
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director It’s a new decade, a new year, and a time that can feel daunting for many reasons. Maybe you’re reflecting back on 2019 with a few grunts and squirms. Maybe the past year (or decade) has been predominantly kind…maybe they’ve been a balance of struggle and success. New Year’s resolutions […]
Read More →The Power of Your Why
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director There’s a lot of chatter lately about ‘finding your why’ in the world of business. Catchphrase aside, this idea is not only applicable for entrepreneurs and Fortune-500 CEO’s. In mental health and addiction recovery, asking ourselves ‘why?’ is both challenging and critical. It can be a guiding inquiry that leads […]
Read More →Vitality VS Suffering; how we can choose to find meaning in pain
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director I’m going to start this month by acknowledging that the idea that we can choose to find meaning in pain is borne from deep personal and professional experience. I’ve enjoyed the privilege to be invited to sit with folks through incredible, sometimes unspeakable struggle and loss, as well as to […]
Read More →What is “IOP” anyway?
by Paige Zuckerman, Red Willow Clinical Director / November 2019 How intensive outpatient programming offers a different path of addiction treatment Addiction is a disease of potential devastation, and one of the most common and increasing health crises worldwide. When facing addiction, whether it be a substance or process issue (gambling, sex, shopping, etc.), the […]
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