Red Willow Counseling & Recovery Blog
The Thaw Is Here, Time to Get Out Into Nature
Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director It might strike as a tedious ol’ notion that being in nature is abundantly healthy. It’s especially eye-roll inducing for folks who identify as introverts, have ability limitations or anxiety and depression issues, amongst other...
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...
Let’s Not Leave Loneliness Alone
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....
2020: Be Curious
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...
The Power of Your Why
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...
Vitality VS Suffering; how we can choose to find meaning in pain
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...
What is “IOP” anyway?
How intensive outpatient programming offers a different path of addiction treatment by Paige Zuckerman, Red Willow Clinical Director / November 2019Addiction is a disease of potential devastation, and one of the most common and increasing health crises worldwide....
Why Are Mormon Households Vulnerable to the Opioid Epidemic in the United States?
There are definitely identifiable Mormon stereotypes: family-oriented, clean-cut, hard-working types. Members in good standing forgo sex outside of marriage, the consuming of alcohol and tobacco, and the drinking of coffee and non-herbal teas. But within the Mormon...
3 Unexpected Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mental Health
Although in society mental self-care often takes a backseat to physical self-care, you cannot afford to neglect it. Your mental and emotional health affect not only your mood but also your sleeping patterns, how you make choices, your relationships with others, how...
Why Does Mental Health Care Cost So Much?
In the past, health insurance coverage of treatment for mental illness was much different than coverage for physical conditions. Mental health care coverage had its own structure when it came to cost-sharing, was much more restrictive, had different pre-authorizations...