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Advice on Grief and Loss and Addiction

By Tamara Port

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Posted: February 4, 2020

Many addicts in the early stages of recovery will experience grief and a sense of profound loss. Robert Weiss LCSW, recently published a thought provoking article about the role of grief and loss in addiction recovery . Weiss suggests that addicts and family members in...

Losing a parent

By Tamara Port

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Posted: February 4, 2020

Losing a parent can be one of the most traumatic experiences you will ever face. While some factors may make the grief process more complex, such as unresolved conflict with the parent, or the way in which the parent died, the loss of a parent...

Development disorder trauma in children

By Tamara Port

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Posted: February 4, 2020

Developmental disorder trauma in children has the potential to be disruptive to a child well beyond childhood. These traumas, if unresolved, can pose significant challenges to the adult child in their life, socially, and otherwise. This new approach to looking at childhood trauma helps us...

How to Co-Parent Successfully after Divorce

By Tamara Port

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Posted: February 4, 2020

Divorces involving children can be especially challenging- and draining, for all parties involved. While you may have seen the writing on the walls for some time, a divorce often feels very sudden to the children involved. The sudden breakdown of the family structure after a...