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Bachelors in psychology, 2015; masters in clinical psychology 2018; doctorate in psychology 2022 (anticipated)

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Helping You Overcome Addiction and Mental Health

Welcome! Almost a decade ago I was extracted from this vehicle and pronounced dead shortly after. https://t.co/0SVZ4ZoQpj

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Today You Can does not believe addiction is a choice.  According to Mental Health First Aid, science has confirmed that addiction is a chronic brain disease that can happen to anyone. Despite this, there is still a popular belief that addiction is the

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According to Psychology Today, The most popular theory of addiction is the disease model. The disease model explains that addiction has a biological origin that causes changes in the brain. This modelalso accounts for the heredity of addiction or

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According to ARCR, the Oxford English Dictionary traces the term addiction to Roman law, under which addiction was a “formal giving over by sentence of the court; hence, a dedication of a person to a master.” #addiction #psychology #todayyoucan

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Today You Can does not consider any addiction to be "better" or "worse" than any other.

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To answer this question, the criteria required for a substance use disorder, which is provided by the DSM-5  needs to be examined.  Such criteria include taking the substance in larger amounts or for longer than you're meant to, wanting to cut down or

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Not only does acute drug use modify brain function in critical ways, but prolonged drug use causes pervasive changes in brain function that persist long after the individual stops taking the drug.

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What are cognitive distortions?  Cognitive distortions can be considered slips in our thinking that we all make at times. They are a derivative of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  The main premisebehind them is that your thoughts have an enormous

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Unconditional positive regard: the act of loving without a charge. A commitment to see past a person’s mistakes & be there with them no matter what it takes!To know they may have been wrong, but for them to stay strong.Realizing #acceptance #commitmen

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What are cognitive distortions?  Cognitive distortions can be considered slips in our thinking that we all make at times. They are a derivative of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  The main premisebehind them is that your thoughts have an enormous

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Can I be more like water?  Flow-through life drifting over things and people who do not matter.Can I quench another’s thirst?  Can I slow my flow when a person’s dam is about to burst?Can I provide others refreshment when all they feel is resentment?

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What are cognitive distortions?  Cognitive distortions can be considered slips in our thinking that we all make at times. They are a derivative of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  The main premisebehind them is that your thoughts have an enormous

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Tides unturned with lessons unlearned...  Life goes on, I remain strong.  Bigger waves come; all I do is run.  I'm still above water, but running has become harder.  What to do now?  I'd like to swim but I don't know how. #Dreams #Expression

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Holistic Approach to Mental Health and Addiction

Today You Can advocates a holistic approach to mental health and addiction. What is a holistic approach to mental health and addiction? The term holistic can be defined as relating to or concerned with

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My mind goes blank, but of what?! That is the debate! For I still possess a yearning.  Inside me, it just keeps turning.  At times I wait to see what can be done, but at others, it seems this awful feeling has won.  #aspirations #challenge

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Other than a few speeding tickets I got as a teenager, 100% of the legal trouble I have gotten in have involved alcohol.  Approximately 1.5 million drivers get arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol each year in the United States.

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My courage, my strength, I must go on, I must have faith!  My love, my fear, both appreciated more with every tear!  My mercy and intuition help me to evaluate every situation.  My blood, my sweat, help me to pay off every debt!  #courage #Expression

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Helping You Overcome Addiction and Mental Health

Welcome! A decade ago I was extracted from this vehicle and pronounced dead shortly after. During that time, and since, I have experienced tremendousamounts of adversity that had left me wondering if I

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When you should be dead by rights and death is in your sights. When you wake up from a coma and you still smell death’s aroma When you can't eat, and it hurts to speak, and comfort is all you seek. When you can't walk, and people can't understand you

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Patience is a virtue, laziness, a sin.  We all harbor each within.  It is said that those who work hard will be rewarded, and the efforts of the lazy will be thwarted.  Myself?  I am trying to find that fine line, where strength and patience align. 

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