I'm a clinical counselor, educator, writer and tarot reader. My specialty is substance use, but I no longer work in the treatment industry due to creative differences. My practice website: welcome.genova-lcpc.com
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This post is first in a series on how we talk about addiction. Stigma and stereotypes are never helpful. While perhaps this should go without saying, a strong contingent in the public mistakenly believes that stigma (shaming, shunning, exclusion, judgment) discourages substance use. In fact, transnational comparative research shows that
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Welcome! I’m Rosalie, or Rosey, and I’m a therapist in the specialty usually called “substance use disorders.” “Addiction” is a subjective experience, not a clinical label, and I find it more human than the diagnostic language my clients never use. I worked in treatment and recovery services for