All Episodes
Scope of Practice — 102 episodes
Keeping the Odds In Your Favor: Problem Gambling Prevention
The Benefits of Authenticity: Know Yourself, Be Yourself
Dopamine: Brain, Body, Behavior
Recovering In Place
Mitigation Specialists: The Aim for Outcomes That Consider Rehabilitation and Not Just Punishment
Culturally Responsive Financial Literacy for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
When “Doing Something” Isn’t Enough: Tracking Opioid Settlement Spending
Defunding Public Health To Our Own Detriment
SMART-T Smoking Cessation Smartphone App: Clinical Trials
Fighting The Florida Shuffle: A Discussion with Co-Author Dave Aronberg
Respected, Valued & Appreciated: Servant Leadership in Behavioral Health
Healing A Village: A Chat with the Author
Patient Brokering: Human Trafficking in the SUD Treatment & Recovery Industry
Voir Dire (to speak the truth): A Conversation with Retired Federal Judge Mary Beth O’Connor
Under Recognized & Undervalued: A Call To Action
The Super Bowl and Domestic Violence: Facts vs. Fiction
Federal Drug Policy in the Second Trump Administration
Compulsive Sexual Behavior: Problematic Pornography Use
Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy as Clinical Tools
Getting Sober is Just The Beginning
Curiosity, Not Judgment: Myths and Barriers to Care for Sex Workers
The Harm Reduction Gap: A Discussion with Author Sheila Vakharia, MSW, Ph.D.
Death By 1000 Cuts: Microaggressions and Their Impact
Pathologizing Blackness: Behavioral Health's Role In Strucural Racism
Caring for Connecticut’s Homeless People
Psychology for Peak Performance
Silence in the Streets: A Public Safety and Public Health Collaboration
Philosophical Thunderdome! Abstinence Based vs. Moderation
”The Simple Truth Is Beauty That Hits Like A Sledgehammer” (Mark Twain)
”Hope Is A Waking Dream” - (Aristotle)
”You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do”
Recovery is _______________
”Do the Best You Can Until You Know Better”
Aftershock: A Discussion with Dr. Geri-Lynn Utter
A Workforce In Crisis
Defragmenting the Mind: An Introduction to Psychedelic Assisted Treatment
Mining for Pathology: Trauma Overreach
A More Empowering Narrative
The Authentic Self: Countertransference and Supervision
Raising the Bar for Group Therapy (and Group Therapists)
It’s Legal, So What Do We Do Now?
”People Should Not Be Paying For 12 Step Recovery”
Under the Helmet and Shoulder Pads: NFL Players and the Human Condition
Prefatory Remarks on Structural Racism in Drug Policy and SUD Care
Taking Back The Tailgate Party: Sober AF Entertainment’s Duke Rumely
Upsetting The Applecart: Challenges to the Status Quo of the SUD Industry
Emerging Technologies for Recovery Support: A Wearable Device
The Search for Psychological Flexibility: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
The Gut/Brain Axis
Attentional Biases and Substance Use Disorders
Radical & Righteous Care: The Truth About Overdose Prevention Centers
Putting the BIO in Bio-Psycho-Social: Genetically Guided Treatment
Removing Cultural Brainwashing: The Behavioral Health Needs of Firefighters
The Living Undeterred Tour: Jeffrey Johnston
Dispelling the Myth of Codependence
Do We All Have Biases? Of Course We Do! (A Discussion of Values Exploration)
Clinical Supervision: A Distinct Professional Competency
Bringing the Unconscious to Life: An Interview with Author Koren Zailckas
Our Own Infrastructure Repair: Building Bridges Between Prevention, Treatment and Recovery
Long Odds: The Impact of Online Gambling on the Community
A Dialogue On Systemic Oppression and Barriers to Treatment for Black and Brown Americans
Back to School: A Lesson on Collegiate Recovery
A Fundamental Discourse on Sexual Violence
Inside the Beltway 2021: The Year in DC
Building the Workforce of the Future
Unintended Consequences: The DEA and Medications for Substance Use Treatment
The News of Its Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated: Opioid Overprescribing
Harm Reduction: Valuing the Lives of People Who Use Drugs
Fanning the Flames of the Opioid Overdose Crisis: Stigma and Prohibition
The Prevention Space: Clarifying the Role of Professionals in the Workforce
The Overdose Epidemic: Using Prevention Strategies to Effect Long-Term Change
"Rehab Doesn't Do Anything..."
Faces and Voices of Recovery: 20 Years and Growing
Bigger Than Ourselves: A Primer on Spirituality
The Therapeutic Relationship: Political Countertransference
The ATTC Network: An Invaluable Resource for Professionals
Why Aren't We Talking About Outcome Data?
Crossfit Training: AMRAP
The Importance of Graduate Training in Clinical Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Safety in the Workplace: Active Shooter Preparation
Recovery Pathways? How About Recovery Trails?
The Healing Power of Music: Practical Applications
The Healing Power of Music: A Primer on Music and SUD Recovery
It's Not About Us...Or Is It? A Primer on Countertransference
Dream Corps Justice: Criminal Justice Reform and the #DayOfEmpathy
Financial Capability and Recovery Capital
Emerging Best Practices: Protecting Clients and Staff from COVID-19 in Residential Settings
Best and Worst of 2020/Hopes and Fears for 2021: The Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly Review
Enhancing Self Healing: Yoga and Mindfulness
Gratitude and Recovery: A Special Thanksgiving Episode
Uprooting Addiction: A Discussion with Film Producer Hope Payson, LCSW
A Different Kind of Cultural Competence: A Discussion on Veterans' Reintegration Into Civilian Society
The Cochrane Review of AA: What does it really say?
A Holistic Approach to Recovery
Counselor Magazine: A Discussion with the Publisher
Suicide: Facts and Prevention
The Unique Needs of Transgender Individuals in SUD Treatment: Part II - The Treatment Environment
The Unique Needs of Transgender Individuals, Part 1: An understanding of Terms and Concepts
The Unique Needs of Women in Recovery, Part III: Stigma: It Rests Heavier on the Shoulders of Women
The Unique Needs of Women in Recovery, Part II: Trauma
The Unique Needs of Women in Recovery, Part 1: Discussing Gender Specific Programming
Fitness As A Recovery Pathway