Natalie D'Annibale, PsyD LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

"For many of us, the holidays are a season of peace and joy, where we decorate our memories with calm and happy moments. But the reality...

Holistic Therapies Heal Body, Mind and Spirit: Addiction is a complex disease that affects body, mind and spirit, often creating a sharp...

"For people whose lives are dominated by relationship or sexual addiction (or any other addiction), the holiday season is an obvious...

"Are you mourning the loss of your addictive behaviors? Do you have a support team in place to offer shared experiences, counsel,...

"Harm reduction incorporates a spectrum of strategies from safer use, to managed use to abstinence to meet drug users “where they’re at,”...

“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I...

"In most countries, the use of opioid prescriptions is limited to acute hospitalization and trauma, such as burns, surgery, childbirth...

"A relapse does not mean that a parent doesn’t care about their children or is unable to care for them. Parenting while in recovery is a...

"Professor Peter Cohen argues that human beings have a deep need to bond and form connections. It's how we get our satisfaction. If we...

"Social isolation is as potent a cause of early death as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Loneliness is twice as deadly as obesity." (click...