Anatomy of Addiction: Recent Episodes
Host: Marilyn Spiller
Trusted addiction and recovery experts and advocates are talking about the most effective ways of combatting addiction and living well in recovery (and having fun while doing so). Special Guests: Rae Green, JD, LPC, CAADC, Jenny Selent, MA, LMFT, and others. Sponsored by: Sanford Addiction Treatment Centers, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Write to us! anatomyofaddiction@sanfordhouse.com
Today on the Recovery Tea, Sanford Behavioral Health's Dr. Flores chats with DBT specialists: Jill Polisano, CTRS, and McKenzie Luker, CTRS, from Wise Practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They discuss the connection between DBT and eating disorders, emotion regulation, tools to thrive, the synthesis between acceptance and change and more.
Sanford Behavioral Health guest host Dr. Anna Flores and Eating Disorder Clinical Manager Justyne Ortquist discuss trauma-informed care for eating disorders. The podcast covers topics like mindfulness; exposure therapy; relationship rupture and repair; and the fight, flight, freeze response. It also educates us using tangible, biological terms to describe what happens to the body during a trauma response.
Dr. Anna Flores gives practical tips on how to manage eating disorder recovery during holidays and into the new year.
What does a First Responder do to deal with the stress of the job? The 29-year veteran of the Ottaway County Sheriff's Department, Mattew Van Liere hosts our new podcast, Focus: First Responders. In this interview, he gives an insider's look at the effects of the pandemic, stigma, and his own recovery from a substance use disorder.
Why is orthorexia on the rise? Hint - the diet and exercise culture in most American homes. Tips to create a body positive environment with Sanford Behavioral Health guest, Gail Hall, LMSW, DCSW, CEDS-S
Sanford's Alec Green guest-hosts the episode talking to KIPU Health's Kate Stewart, Senior VP of Customer Growth. You've gotta have friends, and this is a discussion perfect for #togerher4mentalhealth. Take it away Alec and Kate!
The treatment of eating disorders in a residential setting with Dr. Anna Flores and Erin Carrigan, MA, LLPC, LPCC
Today on the podcast Alec Green, Sanford Managing Director & Green Castle Health President, is the guest host. He interviews Lester Toledo, VP Client Success, Kipu Health on their partnership - using cloud-based solutions to electronic patient records and more.
Defining "medical detox", the criteria to enter detox and what it feels like to spend time in a detox treatment center. Special guests Katie Vokes, Chief Operations Officer and Jenny Selent, Chief Clinical Officer take time out of their busy day - opening a detox center - to discuss the first step in the continuum of care for addiction treatment.
Got the telephone jitters but want to talk to someone about entering a mental health, eating disorder or addiction treatment center? This is the podcast for you! Today we talk with Alec Green and Katie Vokes - key members of the Sanford Behavioral Health Team on what to have ready for the admissions person on the other end of the phone when you call for help. Just want to talk? Ask questions? That's okay too
Today's episode is called Women and Addiction. By every marker, women are using alcohol and drugs more, and feeling the adverse effects more. Here's the catch - women can't drink or use drugs like men. We're not built for it! Let's discuss with Lynnel Brewster and Rae Green. Sponsored by Sanford Addiction Treatment Centers.