“You do WHAT with horses?” Not an uncommon question that I hear. When I interact with people outside of Stonegate Center and explain to them what I do, I often get funny looks, blank faces, or eccentric responses like above. As I attempt to explain that I am a...
When someone is diagnosed with the disease of addiction, having met the criteria necessary for the diagnosis to apply, questions immediately arise. One may ask who is to blame, such as a parent who questions if they are the reason for their child’s diagnosis or the...
Denial is defined as avoiding the awareness of some painful aspect of reality by negating sensory data. Now, if that sounds like the definition from the back of some old, dusty Psychology textbook, you’re not wrong! In less confusing terms, denial is a defense...
