In this episode of Of Substance, Katie and Elliott discuss all of that and more! Join them for a talk on how drugs are changing, what risk factors you can look out for, and why helping an addict can sometimes feel so hard.

Where do substance use and mental illness meet? What looks like mental illness but gets more complicated on closer inspection? Elliott Driscoll, LCSW-C, and Katie McCabe, LCPC, go back inside the mind to talk about how addiction can get wrapped up in a tangle of neurons. Because for as complicated as recovery is, it might’ve met its match next to the brain!

Make sure you’re taking care of yourself and your sobriety this holiday season. What does that mean? In Episode 2 of our new series, Of Substance, Elliott Driscoll, LCSW-C, and Katie McCabe, LCPC, break down some potential stressors, dangers, and bad influences you may come across at any holiday party . . . and what you can do to prevent a relapse.

In the first episode of Of Substance’s three-part series, Elliott Driscoll, LCSW-C, and Katie McCabe, LCPC, go inside the mind to talk about how it works, what substance use does to it, and what recovery looks like with a mental addiction.

After the many recent high-profile deaths among student athletes, Katie McCabe, LCPC, and Elliott Driscoll, LCSW-C, are sitting down to talk about the pressure to perform. Touching on their own athletic experiences, they look at the college experience, substance use and trauma, and accessing mental healthcare before you’re being carried off the field.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy might not sound familiar, but its benefits are things we can all get behind. Sit down with Elliott Driscoll, LCSW-C, to learn about how this mouthful of a treatment can help people find their power over grief, abuse, and trauma.