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.

Prescription stimulants have a complex relationship with college campuses — especially as finals week looms large. Sit down with Katie McCabe, LCPC, and Sarah Cummings, ADT, for a look at how prescription drug abuse has made its way into student life and how you can confront it this semester!

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.

Mark Whitaker, LCPC, covers how drinking has changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, how to start a conversation about it, and what warning signs to be on the lookout for now that normal rules are out the window.

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.

Boundaries are like opinions — we all have them. What is and isn’t okay? Who do they extend to? Clinical Director Maria Karolenko walks us through how to set them, when to set them, and how to communicate them to the people around us.