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!

Racial trauma comes from places as big as government offices and as small as everyday interactions, and presents in many different ways. Dr. Whitney Hobson, PSYD, walks us through some of the ways we may be experiencing or contributing to it and the paths forward we can take.

We’ve got a DBT-rific episode for you this month!

Join Jesire Bennett with DBT Coordinator Kat Skalski, LMSW, as she answers some questions about how DBT works – and if it may be right for you.

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.

It’s election season! On our new episode of No Stupid Questions, join Paris Bienert, LMSW, and Marketing Specialist Brian Warner for a talk on how you can make this year different from the rest. It turns out your mental health can thrive BECAUSE you’re an engaged citizen, rather than in spite of it!

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.