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.

For National Men’s Health Week, our clinicians Mark Whitaker, LCPC and Elliott Driscoll, LCSW-C sit down to discuss the unique mental health challenges that millions of men face every day.

Raise your hand if you’ve spent hours studying for a test, only to sit down and feel your mind go blank. Resource Connect Addictions Counselor AJ Johnson, ADT, sits down to walk us through tips and tricks to help us finally test out of test anxiety!

What is good stress vs bad stress? Where do they both come from? And when we’re constantly on the move, are they just necessary parts of life? Cryssy Andrews, LGPC, walks us through some ways we may be stressing ourselves out more than necessary and what we can do about it.

As kids become teens, there’s almost always likely to be some changes in how they act. But how do you tell the difference between “teens being teens” and when there’s something else there? Join Katie McCabe, LCPC, for a talk about adolescent substance use, what it looks like, and how to talk about it with your teen.

If you’re like us, you’re still catching up on the hour of sleep lost in Daylight Saving Time. But it’s not that big of a deal . . . right?

Sit down for a chat with Mark Whitaker, LCPC, and Olivia Sinicropi as they discuss the ways sleep impacts our lives and our health. Conversations include alcohol, cell phone addiction, parenting, AND MORE!