Author name: Stephanie Ballard PhD, LPCC, CADC

You’re Going To Heal Your Mind When you go to treatment, it is a sign that your mind has fallen into ill health. Mental illness simply means that something has gone awry in the way your brain operates and the way you use your brain to relate to the rest of the world. Treatment and

Napping is a symptom of depression. Depression is known to cause lethargy, exhaustion, fatigue, lack of motivation. When it feels like there is no possible way to continue on with any hope of energy, napping becomes the answer. However, napping in depression can be problematic. Some describe napping in depression to be a frustrating experience.

For individuals in recovery, rebuilding intimacy and rediscovering a healthy sex life can be a delicate part of the healing journey. While Cypress Lake Recovery does not treat sex addiction, we recognize that many individuals struggling with substance use also experience difficulties in their relationships and sexual well-being due to underlying trauma, co-occurring disorders, and

Sex addiction has been a topic faced by therapists and the scientific community for many years. It wasn’t until 2012 that the symptoms of sex addiction were first officially defined by UCLA, the University of California Los Angeles in 2012. Defining sex as an addiction is now controversial because sex addiction is no longer defined

During residential treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, there is no need to manage your own medication. At an inpatient level of care, trained and certified nurses manage your medication every day. Once your transition into lower levels of care, your role in managing your medication changes. Initially, you do not touch or see your

Money is often a personal trigger for people in treatment for addiction, alcoholism, and co-occurring disorders. The minute money became available during active addiction, there was an immediate ability to buy more drugs and alcohol. Many addicts and alcoholics resort to actions and behaviors which they would never otherwise have participated in if it weren’t