Over twenty-five years ago I started in the counseling field, working in a substance abuse treatment center. The Recovery Model was commonplace in addiction treatment. It was not called that, it was ...

Most people living with a mental illness are only hospitalized after becoming acutely unwell and are subsequently in need of support to manage their illness. Contrastingly, the principles of a ...

Involuntary care is not inherently oppressive, nor is it inherently therapeutic. It is a tool. It can be misused to control, ...