Risky Decision Case Study: Quarterback Derby

March 2, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

To a seasoned counselor, there’s another way to view it. For one thing, these aren’t isolated incidents.

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Groups That Don’t Work pt 2

February 16, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

We’ve never seen a group that works, right from its inception. Progress toward work usually involves struggle through one or more of these modes.

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Counseling Clients With Complex Disorders

February 2, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

…progress is the measuring stick. You want your patient to know the joy of a structured, purposeful life.

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Groups That Don’t Work pt 1

January 29, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

When a group adopts one of these operating modes permanently, as a primary form of interaction, they end up actively resisting any responsibility for achieving individual and group goals.

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Predicting Success in Groups

January 15, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

We don’t need to ‘cure’ social anxiety, only to increase the individual’s level of control over his or her emotions…

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Understanding Objections to 12 Step Groups

December 18, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

This is also an opportunity to work on an all-important issue in early recovery: personal boundaries.

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The Power of Denial

November 6, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

It’s an unconscious process. Not an exercise of will; more like a reflex.

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Confirmation Bias and Counseling

September 29, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

Project Match has long been held up as demonstrating the efficacy of three very different approaches.

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Cross Addiction: Is it a Myth?

September 25, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

There are many concepts in clinical psychology that are not science-based, but are nonetheless still of use in therapy.

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Prognosis

September 4, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

Patients are often afraid to ask, but when they do, they seem to want the truth.

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