Natalie D'Annibale, PsyD LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Mindfulness meditation basics Mindfulness meditation is the practice of purposefully being aware of and focusing your attention on the...

Making amends and rebuilding trust Those in recovery often realize that their actions during active SUD can have long lasting impacts on...

"Jack Morin, in his book Erotic Mind, says it best: “If you go to war with your sexuality you will lose and cause more chaos than you...

Fentanyl is not a new drug. It's been used for decades as a painkiller and anesthetic. Surgeons learned to watch their patients closely...

How Common Is Relapse? No one is perfect, and managing addiction is challenging. For some, relapse is part of recovery. According to a...

Impulse control disorders (ICDs) are common psychiatric conditions in which affected individuals typically report significant impairment...

What is low libido? "Low libido describes a decreased interest in sexual activity. It’s common to lose interest in sex from time to time,...

Trauma bonds occur in very toxic relationships, and tend to be strengthened by inconsistent positive reinforcement—or at least the hope...

"At a time when overdose deaths from opioids and other drugs are rising in many states, addiction specialists worry the changes in a...

"For people whose lives are dominated by relationship or sexual addiction (or any other addiction), the holiday season is an obvious...

"Are you mourning the loss of your addictive behaviors? Do you have a support team in place to offer shared experiences, counsel,...

"Harm reduction incorporates a spectrum of strategies from safer use, to managed use to abstinence to meet drug users “where they’re at,”...