News & Announcements
The Meadows 2010 Annual Symposium Program Now Available
Thursday, July 15th, 2010 | Events and Training, News & Announcements | No Comments
The Meadows is proud to present its 2010 Annual Symposium from Wednesday, October 13 through Friday, October 15 at Hoffman Estate, Illinois. The Symposium will include presentations by Pia Mellody, Maureen Canning, MA, LMFT, John Bradshaw, MA, Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD, and Jerry A. Boriskin, PhD, CAS.
This dynamic event will feature the insights of the speakers as they share their philosophies, treatment techniques, and skills regarding such issues as trauma, addictions, relationships, healthy sexuality, codependence, spirituality, and family systems.
Interested persons can sign up for the entire event or may choose to attend the Wednesday evening lecture only. More information about the Symposium, including program session descriptions, a detailed schedule, and information about Continuing Education credits, is available at the Symposium page on The Meadows web site.
John Bradshaw on Second Chances: Listen to the Show
Thursday, July 15th, 2010 | Meadows in the Media, News & Announcements | No Comments
When John Bradshaw joined Susan Armstrong on her VoiceAmerica show, Second Chances, yesterday, she said this:
“I get to interview one of my heroes – how cool is that?”
If you missed it, you can download an mp3 of the hour-long interview or view it in iTunes from the VoiceAmerica site.
Coming Wednesday: John Bradshaw Interview on Second Chances
Monday, July 12th, 2010 | Meadows in the Media, News & Announcements | No Comments
Be sure not to miss John Bradshaw’s interview this coming Wednesday, July 14th on 11 AM (Pacific Time) on VoiceAmerica Variety Channel.
Second Chances host Susan Armstrong will interview John about his latest book, Reclaiming Virtue: How We Can Develop The Moral Intelligence To Do The Right Thing, At The Right Time, For The Right Reason.
You can also check back here on the AAR blog after. We’ll be posting a link to the recorded program!
James Naughton appointed Director of Extended Care
Monday, June 21st, 2010 | News & Announcements | No Comments
The Meadows is pleased to announce that James Naughton, who previously worked as a counselor at The Meadows, is now Director of Extended Care. In this role James will now oversee our three extended-care facilities: Mellody House, Dakota and The Meadows Texas.
In James’s words, he is “grateful and privileged to be a part of the extended-care team.” He expresses his sincerest wish to be “that we continue to provide the best care to our clients.”
James says, “The team members I speak of – counselors, psychiatrists, house attendants, nurses, maintenance and plant operators, and housekeepers – all contribute to a safe and contained environment that fosters healing for individuals who have suffered the deleterious effects of trauma. We are all equal and valuable elements in this milieu and, through our commitment and work with the clients, each of us contributes to the possibility that those we serve may discover healing.”
You may read more about James’s thoughts and experiences during a recent visit to one of our extended-care facilities, in this article from a recent issue of our Cutting Edge newsletter.
The Meadows Announces new CEO
Monday, June 21st, 2010 | News & Announcements | No Comments
On June 14, James Dredge became CEO of The Meadows :
Over the past 30 years, Jim has dedicated himself to the treatment and support of struggling teens and young adults. As a CEO and president, he has successfully built and developed numerous companies that provide behavioral health care and educational services.
Prior to joining The Meadows, Jim was president/COO of Aspen Education Group. Under his leadership, Aspen grew to become the world’s largest and most successful behavioral health care company providing therapeutic services to struggling teens and young adults. Jim received his BA and MA degrees from the University of Minnesota, where he graduated magna cum laude.
For more information about The Meadows, please visit our website, or call us at 800-MEADOWS (800-632-3697).
Maureen Canning on What Really Happens in Sex Rehab
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 | News & Announcements, Sexual Addiction | No Comments
Maureen Canning, Clinical Consultant of The Meadows and Dakota, was recently featured in an interview on iVillage. In Tiger Woods in Sex Rehab: What Really Goes on in There, Anyway?, Canning described some indicators of a sexual addiction, and what goes on during a typical day of sex addiction treatment. Canning was also quoted in a Time.com article, What Happens in Sex Rehab?
On a related note, the work of The Meadows Senior Clinical Advisor Pia Mellody was described in an article on love addiction on Albany.com. The article outlines Mellody’s book Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love , and describes the symptoms, causes, and steps to overcome love addiction.
For more information on the treatment of sexual addiction, visit The Meadows, The Meadows Dakota or Maureen Canning’s Sexual Addiction Blog.
Maureen Canning Interviewed on Good Morning America
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 | News & Announcements | No Comments
Maureen Canning, Clinical Consultant for The Meadows Addiction Treatment Center, was interviewed January 6th on Good Morning America. In a story on the death of Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson, Canning explained the difficulties that high profile families face when their adult children have trouble with substance abuse.
To read more about the story and view the Good Morning America video, visit at abc.com.
Winter 2010 Edition of Cutting Edge Now Available
Friday, January 8th, 2010 | News & Announcements | No Comments
The newest edition of The Cutting Edge, published by The Meadows, is now available. Feature articles include Emotional Incest and What’s Wrong about Being Special by Debra L. Kaplan, The Next Step… Life Pleasure in Advance Recovery by Steven Hoskinson, and an excerpt from The Intimacy Factor by Pia Mellody and Lawrence Freundlich.
Also included are two staff spotlights and information on a featured workshop (Sexual Recovery), additional 2010 workshops, free lectures, and other upcoming events.
John Bradshaw Featured in Ethics Viewpoint Roundup
Monday, November 30th, 2009 | News & Announcements | No Comments
John Bradshaw, MA, Fellow of The Meadows, was mentioned in a recent article in the Sudbury Star. In “Different Views on Ethics”, librarian Kaija Maillloux rounds up eight books with unique perspectives on ethics. From the article:
“Reclaiming Virtue: How We can Develop the Moral Intelligence to do the Right Thing at the Right Time for the Right Reason, by John Bradshaw, shows that each of us has what he calls an inborn moral intelligence, an inner guidance system that can lead us — if we know how to cultivate it in ourselves and others. His fascinating discussion ranges from the ancient Greek philosophers to modern explorations of emotional development, from provocative historical insights to the recent discoveries of neuroscience.”
To learn more about Reclaiming Virtue, see this interview with John Bradshaw from earlier this year. For more information about Bradshaw and The Meadows, visit www.themeadows.org.
The Meadows’ Peter Levine on Grief & Crying
Monday, November 16th, 2009 | News & Announcements | No Comments
Peter A. Levine, Clinical Consultant for The Meadows, was recently quoted in the Psychology Today blog Let’s Connect. In a post entitled “Enjoying Your Emotions“, Thomas Scheff explores the psychological aspects of grief and fear, and suggests that too often, we are told to learn to control our emotions, instead of learning to enjoy them. For instance, grief can be a painful emotion to a person who does not feel safe to grieve.
“We have “good cries” when we are able to rapidly move in and out of the grief. Peter Levine (1997) called it pendulation. Without this movement, we either don’t feel at all, repression, or feel so much that we get lost in it (a “bad cry”).”
Scheff concludes that critics of catharsis haven’t considered pendulation, but ought to.
For more information on Peter Levine’s works, please visit the Meadows Addiction Treatment Center website.