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Dr. Shelley Uram on Explicit and Implicit Memories

Dr. Shelley Uram on Explicit and Implicit Memories   One of America’s [...]Read Full Story
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Dr. Shelley Uram on Addiction in the Brain

Dr. Shelley Uram on Addiction in the Brain   One of America’s [...]Read Full Story
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Dr. Shelley Uram on Trauma and How the Brain Communicates

One of America’s most respected centers for treating trauma and addiction, The [...]Read Full Story
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What Caused Sgt. Bales to Snap?

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Dr. Shelley Uram on Trauma Triggers

  Dr. Shelley Uram on Trauma Triggers   One of America’s most [...]Read Full Story
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Dr. Shelley Uram on Family Dysfunction

Dr. Shelley Uram on Family Dysfunction One of America’s most respected centers [...]Read Full Story
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John Bradshaw on The Meadows Treatment Model

JOHN BRADSHAW ON THE MEADOWS TREATMENT MODEL As part of its ongoing [...]Read Full Story
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John Bradshaw: Discusses his work

In the 10th video of his series, Mr. Bradshaw talks about his [...]Read Full Story
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Jerry Boriskin: Treating complex PTSD

In the ninth installment of his 10-part series, Dr. Boriskin, psychologist and [...]Read Full Story

The Meadows Alumni Association to Host Monthly Alumni Workshops in Houston, Texas

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The Meadows Alumni Association is pleased to host monthly alumni workshops in Houston, Texas, for alumni, family and friends. Meadows’ trained professionals will lead the meetings May 22 through July 24, 2012, from 7:00 to 8:30pm. It will be held at The Council on Alcohol and Drugs in Houstonand no registration is required to attend.  [...]

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Emotional Freedom Technique Now Offered at The Meadows

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The Meadows is now teaching Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), a gentle and effective tool for trauma, addiction, anxiety, depression and physical discomfort. EFT involves tapping certain acupressure points along the face and body while using an affirmation. Tapping on these points produces a relaxation response and helps release energy associated with trauma. The result is [...]

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The Meadows Sponsors 23rd Annual International Trauma Conference

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The Meadows is a sponsor of the 23rd Annual International Trauma Conference on June 6-9, 2012, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  The conference director, Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D., is a Senior Fellow at The Meadows and the Founder and Medical Director of the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute. [...]

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Dr. Shelley Uram on Different Trauma

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Dr. Shelley Uram on Different Trauma   One of America’s most respected centers for treating trauma and addiction, The Meadows presents a 16-part video series, viewable on YouTube, in which Dr. Shelley Uram addresses topics ranging from family dysfunction to the benefits of Somatic Experiencing. In the installment titled “Different Trauma,” the psychologist and Meadows senior [...]

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The Meadows to Sponsor a Free Lecture in Dallas, Texas on May 15

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The Meadows is sponsoring a free lecture in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday, May 15 given by Rev. Daniel Gowan, M.Div., M.A.,  LCDC, LPC-S, on the topic of “Pathways to Victimhood: Enmeshment and Triangulation.”  It will be held at the Unity Church of Dallas Sanctuary from 7:00 to 8:30pm and no registration is required. Lecture topics [...]

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Attachment, Emotion Regulation, and Resiliency

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Often, during the first week of treatment at The Meadows, people will skeptically inquire, “Do experiences in childhood really continue to affect my life as an adult?”  While social scientists and mental health clinicians have been exploring this question for decades, other fields of science and medicine have been slow to recognize the effects of [...]

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Dr. Shelley Uram on Explicit and Implicit Memories

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Dr. Shelley Uram on Explicit and Implicit Memories   One of America’s most respected centers for treating trauma and addiction, The Meadows presents a 16-part video series, viewable on YouTube, in which Dr. Shelley Uram addresses topics ranging from family dysfunction to the benefits of Somatic Experiencing.   In the installment titled “Explicit and Implicit Memories,” Dr. Uram [...]

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The Meadows Sponsors Wickenburg High School Safe and Sober Senior Grad Night Party

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The Meadows is a sponsor of the Wickenburg High School Safe and Sober Senior Grad Night Party that is being held on Friday, May 25 at the high school cafeteria.  The Safe and Sober Senior Grad Night Party was started to create an alcohol and drug free, safe environment for the students to celebrate after the [...]

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Red Cross founder Clara Barton fought ‘thin black snakes’ of depression by springing into action

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How many significant figures of history actually suffered with PTSD? We may never know. The diagnosis, now part of our collective 21st century lexicon, did not exist before 1980. Many historians point to the Civil War with the description of Soldier’s Heart as the earliest attempt to describe emotional consequences of war. Jonathan Shay wrote [...]

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The Meadows Selected by TRICARE as a TriWest Preferred Provider

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The Meadows is pleased to announce a contract with TriWest Healthcare Alliance, a sub-contractor of TRICARE health program. Under this agreement, The Meadows has become an approved TriWest provider for behavioral health and substance abuse inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.   The TriWest Healthcare Alliance is contracted with the Department of Defense to administer the TRICARE [...]

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