The Effects of Yoga

Hello everyone and welcome to week two of Shelley’s Corner! I want to dive right into a really interesting topic! Most of you that are reading this have received some kind of help from The Meadows – workshops, inpatient care, step-down care, lectures, etc. But I bet a lot of… Read More

Affordable Care Act Allowing Patients Residential and Out-of-State Treatment Benefits

The final rule implementing the Affordable Care Act’s Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) issued on November 8 creates for the first time the possibility of a safe haven from the insurance practices that began in the late 1980s. These practices intruded on the relationship between provider and… Read More

Can a Horse Feel Love?

By Ann M. Taylor, an Equine Specialist at The Meadows A question posed by a group member during an Equine Therapy session. We hear all sorts of questions at Equine; some of them make you stop and think. Either you simply don’t know the answer or because you want to… Read More

The Meadows Senior Fellow Dr. Shelley Uram to be Featured on BlogTalkRadio

The Meadows Senior Fellow, Shelley Uram, MD, will be featured on BlogTalkRadio’s program “Sex Help with Carol the Coach” with host Carol Juergensen Sheets, LCSW, CSAT, PCC, on Monday, May 7, 2013, at 9:15 P.M. (EST). The program can be accessed by visiting Blog Talk Radio. Dr. Uram,… Read More

Why Extended Care?

By Kathy Golden, Director/Manager of Extended Care at The Meadows Most people seem to come to primary treatment because they are sick and tired of being sick and tired. When they near the end of their primary treatment, the counselor starts recommending extended care. The client may think, “I can’t… Read More

Getting to the Truth of Body, Mind, and Spirit

By Shelley Uram, MD I’ve been a psychiatrist for more than 20 years, and I’ve heard the phrase “body, mind, spirit” many times. I was very pleased with this newly emerging holistic concept when I was a psychiatrist-in-training. It captured the concept of the spirit, which was usually ignored in… Read More

Pia Mellody: “Life is a spiritual battle between the ego and the soul”

In a series of brief articles, beginning below, Pia Mellody illustrates how living The Meadows’ model has brought balance to her life. In beginning the draft of my fifth book, I find myself continuously re-examining the relationship between body, mind, and spirit. In doing so, I have become even more… Read More

The Co-Addicted Tango: Pia Mellody’s Theory of Love Addiction and Love Avoidance

Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2005 issue of MeadowLark, the magazine for alumni of The Meadows. By Lawrence S. Freundlich When Ms. “Crazy for Love” meets Mr. “Give Me Some Room to Breathe,” the stage is set for what Pia Mellody calls “The Co-Addicted Tango.” Ms. Read More

The Therapeutic Genius of Pia Mellody

Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2007 edition of Cutting Edge, the online newsletter of The Meadows.By John Bradshaw, MA Pia Mellody joins the company of those who have created highly effective therapeutic models and who can put their theories into practice with unusual skill. Read More

Publishers Weekly Reviews John Bradshaw’s book “Reclaiming Virtue”

John Bradshaw is a Senior Fellow of The Meadows Addiction Treatment Center. His newest book, “Reclaiming Virtue: How We Can Develop the Moral Intelligence to Do the Right Thing at the Right Time for the Right Reason,” recently had a positive review from Publishers Weekly: Reclaiming Virtue:… Read More