It Is Not Just About a Couple Beers or Partying

My name is Patty Evans, and I am Chief Marketing Officer for The Meadows. Today I am in need of using this blog forum to express my thoughts, grief, and personal actions to motivate us all to do something today. Yesterday, I heard of the loss of actor, comedian, humanitarian,… Read More

The Ultimate Unmanageability of Addiction

By Amy Levinson, MA, LASAC, CSAT Candidate Suicide…the ultimate ‘unmanageability’ of untreated addiction and depression. All addictions reside in the same place in the brain—the limbic system—and all are related to dysfunction in the pleasure-reward pathway. This older part of our brain keeps us alive; it’s all about… Read More

Dr. Claudia Black to lecture at The Meadows

Dr. Claudia Black will lecture this Wednesday at 12:45pm to the whole community at The Meadows, located in Wickenburg Arizona, in LH-10&11. The topic of the lecture will be “Hidden Life of Loss & Abandonment.” About Dr. Claudia Black Claudia Black, M.S.W., Ph.D., is a renowned author and trainer internationally… Read More

The 25th Annual International Trauma Conference Featured The Meadows Staff

The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center was a co-sponsor and presenter at the recent 25th Annual International Trauma Conference May 28-31, 2014, in Boston, Mass. Leading neuroscientists and treatment developers, including The Meadows’ Senior Fellows, Shelley Uram, MD, and Claudia Black, MSW, Ph.D., presented to nearly 700 attendees during… Read More

Coming Home to Precious Presence

Dr. Jon Caldwell Over a decade ago, in the early stages of my own process of awakening, a colleague intuitively noticed that I was having a particularly difficult day and suggested that I “try to stay in the present moment”. My mind was reeling, my emotions were on overdrive, and… Read More

Dr. Jon Caldwell to Present on Mindfulness and Self-Compassion in Boston, MA and on Internet Radio

April 4, 2014 (Wickenburg, Arizona) — Dr. Jon Caldwell, D.O., Ph.D., a staff psychiatrist with The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center in Wickenburg, Arizona, will present his latest research on Mindfulness and Self-Compassion at the 12th Annual International Scientific Conference for Clinicians, Researchers and Educators in Boston Massachusetts, April… Read More

The Meadows Sponsor and Presenter at International Trauma Conference

WICKENBURG, Ariz. (March 11, 2014) — The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center is a sponsor and presenter at the 25th Annual International Trauma Conference on May 28 – May 31, 2014, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, Mass. The conference director, Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD,… Read More

Exciting Equine Therapy News!

Equine Therapy is a highly effective therapeutic tool used at The Meadows in our addiction and trauma treatment program. As part of our innovative and holistic treatment program, Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) helps patients learn new ways of dealing with trauma, their eating disorder, and relationships. Horses are an integral… Read More

Dr. Peter Levine demonstrates Somatic Experiencing®

A Pain That Drives 18 Veterans to Suicide Every Day – – a Total of 6,552 Veterans Each Year In this compelling and powerful video, Dr. Peter Levine, The Meadows’ Senior Fellow and developer of Somatic Experiencing®, demonstrates this treatment with an Iraq Veteran diagnosed with severe PTSD. Somatic… Read More

Bradshaw on Bradshaw InnerVIEWS PBS Special

HoustonPBS’, Ernie Manouse, sits down with Meadows’ Senior Fellow, renowned author, and counselor John Bradshaw, to discuss his life and work — from the dysfunctional family, to the wounded inner-child. The abbreviated version of the interview can be viewed at http://youtu.be/floo-GIhVEE. Read More