01.24.2015

The Origins of Addiction: Research from Rat Park

Think addiction is a disease? Think again, and enjoy this cartoon which highlights [Norman Zinberg’s] Drug, Set, Setting model. Please click here.

01.14.2015

A Harm Reduction Treatment Model- Part 1

 Therapists are often at a loss when their clients present with substance misuse. We have mostly been taught to refer them to a 12-Step based…

12.10.2014

Harm Reduction for the Holidays

Holidays offer many opportunities to overdo it. Between parties, celebrations, families, or money worries, we are often at a loss about how to cope. The…

12.09.2014

Just One Drink? Harm Reduction Offers Alternative Alcohol Treatment Program

The Center for Harm Reduction Therapy is spotlighted online and in Bay Area Newsgroup papers. Martha Ross’s article focuses on the Center’s unique and effective…

11.24.2014

ARTICLES – Trauma, Substance Use, and Harm Reduction Therapy

This series of newsletters, HRTC News: Trauma, Part 1, 2011; HRTC News: Trauma, Part 2, 2012, and HRTC News: Summer 2013, contains short articles on…

11.24.2014

ARTICLE – Origins of Addiction from the ACE Study

This article Origins of Addiction from the ACE Study by the Principle Investigator of the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study focuses in on the prevalence of…