substance use disorders

Making Space for Spirituality While Treating Substance Use Disorders

As a graduate student new to addiction treatment, I have felt a growing curiosity about the degree to which spirituality is brought into psychotherapy. I attend a private religious university, thus my first therapy patients routinely spoke of God, recited scripture, or wrestled with interpretations of morality. This simultaneously became a sublime and perilous feature […]

Aileen Rands, MS

January 4, 2025