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Holiday Loneliness May Intensify Love and Sex Addictions Warns The Ranch Rehabilitation Center
For many people, the holidays are the highlight of the year. But for others, this time of year brings up emotions that can be difficult to manage. Faced with the feelings of loneliness and disappointment that sometimes accompany the holidays, men and women with love and sex addictions may feel more compelled to escape or act out, warn the sex addiction specialists at The Ranch rehabilitation center in Tennessee.
iPromises Recovery Companion, a Free Sobriety iPhone App, Reaches 20,000 Downloads
This week Promises Treatment Centers and Elements Behavioral Health announced that the iPromises Recovery Companion, a free sobriety application that provides tools and support for those in addiction recovery, reached 20,000 downloads.
Learn more about iPromises Recovery Companion, a Free Sobriety iPhone App, Reaches 20,000 Downloads
Renowned Sex Addiction Expert Speaks in Orlando: Professional Workshop on Sex and Pornography Addiction in the New Media Age
On November 11, 2011, from 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., internationally known author, addiction specialist and educator Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S, will speak to treatment professionals, individuals and families about identifying and treating sex and pornography addictions in the age of smartphones and social media..
Elements Behavioral Health Offers Free Parenting Tips for Parents in Recovery at Upcoming Los Angeles Workshop
Raising healthy children is a challenge for even the most resolute parent. When a parent is dependent on drugs or alcohol, or is in recovery from addiction, the task can be even more daunting.
Promises Addiction Treatment Center in Malibu Expands Executive Rehab Program
Promises Malibu’s renowned executive rehab program, which serves some of the nation’s top business leaders, is under the newly appointed leadership of Greg Skipper, MD. In his role as Director of Professional Health Services, Dr. Skipper will draw on his three decades of experience in a leadership role helping to shape physician health programs to enhance executive treatment at Promises.
Learn more about Promises Addiction Treatment Center in Malibu Expands Executive Rehab Program
Elements Behavioral Health Acquires The Recovery Place Addiction Treatment Center in Florida
Elements Behavioral Health, a leading provider of addiction and mental health treatment programs, announced today that it has acquired The Recovery Place addiction treatment center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Elements Behavioral Health Encourages Public to Take the ‘Lock the Cabinet’ Pledge and Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
LockTheCabinet.com, a campaign sponsored by Elements Behavioral Health that is dedicated to raising awareness about the risks of prescription drug abuse, encourages families to put locks on their medicine cabinets or store prescription and commonly abused over-the-counter medications in a lockbox in honor of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The first 20 people to take the “I’ve Locked the Cabinet” pledge will win a free book on recognizing and treating addiction.
Sex and Pornography Addictions Explored at LSU: Presentation by Renowned Sex Addiction Expert and Elements Behavioral Health
On October 26, 2011, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S, founder of the Sexual Recovery Institute and Director of Sexual Disorders Services for Elements Behavioral Health, will speak about the influence of online media on sex and pornography addictions.
Renowned Sex Addiction Expert Speaks at LSU: Professional Workshop on Narcissism Addiction and Detachment
Elements Behavioral Health invites clinicians and treatment professionals to a workshop titled “Narcissism Addiction and Detachment as Tools to Emotional Survival” on Oct. 28, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Lod Cook Alumni Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Innovative Sex and Love Addiction Program for Women Introduced at The Center for Relationship and Sexual Recovery at The Ranch
Contrary to popular media portrayals and gender stereotypes, men are not the only ones suffering from sex and love addiction. An estimated 8 to 12 percent of those seeking relationship and sex addiction treatment are women, though many more are likely suffering in silence.



