Solutions to Stop Bullying: How You Can Help
Nearly 21% of all students in American schools say they have been bullied at one time or another. Studies show that only about 36% of the kids who are bullied [...]
How Food Affects Your Mood
“You are what you eat,” is a saying most of us are familiar with. Most people have heard this adage a thousand times, but never realize just how true [...]
How To Raise Community Awareness Around Mental Health and Addiction
Did you realize that nearly 21.5 million Americans are waging a battle with substance abuse right now? Each year, drug abuse and addiction costs this country around $200 billion in [...]
Substance Abuse Treatment Options 101
The main goal the team at Odyssey Training Center has is providing future counselors with the tools they need to adequately treat patients. The counselors who graduate from our program [...]
Healthy Ways to Celebrate Summer While Still in Recovery
Staying sober is an ongoing struggle, which is why addicts will have to remove all the temptations that may trigger them to use. For some people in recovery, the summer [...]
Professional Development plans are due at DORA by August 31, 2017
What is Continuing Professional Development? According to DORA, “Continuing Professional Development is the ability of a Certified Addiction and Licensed Addiction Counselor to learn, integrate and apply the knowledge, skill, [...]
Understanding the Relationship Between Mental Health & Addiction
Pc: Nathan Huisenga @vividmind27 via Instagram For those aspiring to be Certified Addiction Counselors (CAC) or Licensed Addiction Counselors (LAC), understanding the relationship between mental health and addiction [...]
10 Simple Ways to Beat the Winter Blues
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) reports that depressive disorders like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are common in people going through treatment. SAD primarily occurs in the winter when [...]