Caron has partnered with me and my dear friends Chantal Jauvin LLB, MBA (author attorney) and her husband William Thomas MBA (executive consultant) to present, The ASCENT Approach For Couples in Recovery on Saturday, October 23rd 9:00 AM - Sunday, October 24th 5:00 PM at Caron Treatment Centers - Breakthrough Mansion - For the link to [...]
A New Framework for Working with Couples in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders: The ASCENT Approach By Jake Brennan The ASCENT Approach is a therapeutic framework work that was developed by Dr. Jeremy Frank and Chantal Jauvin. The approach focuses on couples in recovery from substance use and drug and alcohol addiction. Whether one or both [...]
Engaging in Your Life, Nurturing Your Spirituality & Reconciling a Paradox in Mindfulness for Couples in Recovery As a meditator, recovering addict, and mindfulness oriented therapist, the fourth and fifth practices in The ASCENT Approach--Engage in Your Life and Nurture Your Spirituality--meld into one core project, which in turn lays a foundation for the final component [...]
In 2017, over 1,200 Philadelphians died from drug overdoses, up from 907 the previous year. Despite improvements to treatment access and efforts to restrict opioid prescribing, the opioid epidemic continues to rage on. The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia (PCOP) is assembling a panel of experts on Saturday, February 8th for its event, "The Opioid Epidemic: Psychodynamic [...]
