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• Category: Four
  • CeDAR staff answer phone calls about addiction today at 9News
  • Forgotten victims: Opioid epidemic sparks change in Colorado child welfare system
• Category: One
  • Dr. Laura Martin, Medical Director for the CeDAR, discusses addiction and relapses on 9NEWS
  • CeDAR’s Christian Hopfer to study the impact of marijuana legalization on use, behavior, mental health
  • Rob Lowe salutes CeDAR, recovery and 28 years of sobriety
• Category: Three
  • Staying sober for the long term requires skills to manage recovery
  • Father tells cautionary tale of kratom
  • University of Colorado Hospital gets grant to treat opioid addiction in the emergency room
  • UCHealth Joins the Opioid Battle
  • The Encompass program at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
  • Pushing alternatives, not opioids
  • CeDAR Supports Partnership to Fight Opioid Epidemic
• Category: Two
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Colorado parents turning to booze more during the pandemic
  • Help for behavioral health challenges now available in primary care clinics
  • For Addicts, COVID-19 Crisis Can Mean Going It Alone…Virtually
  • Detox and inpatient programs reopen for new CeDAR patients to provide treatment for alcohol and drug use during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Telehealth for Inpatient and Outpatient Addiction Treatment During the COVID-19 Crisis
  • Recent updates: COVID-19 / coronavirus
  • Providers Are Bringing New Hope to Colorado’s Behavioral Health Crisis
  • Infant Morbidity Decreases with Incentive-Based Prenatal Tobacco Interventions
  • UCHealth dedicates more than $100 million for behavioral health care
  • The faces and voices of opioid recovery
  • Mental Health & Addiction Resources for Colorado Residents
  • UCHealth Launches Educational Campaign Offering Options Beyond Opioids
  • Women respond to addiction treatment when stigmas and barriers are removed
  • University of Colorado Hospital emergency rooms offer new initiatives to slow addiction in a new generation
  • Meghan White talks with 9NEWS about Tips on staying sober during New Year’s Eve
  • CeDAR’s Blair Hubbard is part of the Colorado Department of Human Services’ (CDHS) “Lift the Label” campaign
  • Rep. Brittany Pettersen helps pass legislation creating an opioid research center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Article

• What is a Parental Responsibility Evaluation (PRE)?
• Three-Step Exit Plan to Avoid Relapse
• The Issue with Commitment
• Physical vs. Emotional Detox
• The Five Best 12-Step Sayings
• Watch for Interference
• The People vs. Big Opioid
• Methods of Drug Testing
• Three Forms of Empathy
• Choosing Sobriety has Become Popular
• Attaching to CeDAR
• Kratom - What Is It?
• Tech Addiction
• The Early, Mid and End Game
• Wanting What Someone Else Has
• What Makes Fentanyl So Dangerous?
• What is Love?
• CeDAR as a Teaching Hospital
• Why We Test
• The Importance of the UnitedHealth Ruling
• I Have Mild Depression ... Should I Take Meds?
• Psychic Determinism
• 5 Things Every Therapist Wants You to Know
• Structured vs. Open Support
• Is it a Good Idea to Move if I’m Addicted?
• Adding or Increasing Medication
• Top 5 Reasons People Leave Treatment Early
• Differentiating Goals
• Empathy Needs to be Mutual
• Do I have Bipolar?
• Alcoholic Liver Disease
• Recovery = Action = Recovery
• Medically Necessary
• Cultural Assessment
• Attachment: Then and Now
• Getting Through the Holidays
• Tailored Trauma Recovery
• Sleep - Part 3
• Integration Rather than Polarization
• Sleep - Part 2
• Acting In vs. Acting Out
• Sleep - Part 1
• Revisiting the Harms of Alcohol
• Vaping Research Review
• Trust Triangle
• Better Boundaries
• Past Treatment Experiences
• Treatment Contracting
• Boundaries and D.E.A. Communication
• The Arc of Addiction – A Disease Model
• Clean House
• Treatment Pitfalls: Revoking ROI's
• Addicted Self vs. Healthy Self
• Tobacco: The Greatest World Health Burden
• Recovery Capital
• Medical Detoxification: What to Know Before Treatment
• Your Ten Dimensions
• Maximizing Therapy
• Second-Hand Tobacco Toxicity
• Four Financial Myths
• Buprenorphine / Suboxone Taper
• Treatment Planning
• The Introductory Clinical Evaluation
• Trauma Basics
• The S.A.M. Guide to Goal Setting
• The Persecutor
• What Makes for Quality Treatment?
• Target Buprenorphine Dosing
• Exercise 101
• Toxic Shame and the Loss of 'Self'
• Addiction Treatment Levels of Care
• H.O.W Communication: Honesty
• H.O.W Communication: Open-Mindedness
• H.O.W Communication: Willingness
• The Rescuer
• Naltrexone and the COMBINE Study
• Nutrition Action Plan
• Coping with Cravings
• Professionals in Recovery
• Culture of Addiction vs. Culture of Recovery
• Functional Analysis
• The Victim
• Intro to CBT and Dynamic Therapy
• GABA/Glutamate System and PAWS
• Harm Reduction
• Learning from the HIV / AIDS Epidemic
• Avenues for Accountability
• The Drama Triangle
• Mindfulness Training in Addiction Recovery
• Locus of Control
• Brain Change
• Medication Assisted Treatment
• Stages of Change
• Treatment Search and Barriers
• Motivational Interviewing
• Wise Mind
• Mindfulness, Not Mindlessness
• Early Stabilization Topics and Safety
• Bipolar Disorder in Addicted Populations
• Neuroplasticity and the Prefrontal Cortex
• Dual Diagnosis
• Chronic Disease and Family Goals
• Social Cost of Opioid Painkiller Abuse
• Square Breathing
• Partitioning Trust
• Moving from Painkillers to Heroin
• Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
• Anxiety Disorders: Getting Specific
• To Drink or Not to Drink?
• Support vs Enabling
• Mangled Needles
• Attachment in Recovery
• Spiritual Spectrum of Peer Support
• Buprenorphine
• Mindful Muscle Relaxation
• Psychological Traits of Addicted Teens
• The Spectrum of Alcohol Consumption
• ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Day 1 May Be in a Few Months
• The Sandcastle Dilemma
• Coping with Relapse
• Drinking at Someone - What Is It and What You Can Do
• Depression
• The Four Horsemen

Podcast

• Cultivating a Recovery Community
• Safe Spaces
• Many Unseen Factors
• The Science of Bipolar
• Transplants
• Trust but Verify
• Recovery Coaching
• The Admissions Team
• The Chronic Pain Paradigm
• Codependent
• Smoke Free
• Spiritually Connected
• Coverage Clarity
• Psychological Ink
• ACEs in Recovery
• Cannabis Complexity
• Dispelling Stigma
• Treatment Relationships Recap
• Change Talk
• Staying Mindful
• DBT and the 12 Steps
• Families in Recovery
• Everybody Needs to Start Somewhere

Staff

• Dane Clark - CeDAR Marketing Strategist
• Kara McArtor, LPC, LAC - CeDAR Director, Behavioral Health
• Rachel Cavallaro, Psy.D., LP - CeDAR Psychologist
• Jason Sapp, DO - CeDAR Medical Director of Residential Services
• Nicholas Van Dyke, CNA - CeDAR Intake and Access Coordinator
• John Bourne - CeDAR Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator
• Blair Thurston, MA, LPCC, NCC - CeDAR Family Counselor
• Mikell Yamada - CeDAR Content Developer
• Alexis Ritvo, MD, MPH - CeDAR Outpatient Addiction Psychiatrist
• Courtney Deyo-Bundy, MA, NCC, LPCC - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor - Outpatient Clinic
• Michelle Byrd, M.ED, LPC - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor
• Angela Riley - CeDAR Administrative Assistant
• Christian Hopfer, MD - CeDAR Attending Psychiatrist
• Kathy White, BA - CeDAR Business Manager
• Kristina Wayt, LSW - CeDAR Admissions Supervisor / Utilization Management Psychiatric Specialist
• Avis Granger-Moore - CeDAR Utilization Management Psychiatric Specialist
• Ashleigh Enriquez, BA - CeDAR Intake and Access Coordinator
• Howard Bryant, BSW, CAC III - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor - Outpatient Clinic
• Meghan White - CeDAR Alumni & Volunteer Coordinator
• Kelly Martin, CAC I, BBA - CeDAR Recovery Coach
• Pam Isenhower - CeDAR Recovery Coach
• Brooke Conrad, BFA - CeDAR Behavioral Health Specialist
• Heather Scrabat, BS, CACI - CeDAR Behavioral Health Specialist
• Frank Rackerby - CeDAR Behavioral Health Specialist
• Hugh "Greg" Holcomb, BA, CACI - CeDAR Behavioral Health Specialist
• Kasey Benedict, LSW - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor - Outpatient Clinic, Boulder
• Jeremy Holburn, MA, LPCC - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor - Outpatient Clinic, Boulder
• Meredith Buschart, MSW, LCSW - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor - Outpatient Clinic
• Allie Grant, MSW, LCSW - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor - Outpatient Clinic
• Katie Larkin, MA, LPCC, LAC - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor
• Ashley Duncan LSW, AASW - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor
• Kristy Schutt, MSW, LCSW - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor
• John Hardman, MD, LAC - CeDAR Behavioral Health Counselor
• Stephanie Johnson, MEd, MSW, LCSW - CeDAR Family Program Educator
• Rebecca Holmes Cepero, MA, LPC, LAC, NCC - CeDAR Supervisor of Behavioral Health, Recovery Management
• Rachel LaMorte, LCSW, LAC - CeDAR Supervisor of Behavioral Health, Denver Outpatient Clinic
• Alexandra Coreth, MA, LPC - CeDAR Supervisor of Behavioral Health, Residential Programs
• Robyn Hacker, PhD, LP - CeDAR Psychologist, Professionals Program Coordinator
• Bari Platter, MS, RN, PMHCNSBC - CeDAR Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Patrick Fehling, MD - CeDAR Attending Psychiatrist
• Darah Meyer, MSW, LCSW - CeDAR Manager of Outpatient Care
• Joshua "Jay" Voigt, MBA, MEd, LPC, CAC III - CeDAR Director of Operations
• Harlan Austin, Ph.D., LP, CC-AASP - CeDAR Director of Clinical Operations
• Susan Dearing-Bond, CFRE - CeDAR Senior Director
• Jonathan Ritvo, MD - CeDAR Senior Medical Director