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Thursday, August 20th, 2015

Our Blog

At Pine Grove, we believe that education and research are integral to effective treatment. Our blog content includes messages from our staff members, discussion of new studies, and advice for those in every stage of recovery.

Our Blog

At Pine Grove, we believe that education and research are integral to effective treatment. Our blog content includes messages from our staff members, discussion of new studies, and advice for those in every stage of recovery.

What is Sexual Addiction?

Sexual addiction is defined as any sexually-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one's work environment. Sexual [...]

Pine Grove supports UNITE to Face Addiction

WASHINGTON – Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services is proud to join over 450 local, state and national organizations at the “UNITE to Face Addiction” rally, a free event on [...]

Sexual addiction or normal sexual behavior?

Problematic sexual behavior does not necessarily mean you are a sex addict. There are many other conditions and problems which can cause sexual behavior to get out of control. [...]

Celebrating Mothers

by Dr. Tony Calabrese and Patricia Calabrese, PMH-NP Google trending topics on motherhood and what will you find? Discussions on family dinners, “over-parenting,” gifted children and birthing techniques. Look [...]

Musings on Love and Addiction

By Deborah Schiller, LPC, CSAT-S, CMAT I have always loved Valentine's Day - every ritual that accompanies the day delights me. When I was young, my mother would place a [...]

Getting Un-stuck

by Dr. Tony Calabrese and Patricia Calabrese, PMH-NP How do we get stuck, and what can we do to get un-stuck? Getting stuck, at first glance, is not nearly [...]

Getting Started

by Dr. Tony Calabrese and Patricia Calabrese, PMH-NP A Pine Grove Psychiatrist once said, “A health problem left untreated usually gets worse.” We all know this intuitively, which is [...]

Peace Within Peace Without

by Dr. Tony Calabrese and Patricia Calabrese, PMH-NP Mental Health is intricately linked to physical health, it is vital and we all strive to achieve it. However, for some [...]

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Ted Crawford, M.S., LMFT June is National PTSD Awareness month. Everyone has some amount of trauma in their past that hasn’t been fully processed (“digested”). Even though the actual [...]

Keeping New Year Resolutions

By Philip Hemphill, PhD How’s that New Year’s Resolution working out for you? You’re not alone or maybe you are. Ok by now you’ve had about a month to institute the [...]

Thanksgiving and Gratitude

Fall is a time of reflection and thanksgiving and Gratitude is in the air. Like the shift of the seasons, the early phases of recovery often seem to [...]