Dr. Louise Stanger, Ed.d, LCSW, CSAT-1, CDWF, CIP

About

Dr. Louise Stanger - speaker, educator, clinician, and interventionist - uses an invitational intervention approach with complicated mental health, substance abuse, chronic pain and process addiction clients. She gets to the heart of the matter in helping family, friends and business associates with loved ones who experience substance abuse, mental health and other problems.

She is a keynote speaker and Author. Her third book, Addiction in The Family, Helping Families Navigate Challenges, Emotions and Recovery will be available Nov. 20219, Callisto Media , Rockridge Press

Youth in Crisis: Mental Health in America

We have had an unprecedented year. As the “pandemic persists, we are seeing the highest level of anxiety and depression reported since March 2020,” according to Paul Gionfriddo, President of Mental Health in America. Nationwide 47.1 million people are living with a mental health condition, a...

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Addiction: Covid-19 & Relapse

Covid-19 has brought a new set of parameters to us. With Self-isolation, no in-person support networks , living, working – being furloughed etc. For the most part living in the same closed quarters that come with social distancing, it is no wonder that one may relapse on alcohol or other drugs....

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The 4 Minute Kindness Challenge

“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities” – Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter Much like many awareness days, World Kindness Day (November 13th) and National Random Acts of Kindness Day (February 17th) were designed to bring focus to an issue that often is...

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Dr. Louise Stanger

“Change and hope are possible with intergenerational activities. That has been a guide for me.” According to Dr. Stanger, “Age segregation must end.” Dr. Louise Stanger, a frequent contributor of RecoveryView.com, regularly offers knowledge cultivated over thirty-five in the...

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Rethinking Triple Threat

I recently received a flood of web inquiries and phone messages from folks seeking help. Here is a sample: Please don\'t call now, I’m at my daughter\'s house who has norovirus and is trying to sleep. I will be going home later this afternoon. I promise. My youngest son, age 52, has had a...

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The GRATITUDE Challenge

Springtime is always remnant of a fresh bud, ready to bloom. It is traditionally a time of Renewal and Reflection. We all start the year off with a clean slate and fill our lives with optimism, hope, dreams and aspiration. With Spring we are ready to bloom. This is a time for letting go of...

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Don’t Let the Holidays Turn You Into a Fruitcake

It’s hard to believe that the holidays are just around the corner, and the stores are filling up with decorations, beckoning you to buy. According to marketers, the holiday season is supposed to be the most joyous time of the year. However for many, the holidays may trigger deep feelings of...

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Triple Threat: Beyond Substance Abuse and Other Mental...

Until the Eighties, it used to be that clients coming in for treatment were typically corralled into two discrete camps: the mentally ill or the substance abuser. Each had parallel treatment and discrete funding streams. As that decade drew to a close, so appeared the term dual diagnosis, a...

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It Takes a Village: Intervention in Community

In our overly saturated media-centered culture, interventions sometimes appear as not so much somber and life-saving efforts of friends and family for their addicted loved one, but primetime gold. For better or for worse, it has brought the business of intervention to the forefront of our...

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