The following article is a guest post by Dawn Clancy. I vividly remember sitting across from my stepfather, Joe, at the kitchen table. In his hands were a stack of multiplication flashcards about 2 inches thick. His impatient, beady eyes drilled right into the center of mine as he snapped each card in front of my…
March is Social Work Month. This year’s theme is Weaving Threads of Resilience and Advocacy: The Power of Social Work” which emphasizes the value of using personal strengths and self-advocacy to manage serious life challenges. In honor of social work month, we’re sharing a neat infographic that gives you information about what social work really is and…
Crossroads has put a stronger emphasis on family involvement at all levels of treatment over the past year or so. Following is an anonymous quote from a client in our halfway house program, also known as Back Cove, about what it meant for her mother to be involved in her treatment. “It was really nice for…
Crossroads recently started a new Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group at its Greater Portland Counseling Center. Read on to know more about our DBT Maine based. DBT is an evidenced-based approach that offers an array of cognitive behavioral strategies to help individuals learn to better manage their emotions, behaviors, relationships and life challenges while developing…
