RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
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"Turn Anxiety into Your Superpower" ONLINE Presentation
“Turn Anxiety into your Superpower”
The Neuroscience of Stress, Anxiety & Trauma
Brain Hacks for Resilience
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The Neuroscience of stress, anxiety, and trauma
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Strategies to use stress and anxiety as a productive force in your life
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Resources & tools for people all ages
NATURAL HIGHS
Membership
for TEENS
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Please become part of our Natural Highs Community of Supporters.
We started a PATREON Page that allows you to choose the right level of Natural Highs Membership for you and your family.
Choose the right level of Natural Highs Community Membership for yourself and your family:
- for $5 you can Sponsor a Monthly AcuDetox Treatment for a TEEN
- for $10 you can support Natural Highs Programs for Teens
- for $25 you can Sponsor the full Natural Highs Membership for a TEEN
- for $100 you can co-sponsor sober Natural Highs events for TEENS
Worried About Your Child’s Substance Use?
What if there were proven skills that empowered you to impact your child’s use? What if that method also helped repair relationships, improved communication, and helped you feel more relaxed?
Join the growing number of parents who have found success through C.R.A.F.T. (Community Reinforcement and Family Training), an evidence-based, non-confrontational technique with a 70% success rate for improving family relationships and communication and reducing use or getting the individual into treatment of any type (including counseling).
Outcomes:
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Understanding substance use motivations and deterrents
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Improved connection & communication
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Improved self-care
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Empowerment
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Community with other concerned parents
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Confidence to actively influence your child
Groups meet via Zoom - 1x/week for 11 weeks -
Noon and evening classes
Cost: FREE
(Program funded by a grant from the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health & in partnership with Mental Health Partners of Boulder)
Spaces Limited & Classes Fill Quickly!
Register online at: www.reachoutforchange.com
Or call for more information: 781-908-4488
Facilitators:
Trina Faatz, MA, BA, Peer Recovery Coach,
Boulder County Substance Use Advisory Group Facilitator,
Founder: Youth in Recovery,
Parent of child in recovery
Laura Bressler, MBA, BA, Registered Psychotherapist,
Brainspotting Therapist, Certified Parent Coach, CAT, ADS,
Parent of child in recovery
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Trina Faatz Laura Bressler
Parent Coaching
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Laura Bressler is a mom of a young adult in recovery. After struggling for many years, with numerous treatment approaches, her son found long-term recovery, and is now pursuing a healthy and fulfilling life. Throughout their harrowing family ordeal, Laura and her husband learned what they could (and couldn’t) do as parents to positively impact their son's recovery. Becoming passionate about helping other families, Laura became a Registered Psychotherapist (now called unlicensed psychotherapist in Colorado), a Certified Parent Coach specializing in working with families struggling with substance abuse and is completing her internship for a Master's in Addiction Studies, to become a Licensed Addiction Counselor. She is a Brainspotting Trauma Therapist and Acudetox Specialist and serves as a member of the Natural Highs’ team. She also is trained in the evidence-based, and highly effective Community Resource and Family Treatment program (C.R.A.F.T.) and works with parents in groups and individually on how to have an impact on their child’s substance use, repair family connections, and improve their own ability to find peace.
Laura offers telehealth and in-person services to parents.
FREE EXPERT Series on High THC Cannabis
& Substance Abuse in the Teenage Brain
www.johnnysambassadors.org
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#2 - Avani Dilger: Substance Use, Addiction & Healthy Alternatives to Drugs & Alcohol
Nov 24, 2019 • 43:54
I'm Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host, and today’s WELL source is Avani Dilger, MEd, MA, LPC, CACIII. Avani is the founder and executive director of Natural Highs: Healthy Alternatives to Drug & Alcohol Use. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Addiction Counselor, a Somatic Psychotherapist, and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). She specializes in substance abuse treatment with adults, teens-at-risk, and their families.In today’s show, Avani shares her expertise around substance use, addiction, brain science and healthy alternatives for youth. Specifically, we will discuss:Alternative forms of treatment for substance use and addiction, why some people become addicted to substances and others do not. Brain science, Trauma and its relationship with addiction treatments for symptoms of trauma that can lead to addiction. The Icelandic Model & Maintaining a relationship with your kids.
T.V. Show on high THC risks mental health fallout
Marijuana Madness Part I with Avani Dilger
26 Oct 2017 · Beyond Risk and Back
Marijuana has gone from being the “Devil’s Weed” to “Harmless” but what is the truth? Is there propaganda on both sides? Is it REALLY addictive? Is it REALLY medicine? Is marijuana harmless? Host Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center and Avani Dilger approach it from the middle to try to discover the truth.
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IN THIS HEARTWARMING CONVERSATION AVANI DILGER, FOUNDER OF NATURAL HIGHS TALKS ABOUT THE WORK SHE'S DOING TO CULTIVATE HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Marijuana Information Resource Center:
Natural Highs Resources
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Milkman, Harvey: Iceland Succeeds at Reversing Teenage Substance Abuse - The U.S. Should Follow Suit, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harvey-b-milkman-phd/iceland-succeeds-at-rever_b_9892758.html
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Young, Emma (2017) Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening. https://mosaicscience.com/story/iceland-prevent-teen-substance-abuse
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Cass, Hyla; Holford, Patrick (2002): Natural Highs. Supplements, Nutrition, and Mind-Body Techniques. New York: Penguin Putnam
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Neufeld, Gordon & Mate, Gabor (2006). Hold on to your kids. Why parents need to matter more than peers. New York: Ballantine Books.
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Milkman, Harvey & Sunderwirth, Stanley (2010). Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs. Los, Angeles, CA: Sage
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Siegel, Daniel (2013). Brainstorm. The power and purpose of the teenage brain. New York, NY: Tarcher/Penguin
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Mate, Gabor (2010). In the realm of hungry ghosts. Close encounters with addiction. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
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DesMaisons, Kathleen (1998): Potatoes, Not Prozac. A Natural Seven-Step Dietary Plan to control your cravings … NewYork: Simon and Schuster
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Wong, James (2009). Grow your Own Drugs. Easy recipes for natural remedies and beauty fixes. Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
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Info on Yerba Mate: www.guayaki.com
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Levine, Madeline (2006). The Price of Privilege. How parental pressure and material advantage are creating a generation of disconnected and unhappy kids. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
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Walters, Scott et.al. (2007). Motivating offenders to change. A guide for probation and parole. National Institute of Corrections. FREE at: http://static.nicic.gov/Library/022253.pdf
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Miller, William & Rollnik, Steven (2012). Motivational Interviewing. Preparing people for change. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
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Bradley, Michael (2002). Yes, your teen is crazy. Loving your kid without losing your mind. Gig Harbor: Harbor Press.
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Payne, Kim John (2009). Simplicity Parenting. Using the Extraordinary power of less to raise calmer, happier, and more secure kids. New York: Ballantine Books.
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Sells, Scott (2001). Parenting your out-of-control teenager. 7 steps to reestablish authority and reclaim love. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Griffin.
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Avani G. Dilger (303) 859-5778
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Facebook: “Natural Highs Community”
Natural Highs Favorite TED Talks
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The surprisingly dramatic role of nutrition in mental health | Julia Rucklidge | TEDxChristchurch, Micro-Nutrient Therapy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dqXHHCc5lA
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Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend | TED Talk | TED.com: Change your thinking to change your stress & health https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend
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Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are | TED Talk, Powerposes: https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are
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The Power of Addiction and The Addiction of Power: Gabor Maté https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE
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The demise of guys? Philip Zimbardo – On addiction to videogames, technology & porn: https://www.ted.com/talks/zimchallenge
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Johann Hari: Everything you think about Addiction is wrong: https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong
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Why I stopped watching porn | Ran Gavrieli | TEDxJaffa - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJ_QfP2mhU