When you are living with chronic pain like I am you want to explore all possible ways to manage your pain and improve your quality of life.  One of the tools I’ve found helpful is hypnosis and self-hypnosis.  For many doctors and clinicians, hypnosis, which emphasizes relaxed focused concentration, is now a viable tool to [...]

Some patients with chronic pain who use addictive medication for pain management never experience negative consequences.  So why do other patients develop an addictive disorder?  The answer to this often depends upon various factors, such as genetics, co-existing disorders, and environmental dynamics.  For further comprehension it is also important to have a good understanding of [...]

To truly deal with the complex issue of eating addiction/compulsion, you must approach it with a personalized multilayered biopsychosocialspiritual recovery process. You can never forget the eating issues, but must keep in mind the many levels of addiction and recovery. In eating addiction recovery, many have found it is critically important to abstain from addictive [...]

Many years ago I learned the value of being in the solution rather than the problem. When life gets rough many of us start complaining; at least I know I do. One day I was going on and on to a good friend of mine who, after listening for awhile, asked me if I would [...]

A surprising number of people — more than 60 percent — still suffer significant pain a year after a traumatic injury in a car crash or other cause, showing the need for better pain treatment, researchers said.  In a study published on March 24, 2008 in the journal Archives of Surgery, researchers tracked 3,047 patients [...]

Keep in mind we offer all private and individualized Moonview services along with our new offerings. Moonview’ Individualized Group Care – We decided to announce additional Moonview services that meet the needs of the patients and Moonview community.  A treatment offering that will have a group component for those patients who do not require the [...]

People living with chronic pain often receive negative messages from their healthcare providers.  They have been told “it’s all in your head,” “you need to try harder,” or maybe “you’re making yourself hurt so you can get drugs.”  Another phrase I have heard from doctors and nurses, as well as mental health and substance abuse [...]