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Carol Anderson

Carol Anderson, D.Min., ACSW, LMSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience in the fields of mental health, addictions, and co-occurring disorders. Her other specialties include grief and trauma, women’s issues, chronic pain management, holistic healing, GLBTQ concerns, and spirituality and transpersonal psychology. Dr. Anderson has been educated and trained in the fields of education, social work, and spirituality, and she holds a Doctor of Ministry degree (non-denominational/interfaith) specializing in spirituality.

Stories By Carol Anderson

Co-Dependency

Healthy Detachment: Melody Beattie Says Do It With Love –

By Carol AndersonFebruary 7, 2019

Healthy detachment? It sounds like a recipe for the impossible. We often hear that we need...
Co-Dependency

What Is Enabling –

By Carol AndersonJanuary 23, 2019

No one sets out to enable addiction. On the contrary, many start out with good intentions....
Grief

Substance Abuse Grief Is It Different –

By Carol AndersonJanuary 16, 2019

Is substance abuse grief different from other kinds of grief? Does grief differ if it’s the...
Family

Kids And Addiction: What To Tell And When –

By Carol AndersonJanuary 15, 2019

We often think we need to protect kids and addiction shouldn’t be discussed. We think they’ll...
Family

5 Characteristics of Healthy Families –

By Carol AndersonDecember 13, 2018

We so often read about dysfunctional families that we may believe that there is no such...
Addiction Basics

3 Steps To Cut Through Denial And Be Honest –

By Carol AndersonDecember 7, 2018

Denial feeds addiction, and everyone in the family is impacted. To truly we recover, everyone in...
Grief

There Are No Stages For Coping With Grief –

By Carol AndersonDecember 5, 2018

There is a lot of information regarding grief that is inaccurate, especially the five stages of...
Teen Health

Warning Signs Of Teen Suicide –

By Carol AndersonDecember 1, 2018

Along with teen gun violence, teen suicide is also the news. The numbers of teen deaths...
Mental Health And Wellness

What Leads To Suicide And How You Can Help –

By Carol AndersonDecember 1, 2018

The latest numbers from suicide rates are in, and they are shocking. According to the CDC,...
Family

10 Things To Not Say To A Depressed Friend –

By Carol AndersonDecember 1, 2018

Remember the game telephone we played as kids? One child whispered a secret to the next,...