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Kate Bowden, LCSW, CASAC, CEAP Executive Director February 2012 The recent news of the Whitney Houston’s untimely death due to a possible prescription drug overdose has brought public warnings about the dangers of potent drugs like Xanax, Percocet, Vicodin and Oxycontin. However, Whitney Houston’s death highlights a lesser-known problem: the very serious issues facing the children of addicted parents. Houston’s eighteen-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has been hospitalized twice for...

As the word “Center” connotes, The New York Center for Living is a safe place where a young person suffering from substance abuse can come with family to receive care...

NEW YORK CENTER FOR LIVING INAUGURAL GALA RAISES $250,000

Benefit supports treatment of young people with substance abuse problems



New York, NY, October 31, 2011 – The New York Center for Living hosted its inaugural gala on Thursday, October 20, welcoming more than 300 guests and raising $250,00 to help support the Center’s unique substance abuse treatment programs for adolescents and young adults with chemical dependency issues and their families. Founded by Elizabeth Kabler,...

The usual stumbling blocks for teens—drug abuse, premature sex, and social pressure—are all compounded by the way teens use technology and social networking sites, like Facebook. Today, teenagers’ social lives run on a 24-hour cycle, so the demands of keeping up with peers can be crushing.  Although the means of communication among teens has changed drastically in the last ten years, teenagers’ core emotional and psychological development remains the same, so there’s a gap between sophisticated technology...

-Scott Bienenfeld, Medical Director – New York Center For Living

“Youth are heated by nature as drunken men by wine”  Aristotle (350 B.C.)

                As the medical field continues to make strides towards gaining a clearer understanding about the disease of addiction, one of the greatest challenges remains the understanding of how drugs of abuse and addiction affect teenagers.

Far from being simply “younger versions of adults”, teenagers are at a stage of brain development...

     The success of The Center for Living program speaks for itself.  When a large portion of our clients celebrated one year of continuous sobriety last month, CFL staff recognized the need for a Second Stage Recovery group.  Center for Living is not only a resource for clients in crisis, but for those needing aftercare and recovery management as well.       Our Second Stage Recovery group is perfect for those clients who do not need an IOP but would benefit from a clinical support group that...

 The Center for Living has always had a dedication to treating the addict as well as the entire family system. As a result, CFL has hired a Director of Family Services. Stephanie Sterling LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty in Parent Coaching. As the Director of Family Services, Stephanie will be working directly with our families and providing them with the clinical support that they need.  

 

Due to the high number of parents in crisis, we are now...

Here at CFL, The work that we do with families affected by substance abuse and mental illness is of equal importance and value to the work that we do with the individual client.  In fact, CFL considers the entire family system the client. For our adolescents undergoing treatment for substance abuse, parent and family participation is mandatory.  For our young adults in treatment, family participation is highly encouraged if possible.   Dealing with a teen or young adult with substance abuse,...

Borderline Personality Disorder Remits More Often Than Expected

Deborah Brauser 

April 15, 2011 — Although borderline personality disorder (BPD) has traditionally been considered a chronic and intractable disease, it is has high remission and low relapse rates, new research suggests.

In the latest findings from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study (CLPS), 85% of participants with BPD remitted during 10 years of follow-up. In addition, only 11% of these relapsed...

On February 7, 2011, Parents In Action held their 25th annual “Teen Scene” presentation to a standing room only audience at The Trinity School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  The format included a moderator, Lucy Martin Gianino, who was flanked on both sides by a diverse group of high-functioning teenagers made up of high school freshmen through seniors, who represented schools throughout New York City.  The audience, comprised mostly of parents of teenagers, sat mesmerized, and was fully...