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Inspiration, Insight & InformationApril 2013
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In This Issue
Spiritual Resiliency
A Box of Legos
New Findings Regarding Food Addiction

 

 

Dr. Meier explains

Codependency

Codependency

 

 
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Meier Clinics Programs 

In addition to Outpatient Counseling for individuals, couples and families at all Meier Clinics locations, we also offer the following programs:

 

Day Program for Adults is available at the following Meier Clinics:  Wheaton, IL; Richardson, TX; Bothell, WA.

 

Sexual Addiction Intensive Outpatient for Adults (Pathway to Freedom) at Meier Clinics in Richardson, TX.

 

After-school Intensive Outpatient Program for Teens (Breakaway) at Meier Clinics in Wheaton, IL.

 

Residential Care for Women and Teens at Timberline Knolls in Lemont, IL, with a Meier Clinics Christian track.

 

For additional information about these programs, services and our staff, visit our website at www.meierclinics.org  or give us a toll free call at 888-7 CLINIC (888-725-4642).

  

 

 

Two Clinics have Moved. . .

 

Our clinics have moved to better serve our clients.  Their phone numbers remain the same but the new addresses are as follows:

 

TEXAS:  2150 Lakeside Blvd., Ste. 100A, Richardson, TX 75082-4302

 

VIRGINIA:  3959 Pender Drive, Ste. 305, Fairfax, VA 22030-7470
Elderly Parents and the Grown Children Who Care for Them
  
by Mae-Lin Yu Mendoza, LPC.

How does an adult child take care of an elderly parent(s)? My father's dementia probably began several years prior to his traumatic brain injury sustained in an auto accident in January 2008. His memory already showed signs of deterioration such as his inability to remember his zip code. In the spring of 2008, he stumbled in the home and hit his head. Surgery ensued to stop the bleeding of the brain. Rehabilitation involved speech, occupational and physical therapies. The psychiatrist prescribed medication to help with my father's agitated behaviors. Home health aides were brought in to assist in his daily care.

   
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Sexuality is a Metaphor of Christ and the Church
  
By Geremy F. Keeton, M.MFT, LMFT

 

I think C.S. Lewis said it well about our sometimes misdirected human sexuality.

 

"It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."

    
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Elevated Status for Binge Eating Disorder
  

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was published in 1994. The updated version, the DSM-5, will be released in May of this year. Although several changes will impact the eating disorder community, perhaps the most significant is the elevation of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) to a distinct category of eating disorder.

 

    
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About Us

Meier Clinics is a non-profit, 501(c)(3).  All donations are tax deductible within IRS regulations and go directly to cover charitable care for individuals and families.  Donations can be made by:
  • Mail:  Meier Clinics Foundation, 2100 Manchester Rd. Suite 1510, Wheaton, IL 60187
  • Phone:  800-848-8872
  • Online:  www.meierclinics.org
 
 
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

Hebrews 12:2