When anxiety feels overwhelming, many people look for fast relief and turn to alcohol or other substances to calm their nerves or quiet racing thoughts. While this can seem helpful in the moment, it...
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Mental Health Coach in Los Angeles
What is a Mental Health Coach? For those living in Los Angeles, with its career pressures, traffic, and high cost of living, stress and burnout are everyday challenges. A mental health coach...
Toxicology Testing and Medication Compliance in Addiction Recovery
Addiction recovery is rarely a straightforward path. For many individuals, particularly those with co-occurring mental health conditions, staying sober requires more than just willpower. Tools such...
Academic and Life Skills Support for Teens and Young Adults in Recovery or Managing Mental Health in Los Angeles, New York, and Europe
Supporting Back-to-School High School and College Student Success: At Connections in Recovery (CiR), we understand that high school and college can be some of the most exciting, and challenging,...
Comprehensive Addiction and Mental Health Treatment in Europe: Help for Expats, Families, and Professionals
Connections in Recovery (CiR) Europe provides confidential, around-the-clock behavioral health support services for individuals and families navigating mental health or addiction recovery. Servicing...
UCLA & Connections in Recovery Wrap 6th Annual Mental Health & Addiction Symposium with Powerful Conversations
On June 20, 2025, UCLA and Connections in Recovery (CiR) successfully hosted the 6th Annual Los Angeles Mental Health & Addiction Symposium at UCLA’s Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium....
Sober Coaches and Companions in Europe
Since launching in 2017, Connections in Recovery Europe (CiREU) has supported individuals of all ages on their journey to recovery with a multi-dimensional, collaborative approach to mental health...
Drug and Alcohol Intervention
When someone you love is facing a mental health crisis or struggling with substance misuse, it can feel overwhelming to know where to turn. That’s where Connections in Recovery Interventions comes...
The Power of Trauma-Informed, Supervised Recovery Companionship
In today’s world, mental health issues substance misuse disorders are more prevalent than ever. With this increase comes a higher need for effective, compassionate, and clinically-informed support...
Building Resilience: Coping With Trauma and Disasters
As wind-driven wildfires devastated Los Angeles, claiming lives and destroying thousands of homes and businesses, the emotional and psychological toll on affected communities was, and continues, to...