Social workers honored March 12
Jeff Zacharias—who is clinical director of New Hope Recovery Center Chicago and who maintains a private practice—was honored as the 2015 NASW IL Chicago District Social Worker of the Year. His areas of interest include working within the LGBTQI community and all forms of addiction, among other things. Read More
read moreGLBT Addiction and Recovery: An Interview with Jeff Zacharias
Because I sometimes find that the issues therapists deal with differ by region, I like to chat with men and women at the forefront of our profession in various areas of the country. Among these clinical leaders is Jeff Zacharias, Owner, President, and Clinical Director of New Hope Recovery Center in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago. New Hope primarily serves Chicago’s LGBT community. Jeff also has a private practice in Lincoln Square. He specializes in the treatment of all forms of addiction, with a focus on sex and love addiction. Read...
read moreTop 10 Interventionists in the United States – Jeff Zacharias is #5
Jeff Zacharias is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Certified Advanced Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counselor (CAADC) , Board Registered Interventionist (BRI-I) and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT). President/Clinical Director of New Hope Recovery Center located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, as well as opperating a private practice in the Lincoln Square area. Jeff specializes in issues related to addiction and the LGBTQI community. Read more
read more5 Disorders Share Genetic Risk Factors, Study Finds
The psychiatric illnesses seem very different — schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Yet they share several genetic glitches that can nudge the brain along a path to mental illness, researchers report. Which disease, if any, develops is thought to depend on other genetic or environmental factors. Read...
read moreAlcohol Abuse And Depression Often Go Hand-In-Hand
For problem drinkers, bouts of depressive symptoms are often the direct result of their heavy alcohol intake, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Experts have long known that heavy drinking can spur temporary episodes ofdepression – what’s known as “substance-induced depression.” However, this information is not always apparent to busy clinicians, and the new findings strengthen the evidence that the phenomenon exists as well as how common and clinically important it is.Read...
read moreEating disorders and gay male culture
If one were to read many of the popular magazines aimed at a male demographic, particularly those skewed to the LGBT population, images of what is considered masculine or desirable would be visible front and center. Ryan Reynolds, Channing Tatum, Ryan Gosling—shirtless photos of these men and many others along with their six-pack abs serve as a major selling point for items ranging from clothing to movies. For many men, particularly those who identify as gay, these media images of what’s attractive aren’t necessarily in line with the reality of their body shapes or sizes. What used to...
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