From Friday night football to college move-in day, here’s why mixed emotions are completely normal, and when it may be time to ask for help. Across Southeast Michigan, the signs of a new school year are everywhere. Parents are filling shopping carts with notebooks, backpacks, and calculators. High school parking lots are coming back to…
How One Man’s Recovery Journey Is Helping Break the Stigma Around Alcohol Use Disorder By the time Lowell walked through the doors of River’s Bend, he had spent nearly a year searching for help. Not because he didn’t want treatment. Not because he didn’t know he needed it. Because asking for help felt harder than…
One of the phrases I use often is “at River’s Bend, we treat the whole person.” It’s more than a tagline. It is the foundation of how we have approached mental health and substance use treatment since opening our doors in 1995. As a clinician and co-owner, I spent much of April and May speaking…
Each June, during PTSD Awareness Month, we recognize that trauma does not simply fade with time. For many people, recovery is an ongoing process of learning to feel safe again, rebuilding trust, and finding ways to move forward without being controlled by the past. This year, public attention around the recent hantavirus cases has renewed…
As Michigan began to shake off the final chill of winter, members of the River’s Bend leadership team set out on a meaningful journey across southeast Michigan. The day before the April P4P Day Conference, Bruce Goldberg, President and Co-Owner; Amy Fresch, Troy Clinical Director; Cheryl Narduzzi, Business Development Liaison; and Erica Brown, Marketing Director,…
When people begin therapy, one of the most common questions they ask is: How do I know therapy is helping? The answer is often more subtle than expected. Mental health progress rarely looks like waking up one day with no anxiety, no sadness, and no challenges. More often, it looks like small but meaningful changes:…
