Newsletter Update!
Our current issue is about Surviving the Life Crisis. For a list of past and upcoming topics, or if you are interested in getting our free quarterly newsletter, please click HERE.
Counseling Services!
For a list of helpful numbers that offer referral services for meeting information, such as AA, NA, GA, etc., please click HERE.
Aside from Individual, Couples, and Family Counseling, and Substance Abuse Counseling, we started offering Clinical Hypnotherapy last Fall 2007. Hypnotherapy can be helpful for people with a variety of issues, including anxiety, pain management, smoking cessation, weight control, etc.
Upcoming Presentation!
Chad Cross will be presenting at the Adolescent Health Care conference in Las Vegas, NV (Reaching Adolescents: Building on the Strengths of Youth) on June 14, 2008. His presentation focuses on what every clinician needs to know about substance abuse, including current drugs of abuse, screening, prevention, and treatment options.
Past Presentations include:
Skip the Buzz: A Substance Abuse Primer, Overview of Substance Abuse & Current Epidemiological Data (C.L. Cross, February 2008): Guest Speaker, UNLV Chronic Disease Epidemiology
What is Domestic Violence? (P.B. Cross & M. Vasquez, September 2007): Project Rachel, Diocese of Las Vegas
Support Group for Children with Chronic Bone Marrow Disease (C.L. Cross, August 2007): Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation, Inc.
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Issues in School-Age Children (P.B. Cross & C.L. Cross, June 2007): Clark County School District Health Summer Institute
Effects of Domestic Violence on Children (P.B. Cross & S. Alvarez, Fall 2006; P.B. Cross, Spring & Fall 2005): S.A.F.E. House Volunteer Training
Effects of Domestic Violence on Children (P.B. Cross, Fall 2005): Las Vegas Metro Volunteer/Advocate Training
Parentified Children: When Children Become the "parents" (P.B. Cross, Fall 2004): Guest Speaker, Women's Support Group @ S.A.F.E. House Shelter
Adolescent Sexual Crimes (C.L. Cross, Summer 2002): Sexual Issues in Counseling
Marital Rape (P.B. Cross, Summer 2002): Sexual Issues in Counseling
Updated List of Publications!
Ashley, L., Mansky, P., & Cross, C. L. (In press). Impaired professionals. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roget (eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Cross, C. L. (In press). Criminal justice populations. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roget (eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Cross, C. L. (In press). Fetal effects of alcohol and other drugs. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roget (eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Cross, C. L. (In press). Methods of drug administration. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roget (eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Cross, C. L. , & Ashley, L. (In press). Posttraumatic stress disorder as a co-occurring disorder. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roget (eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Donohue, B., Miller, A., Crammer, L., Cross, C. L. & Covasin, T. (In Press). Development and initial psychometric support for the athlete relationship scales: A standardized method of assessing relationships of athletes with their coaches, teammates, family, and peers. Journal of Sports Psychology.
Frantom, L. V., Allen, D. N., & Cross, C. L. (In press). Neurocognitive endophenotypes for bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders.
Gulmatico-Mullin, M., & Cross, C. L. (In press). Central nervous system depressants. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roget (eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Miller, S. K., Alpert, P., & Cross, C. L. (In press). Overweight and obesity in nurses, advanced practice nurses, and nurse educators. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Silcott, K., Ashley, L., & Cross, C. L. (In press). Veterans and substance abuse. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roget (eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Cross, C. L. , & Ashley, L. (2007). Trauma and addiction: Implications for helping professionals. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 45, 1-6.
Cross, C. L., & Weeks, G. R. (2007). Sex, Sexuality, and Sensuality. In L’Abate, Embry, and Baggett (eds.). Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health: Theory, Research, and Practice. New York, NY: Springer.
Donohue, B., Hill H. H., Cross, C. L., Azrin, N. H., & Strada, M. J.. (2007). Psychometric Support for Contemporaneous and Retrospective Youth and Parent Reports of Adolescent Marijuana Use Frequency in an Adolescent Outpatient Treatment Population. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1787-1797.
Marrs, C. R., Ferraro, D. P., & Cross, C. L. (2007). Salivary hormones and parturition in healthy, primigravid women. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 99, 59-60.
Guinan, M. & Cross, C. L. (2006). Disease Prevalence and Behavioral Choices in Nevada. In D. Shalin, The Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and the Quality of Life in the Silver State. Available at: http://www.unlv.edu/centers/cdclv/healthnv/health_contents.html
Rogers, D. R. B., Ei, S., Rogers, K. R., & Cross, C. L. (2006). Evaluation of a multi-component approach to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) using guided meditations, cranial electrotherapy stimulation and vibroacoustic sound. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 13, 95-101.
Cross, C. L. , & Ashley, L. (2005). The importance of immediacy in diagnosing and treating substance abusing parole and probations clients. Guidance and Counselling, 20, 13-21.
Cross, C. L. , & Ashley, L. (2004). Police trauma and addiction: Coping with the dangers of the job. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, October, 24-32
Weeks, G. R., & Cross, C. L. (2004). The intersystem model of Psychotherapy. Guidance and Counselling, 19, 57-64.
