Research
Evidence matters most when it helps people make wiser decisions.
This page brings together research summaries, field observations, selected publications, and practical implications from the areas that shape my work: addiction, problem gambling, affected others, financial recovery, grief, trauma, family systems, and ethical practice.
The purpose is not to turn every visitor into a researcher. It is to make useful knowledge understandable – and to show how evidence, professional experience, and human context can work together.
Focus areas
Families and affected others: What research and practice teach us about the ripple effects of addiction and gambling – and why family members need care, information, and recovery pathways of their own.
Financial harm and recovery: How debt, secrecy, instability, and money-related stress affect well-being, relationships, and the recovery process.
Grief, trauma, and life transitions: Insights that help professionals and families recognize the many forms of loss and respond without rushing, minimizing, or pathologizing.
Ethics in real-world practice: Plain-language discussion of boundaries, confidentiality, values, competence, self-awareness, and complex decisions in helping relationships.
Community response and systems of care: Lessons from behavioral health leadership, coalitions, warm-transfer work, and cross-system collaboration.
Selected publications
Coming soon…
Collaboration
I welcome conversations with researchers, practitioners, coalitions, and organizations working at the intersection of behavioral health, family well-being, financial recovery, and community response.