Humility Helps

www.santecenter.com

July 2019

800.258.4250

Dennis Wade, MS, FACHE

Chief Executive Officer

20 years at Sant é Center for Healing

Humility Helps

It has been etched in most of our brains that being successful means being strong, independent individuals who are profoundly self-reliant. This type of thinking generates shame or guilt when asking for help with even the most complex of problems, much less the simple. Unintended consequence? A barrier for self-growth. How can we overcome? Humility.

Step 7 inserts humility into the recovery process. We must be humble within ourselves and know when to seek help, in our recovery, responsibilities and relationships. When asking a Higher Power to remove our shortcomings, we begin to let go and accept the flaws as small facts but not the fingerprint of our total identity. It is important to stay humble and recognize our shortcomings to continue transitioning into the best individuals we can be. When selfishness or pride get in the way, personal growth suffers. Humility is equal opportunity, one we can all practice, in and out of recovery. Truth be told, the help we ask for and the help we receive could be a breakthrough for all involved.

Dykstra Freeman, MSN/RN, PMHNP-BC , is proud to call Santé home after more than 10 years of experience in the behavioral health field. In addition to APRN, he has served as an RN and mental health technician. What’s fundamental to his work? Education and expertise. He has a Master of Science degree in Nursing from Walden University, two Bachelor’s degrees (biology and nursing) from Northwestern State University at LA, and an Associate’s in Nursing from Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University of LA. Before coming to Santé, he worked as an advisor for the LSU-E Office of Accommodated Services for students with disabilities. He also worked for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and a variety of medical settings. At Santé, Dykstra collaborates with his patients to find a suitable approach to treating their mental health. He believes in Santé’s team atmosphere, holistic approach and priority of patient treatment outcomes.

What’s your favorite thing about Santé?

"I love the quality of care that patients receive here at Santé ! Patients are truly viewed from a holistic standpoint and staff are always trying to find the best approaches to assure quality of care."

What do you like to do in your spare time?

"I generally prefer to spend my spare time keeping healthy and being active in the gym. I’m always looking for causes to donate my time to as well."

Any other points you would like to highlight about yourself or your practice?

"I take pride in conversing with my patients and getting to understand what they’re going through. I very much like for my patients to have a firm understanding of what their medications do, side effects, etc.

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The Susan B. Anthony was a coin issued to meet a specific currency need – a dollar currency more enduring than the paper dollar bill. Therefore, the coin was produced for that specific purpose. However, after the coin was released, it was poorly received by the American populace who did not widely accept and use the coin for a variety of reasons. Since no one would keep and spend them, getting them into the currency

circulation, they were cast aside. Throughout the history of coinage, there has never been a coin that was deemed worthless, whether because of misprinting, overprinting, double printing, or whatever, that did not become a collector’s item. The populace just did not appreciate its value at the time.

We suffering from addiction are frequently treated the same way, cast aside or discarded because no one else could see our value or sometimes had no use for us. Yet, the Susan B. Anthony dollar was always worth at least a dollar, no matter what. Its deeper value could not be appreciated at the time. All too often, our value cannot be seen because of the extraneous problems plaguing us from our addictions. Nevertheless, deep inside all of us is a valuable golden nugget whose shine is yet to be discovered. Our value lies in our sustained recovery, actually more valuable than gold, just waiting to pop forth and be shared. You are indeed a collector’s item, and remember, “Each day my value is greater.”

Maintaining Proper Boundaries , is a 3-day training course providing self-assessment, knowledge, awareness, skills, applicable tools and prevention strategies to healthcare professionals with difficulty maintaining proper boundaries with patients, colleagues and/or staff.

Who Should Attend:

This course is recommended to any licensed healthcare professionals in safety sensitive positions who experience difficulty establishing and maintaining proper boundaries. Hospitals, health systems, professional peer health programs may refer health care practitioners:

as a preventative measure for continuing medical education specialized for healthcare professionals’

as a behavior intervention

or as an adjunct to a relapse prevention plan. Self-referrals are welcome.

Space is limited.

This 6 hour CEU event will showcase a panel of Santé’s clinical CSAT therapists along with 5 individual speaker presentations from North Texas and Oklahoma.

Friday, August 2nd, 2019

9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m .

Location has changed to provide more seating!

Denton County Club

1213 Country Club

Argyle, Texas 76226

(across the street from Sant é 's Campus)

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"We couldn't do this work without your input and the referrals you have sent us over the years. We thank you and are grateful for your trust.”

– Deb Corley, PhD, LMFT, CSAT, CMAT co-founder and co-owner

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