New Day Recovery Counseling PLLC

04/19/2026

Mark your calendar!
FREE STI Testing Day
🗓️ April 23 • 8:30–11 AM
📍Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health
📞Have questions? Call 701‑355‑1540.

04/19/2026

04/17/2026

The longer I am a counselor, the more I agree with this. Collecting urine samples to test for substance use is typically a part of addiction treatment...but why?

In my practice, I do not utilize urine screenings at all. I actually find them to be counter productive to the therapeutic process, and more of a ham stringing tool for coercive compliance/forced behavior change without deeper internal change to support long term recovery.

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04/03/2026

So I haven't really posted on FB as much in the last month, I've had a nearly full schedule of clients and social media obviously goes by the wayside. When I am feeling super overwhelmed and questioning if I should stop taking new clients for a while, I'm reminded of where I was three years ago....

- Wondering if my schedule would ever fill up, or if I would have six clients forever? 🤣
- Wondering if anyone would actually want to do individual counseling for substance use, when group therapy is all that is really offered by treatment centers?
- Wondering if my little private practice would amount to anything other than a failure?

Now those thoughts seem so silly and misguided. So here's your sign, where you are now is not where you will always be.

And today is filled with gratitude...for my lovely clients who trust me with their care. So if you or someone you know wants to change your substance use and thinks individual therapy would be helpful, I have a few spots open for new clients.

03/23/2026

As winter winds down, spring comes in to remind us of the beauty of growth 🌞🌻🌷☀️

02/22/2026

Adults do this too! We all need connection.

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02/19/2026

⚠️ 🚨📢 PSA 📢🚨⚠️

02/16/2026

This is the reality of addiction! It always starts with some kind of pain. It is never a random adaptation. The pain can be one big event, or tiny wounds that build up over time. And "tiny" or "big" is completely relative.

02/11/2026

February reminder: treat yourself the way you treat others. The compassion you give others? The acceptance you give others? The forgiveness you give others? Send some of that to yourself.

02/09/2026

One right decision at a time!

02/07/2026

New group starting in March!

02/06/2026

Sometimes technology is great 😁😁😁