Every Tuesday night, James Borgesi returns to Eagleville to talk with patients in different units. He always tries, as he says, “to keep it real with them.”
In August 2018 Tom Coates celebrated his fifth year of employment at Eagleville Hospital. It’s a milestone he once could have never imagined achieving.
Over the course of her career, Susan Fink has generated more than $50 million for philanthropic missions and led several organizations through creating effective fundraising and brand-building campaigns.
Quitting smoking during treatment for a substance use disorder has long been considered too difficult for patients. But recent research is now debunking this long-held belief.
At first, Rick was blindsided by his younger son’s transformation. A good-looking, outgoing teenager, Jeff became indifferent and introverted practically overnight. Rick gave Jeff plenty of space and wrote it off as a phase—after all, hormones could wreak havoc on a 14-year-old’s self-esteem.
Even though Melissa W. knew she had a substance use problem, she was determined to remain functional. “My kids went to school, I was at all their activities, and I kept a full-time nursing job,” she says.
Ashley Anthony, MA, has been a therapist at Eagleville Hospital for nearly five years. She works in an all-women co-occurring disorders unit, where, in her experience, the majority of her patients have undergone some form of trauma.
It’s 1983. After spending the last decade in prison, 30-year-old John Machen is arrested again, this time for possession.
Jessica (Jes) Fry has been a therapist at Eagleville Hospital for more than 13 years. Much of her work today focuses on treating women with substance use disorders and alcoholism who’ve experienced severe trauma in their lives.
While no two clients are alike, she spends a lot of time and energy cultivating the authenticity and openness that her clients need in order to benefit most from group and one-on-one sessions.
