Dan Mager MSW

About

Dan Mager, MSW is the author of Some Assembly Required: A Balanced Approach to Recovery from Addiction and Chronic Pain and Roots and Wings: Mindful Parenting in Recovery. He received his MSW from the Hunter College of the City University of New York, School of Social Work and is a Certified Diplomate in Clinical Hypnotherapy. He has been a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and clinical director, across a wide range of behavioral health and substance abuse treatment settings, including community-based outpatient services, residential treatment centers and hospital-based programs.

Books by Dan Mager MSW

Recent Posts

CBD Products Don't Relieve Chronic Pain After All

New research indicates that CDB does not have the pain-relieving properties it promotes, and those who suffer with chronic pain are well advised to use CBD cautiously, if at all.

Sleep and Mental Health: 8 Findings and 7 Recommendations

Sleep is essential to mental health and well-being. The relationship between the amount and quality of sleep a person gets and their mental-emotional health is reciprocal.

Drinking to Ease Chronic Pain Ultimately Makes It Worse

The link between alcohol consumption and chronic pain is complex. What starts out as a partial solution often becomes part of the problem and can even make chronic pain worse.

Volunteering Benefits the Health and Wellness of Kids and Teens

For the first time, recent large-scale research assessed the connection between volunteering and the health and well-being of children and adolescents across the United States.

12 Tips to Maintain Your Recovery During the Holidays

Getting through the holidays while maintaining recovery, especially for people newer to this life-changing process, is an accomplishment worthy of celebration in its own right.

How Anger Keeps Us From Thinking Clearly and What You Can Do

Even when we don’t demonstrate intense anger outwardly, we can still experience internal effects that make it extremely difficult to respond skillfully when we get angry.

Vaccines for Fentanyl and Heroin Set for Trials in 2024

A safe, effective vaccine won’t end opioid overdose deaths. However, it could help save lives, and all resources that help protect life and safety have great meaning and value.

What Does Recovery Mean?

Recovery is a process of transformation that necessitates changing our relationships to thoughts and emotions, as well as how we relate to ourselves, to others, and to the world.

What Exactly Is Gaslighting, and Why Do People Do It?

In spite of increasing attention in the media and prominence in armchair psychological circles, scientific research on gaslighting is relatively scant. A new study changes that.

The Mental Health Benefits of Forgiveness

To forgive is easier said than done, but new research may increase motivation to engage in this process—by demonstrating that forgiveness improves mental health and well-being.