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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Pride, it’s more than a celebration! It’s survival!

Pride celebrations are an essential part of LGBTQ+ culture and have taken place annually in the United States for over 50 years. These…

4 min readJun 6, 2023

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Crisis in Youth Mental Health: A Focus on Suicidality Among LGBTQIA+ Adolescents in the United…

Abstract:Youth Mental Health, LGBTQIA+, Suicidality, Mental Health Crisis, United States, Intervention Strategies

3 min readMay 15, 2023

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Make better mental health your resolution in 2023

The last few years have been hard for many of us. As we think about resolutions, mental health may be a better fit rather than the gym.

6 min readDec 31, 2022

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Make better mental health your resolution in 2023

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

The many deaths caused by addiction.

In addiction, death happens in phases as a person’s life is eroded and changed into something unrecognizable.

12 min readDec 30, 2020

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The many deaths caused by addiction.

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

American Reality: Election 2020

I am sad about the expectation that I had for America’s character. A chance for us to right the many wrongs that have been inflicted…

3 min readNov 4, 2020

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American Reality: Election 2020

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Alcohol use soars in the age of COVID

New data indicates that through the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic, adults have sharply increased their consumption of…

4 min readOct 25, 2020

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Alcohol use soars in the age of COVID

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Peer Workers: The life of the opioid crisis

The need for a robust workforce that can effectively work with individuals living with substance use disorder has never been greater.

8 min readFeb 21, 2020

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Peer Workers: The life of the opioid crisis

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Confessions of a positively depressed person

Have you ever felt broken? So broken, that no matter what you did or said, nothing would ever fix that brokenness? A lot of people do.

5 min readFeb 16, 2020

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Confessions of a positively depressed person

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Stop letting the Dentist shove opiates down your throat.

Dentists are among the most frequent prescribers of opioids in the United States, second after family physicians.

6 min readFeb 12, 2020

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Stop letting the Dentist shove opiates down your throat.

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

I loved my mom; she loved opioids.

The musings of an adult-child who grapples to understand his mother’s addiction to opioids which caused him to grow up in foster care.

6 min readJan 20, 2020

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I loved my mom; she loved opioids.

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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

I am a psychotherapist who writes about mental health, addiction, recovery and the impact of substance use from personal experience. Views are my own.

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